BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin International Music Festival will present the Grammy Award-winning Ying Quartet on Feb. 12 in Studzinski Recital Hall on the Bowdoin College campus. Artistic Directors David Ying and Phillip Ying bring their quartet to Brunswick for a special concert in partnership with Bowdoin College. The program begins with Beethoven’s “Quartet Op. 74,” […]
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'Those Winter Days' folksy variety show at UU Theater
The Beet Poets of Wayne and Hurry Down Sunshine will perform “Those Winter Days,” a folksy spoken word and music variety show, hosted by the UU Theater, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21. Beet Poets fervently believe in poetry that won’t put people off. Above, before last year’s winter UU performance, from left, are Beet Poets […]
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A leader undermines his own revolution
Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 By Stephen Kotkin Penguin Press. 1,154 pp. $40 A frenzy of hunting for spies and subversives shook the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, as Joseph Stalin propelled his police to unmask Trotskyite-fascists, rightist and leftist deviationists, wreckers and hidden enemies with party cards. Yet if we apply the perverse […]
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Sandy River Ramblers in concert in Wayne
WAYNE — On Saturday, Jan. 27, the Sandy River Ramblers will present a concert of bluegrass music, emphasizing original songs about Maine, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Ladd Center, 26 Gott Road. Doors open at 5 p.m. Homemade soups and desserts will be for sale. Songs from the Ramblers’ 2012 CD, “Cry of […]
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Monmouth Community Players to hold auditions for spring show
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Community Players will hold auditions next month for its spring show, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” features a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a […]
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Looking Back on January 12
100 years ago, 1918The Sun has just completed the installation of an automatic sprinkler Ore protection system in its building on Park Street. The work was done by the Automatic Sprinkler Co. of America, the largest concern of its kind in the world. A. N. Wilson, a representative of that company being here in charge […]
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Nikki Hunt Band to perform at Mixers
The Nikki Hunt Band is performing at Mixers at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12. The Nikki Hunt Band is a pop/rock band covering artists such as Sheryl Crow, Joan Jett, Bruce Springsteen, Sublime, No Doubt, The Doors, U2 and many more. Doors open at 5 p.m. and there is no cover charge.
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Mike Rodrigue to perform at Pedro O'Hara's
Mike Rodrigue will be performing live at Pedro O’Hara’s from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12. Hailing from central Maine, Mike Rodrigue has been entertaining crowds for nearly 25 years with his eclectic mix of melodies from the ’60s, ’70’s, ’80s, ’90s and into the 2000s. He plays a wide variety of “songs you […]
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Back Woods Road to perform at Guthries
Back Woods Road, a Maine bluegrass band, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at Guthries. Back Woods Road is a highly energized acoustic band known for its tight harmonies, hard driving lead solos and crowd-pleasing diversified choice of music and arrangements. Members are Rich Bernier (dobro, guitar and vocals); Jane Bernier (guitar, mandolin, […]
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Looking Back on January 11
100 years ago, 1918The Lewiston Chamber of Commerce has received the following letter from Director General of Railroads W. G. McAdoo, asking its help to relieve the freight car congestion, which is a serious question in the country today. In it Director McAdoo asks that the merchants break themselves of the habit of using freight […]