AUGUSTA — The “Concerts at Jewett” Series, sponsored by University of Maine at Augusta College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College, will feature Novel Jazz in “Duke & Swee’Pea — Love You Madly” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at UMA Jewett Hall Auditorium. Led by Barney Balch, this popular 7-piece jazz band, […]
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Looking Back on October 3
100 years ago, 1917Housewives are encouraged to enroll for valuable work along practical lines. A meeting in the interest of food conservation will be held in the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce rooms Saturday forenoon, at the call of the County campaign manager, H. A. Free. The State manager, W. B. Moore, gave a forceful address […]
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Slade play encore at Celebration Barn
SOUTH PARIS — “More to Come,” the one-act play honoring Duncan E. Slade, will be performed again at Celebration Barn Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, 190 Stock Farm Road. Tickets are available through the Barn’s website: http://www.celebrationbarn.com/shows-at-the-barn/. This original triptych was written for the 2017 Norway Arts Festival which honored Slade (1918-2013), […]
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Violinist to perform at Oasis
LEWISTON — Music of Arabia and Bach for solo violin is on hand for this week’s Oasis of Music. Violinist Mary Hunter will perform this recital at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St., Wednesday, Oct.4, from 12:30-1 p.m. Admission is free. Hunter’s program includes Longa Farahfaz by Egyptian composer Riad al Sunbati, improvisations and anonymous works in Arabic […]
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Renowned filmmaker at Sawyer Memorial
From dangerous places to the Dalai Lama, Rick Ray has filmed it all GREENE — The film “Getting the Shot — Without Getting Shot” will be presented by Rick Ray at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Admission is free. From sneaking past the Khmer […]
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Looking Back on October 2
100 years ago, 1917“Despite the fact that Portland printers are crying hard times and an insufficiency of work, the Cumberland County Superior court dockets for the April, May and September terms were this year printed in Lewiston. The action of the court in engaging a Lewiston printer to do the work is defensible, however, on […]
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Being empathetic can lead to serious health issues
Your husband was just passed over for a promotion, and he’s depressed. Your friend’s breast cancer has returned. As a supportive spouse and friend, you feel their pain. Growing research suggests there’s a cost to all that caring. Empathy — the ability to tune into and share another person’s emotion from their perspective — plays […]
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Looking Back on September 30
100 years ago, 1917Members of the committee on accounts say the Lewiston fire police don’t exist, and therefore no one claiming to hold that office will receive any pay. “The fire police are always pretty much of a joke anyway,” said one of the Aldermen, yesterday, “but this year none was appointed, and Mayor Lemaire’s […]
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Suzanne Kelly is SugarWood artist of the month
Reception Friday, Oct. 6 FARMINGTON — SugarWood Gallery “Artist of the Month” Suzanne Kelly will be feted at an Open House Reception from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6. The public is invited and refreshments will be served. Kelly began taking art lessons at an early age in her hometown of Augusta. She […]
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Evening of illusions at Chocolate Church
BATH — Master illusionist Vitaly Beckman will perform An Evening of Wonders at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. Beckman has made it a personal challenge to reintroduce awe and wonderment to those who have forgotten what it feels like to be amazed. Every illusion in Beckman’s […]