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Chamber group salutes Schubert

The Arts Institute of Western Maine is sponsoring a Maine Mountain Chamber Music concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. Pianists Yuri Funahashi, left, and Stephen Pane, right, are among the peformers. Others include violinist Keiko Tokunaga, bassist Carolyn Davis Fryer, cellist Elisabeth Anderson and […]

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Looking Back on September 27

100 years ago, 1917The Salvation Army from Lewiston will have a service in the Free Baptist church on Friday night. They will be accompanied by Staff Captain Garabed, or more familiarly known as “Joe the Turk.” Joe is a very interesting character. He dresses in full Turkish costume, plays a double-jointed cornet, clarinet, saxophone and […]

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Master wood carver at sporting museum

RANGELEY —  Master woodcarver Steve Brettell will be at the Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum, from 11 a.m., to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 30. Brettell has been carving decoys and shorebirds since the early 1980s. While he is best known for his bold sea duck and diver decoys, his shorebirds, birds of prey, turkeys, and upland […]

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'Fantasticks' at the Chocolate Church

“The Fantasticks,” presented by the Studio Theatre of Bath, will run Sept. 29 through Oct. 8 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, in the Curtis Room. Tickets are $12, and are available at studiotheatreofbath.com. The cast, from left, are Mike Rowe as Henry, Vince Shatto as Bellomy, Sararose Willey as Louisa, Kobi Appleby as […]

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Bell, Christmastide choirs recruiting

NORWAY — The 2017 English Hand Bell Choir and the Christmastide Choir of the Second Congregational Church are recruiting new members. For the past 18 years, the Christmastide Choir and Bell Choir, composed of church and community members, has presented an exuberant seasonal/sacred concert to a full house. The tradition continues this year. The Christmastide […]

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Elks Club comedy features Ater and Bradshaw

LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy presents the hilarious Johnny Ater and Colby Bradshaw at the Lewiston Elks Lodge at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 30. The show will also feature Boston’s John Sucich and Kathleen DeMarle.   Whether he’s taking light-hearted swipes at himself and his fellow Mainers, or contorting his face into hilarious characters, Ater […]