PARIS — Celebration Barn Theater will present two shows Saturday, Aug. 26. At 2 p.m., Marta Mozelle’s clown show, titled “Please Ship This Wet Gift,” will be staged to give families the opportunity to laugh together about feeling bad. Mozelle is a New York City-based puppeteer who performs, builds and teaches. She has worked on […]
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Mexican Folklorico performance at Union Hall
VIENNA — Vienna Union Hall and Camp Bearnstow present a formal Mexican Folklorico performance by Jonathan Trejo and Kareli Montoya, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Union Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults and may purchased at the door. Trejo of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is a professional dancer at Ballet Folklorico of the […]
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Guitarist Chouki performing in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Master guitarist Mahmoud “Mood” Chouki will perform at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, at the Concert on the Lawn at the Emery Community Arts Center, University of Maine at Farmington. Chouki’s performances and compositions consist of music from around the globe fusing ethnic and electric styles. He leans especially toward flamenco, jazz and Asian-styled music. He began […]
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Looking Back on August 22
100 years ago, 1917“One of the most dangerous places on our streets is on Main on the right-hand side going toward Lisbon street, just after leaving the bridge over the canal,” said an employee of the Union Water Power company to the Lewiston Journal. “The traffic officer cannot watch everything at once, and 1 don’t […]
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Looking Back on August 21
100 years ago, 1917The Japanese chef employed by William P. Gray, theatrical manager, at his Lake Auburn cottage was stunned by a bolt of lightning which splintered a big pine near the Gray cottage during an electrical storm last evening. Dr. W. H. Hawkins was summoned. He made a record run to the lake and […]
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Great Northern Music and Arts fest at Hemonds Sept. 8-10
MINOT — The Great North Music and Arts Festival will be returning to Hemond Farms for its 5th annual event Friday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 10, at Hemond Farms, 695 Woodman Hill Road (Route 119). This multi-night camping event is one of New England’s premier grassroots festivals and features over 100 musical, visual and […]
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Looking Back on August 19
100 years ago, 1917Borax Bill with his twenty-mule team and Tarantula Pete, straight from the Death Valley of California, spent Saturday in Lewiston and Auburn. They were greeted by crowds at every stopping place and thousands followed the parade through the streets. The mule team is a novelty and the story of its work makes […]
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Coig kicks off season at Chocolate Church
BATH — The fiery Celtic style of Còig, who have sold out four consecutive holiday themed concerts, will open the 2017-18 Chocolate Church Arts Center performance season at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8. These talented and enthusiastic musicians easily shift between century-old tunes of past generations to original and contemporary compositions. Fiddler Chrissy Crowley […]
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Jazz Collective in concert Aug. 24
LOVELL — The Bradley Jazz Collective will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Lovell Brick Church for the Performing Arts. The Collective, made up of Mike Sakash on saxophone, Jed Wilson on piano, Al Hospers on bass and Craig Bryan on drums, will play jazz standards from the 1950s and 1960s, including the music […]
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Professor Paddy-Whack in benefit show
PARIS — Professor Paddy-Whack is performing a benefit show, “This Land is Your Land,” for the Deering Memorial Community Center at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24. Rick Adam, aka Professor Paddy-Whack, using instruments built out of tin cans, a washboard, bells, whistles and a cigar box, will lead sing-a-longs and tell tall-tales with hand shadows, […]