LEWISTON — Wayne poet David Moreau and Lewiston cellist Greg Boardman will collaborate this Wednesday at the Oasis of Music at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St., from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Moreau worked in Lewiston for 27 years with people with intellectual and physical disabilities. His book of poems, “You Can Still Go to Hell and Other […]
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Franco Center holding tribute to veterans
Travis Mills film, concert part of celebration LEWISTON — The Travis Mills Foundation will team up with the Gendron Franco Center on Saturday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m. for a special tribute concert and reception to honor Maine’s veterans and learn more about the groups who support and help returning and active Veterans and their families. […]
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Paris Hill Music Festival coming up in August
PARIS — The Paris Hill Music Festival on Aug. 10-13 will feature four Maine-based groups representing three genres of music. The concerts will be held in the historic First Baptist Church of Paris Hill on Paris Hill Road. Schooner Fare, which started in South Paris, will perform Aug. 10. The band writes and performs topical songs, […]
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Bay State comedian headines Baxter show
LEWISTON — Massachusetts comedian Brian Plumb highlights Maine Event Comedy at Baxter Brewing, Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m. The showcase will also feature Michele Mortensen, Jed Bloom, Jake Jacobson, Mike Gray and host Mark Turcotte. Plumb’s confrontational style has made him a favorite throughout New England and beyond. He performed at the Dallas Comedy Festival […]
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Third Thursday comedy at Bear Bones
LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy’s Third Thursday Comedy Showcase returns to Bear Bones Beer on May 18 at 7 p.m. with reigning “Central Maine’s Funniest Comedian” winner Billy Jack Goodwin. He’ll be joined by fellow comics John Sucich, Jake Jacobson, Joel Klein, Crystal Bernard and host Mark Turcotte. Goodwin is quickly making a name for himself in the […]
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Looking Back on May 16
100 years ago, 1917Tonight at Auburn hall will be held the first public meeting ever held in this vicinity in the interest of the greatest organization for the comfort, life and safety of soldiers that the world ever knew. The Red Cross is everyone’s society. It is the only agency that exists through which one […]
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Library to host Douglas Rooks reading
WINTHROP –Veteran Maine journalist and columnist Douglas Rooks will read from his biography, “Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at the Bailey Public Library. The event is part of the ongoing Winthrop Lakes Region Forum put on by the Bailey Library and sponsored by the Winthrop […]
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Young fiddler at Oasis of Music Wednesday
LEWISTON — Young fiddler Owen Kennedy is the featured performer at the upcoming Oasis of Music concert, from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 247 Bates St. This is a free event. Kennedy will perform a program of energetic traditional tunes from Quebec and Maritime Canada, Scottish & Celtic […]
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Open Book Players stage fairytales for kids
GARDINER — The Open Book Players will end their 20th season with their children’s program entitled “Once Upon A Time…” which features well known, andnot-so-well-known fairytales on Saturday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Hall. The seven stories being performed include “The Emperor’s New Suit,” “The Little Red Hen,” “The […]
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CLT releases cast, crew for ‘Prelude to a Kiss’
AUBURN — Director Eileen M. Messina has announced the cast and crew for the upcoming Community Little Theater production of the romantic comedy “Prelude to a Kiss.” “Prelude to a Kiss,” by Craig Lucas, tells the story of a couple that simply falls in lovee — the young man is idealistic and romantic; the young woman […]