MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Community Players invites audiences to take a trip into the past and experience a live radio show in the production, “1940s — When Radio Was King.” It is directed by Linda Duarte of Lewiston, with music direction by Bob Gilbert and Cindy Dunham of Winthrop as producer. The audience can expect […]

BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project Professional Ensemble, in its 45th season, will present “Cocktails and Travails,” Feb 2-12. It is directed by Christopher Price. This outrageous madcap farce was written by Maine playwright and actor Brent Askari, and was the winner of the 2015 New Play Contest at The Neil Simon Festival, receiving a staged […]

NEW GLOUCESTER — Tricky Britches, offering a unique culmination of country, contra-dance, bluegrass and rock music, will appear at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester. The group formed in 2009 when four friends in Portland took their fiddle tunes and country songs on the road across the U.S. Since […]

AUBURN — Saint Dominic Academy will hold its Winter Carnival on Sunday, Jan. 29, at two venues, with activities from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Auburn Campus, 121 Gracelawn Road, and continuing from 4:40-6 p.m. at the Norway Savings Bank Arena, 985 Turner St., Auburn. The goal is to hold a fun event for the public […]

LEWISTON — Cosplay Convention Center.com LLC, is bringing a one-day comic expo to the Lewiston Memorial Armory, 65 Central Ave., on Sept. 23. The event will feature artists, writers, comics, creators, cosplayer s and collectibles as well as other talented individuals in the pop-culture scene who hail from Maine and New England. Tickets will be $5 […]

100 years ago, 1917A careless individual and a cigarette caused a fire Saturday morning in a house on Mill street, New Auburn. The fire originated in a carpet beneath a bureau where a cigarette stub had been thrown. Frank W. Jackson, assistant engineer, was overcome by smoke during the fighting Saturday morning and had to […]

Arts, crafts for sale;kids’ activities, plusmetalwork and ice carving AUBURN — Friday through Sunday, Jan. 27-29, L/A Arts will present a pop-up café/cabaret, Fire & Ice, during the 2017 Auburn Winter Fest. In an intimate nightclub setting, L/A Arts will showcase the jazz quartet Tom Porter & Friends on Friday, Jan.27, 5:30 to 9 p.m.; […]

FARMINGTON —“Occasionally,” a short film by University of Maine Farmington associate art professors Dawn Nye and Katrazyna Randall, was selected as a 2017 winning film by the Maine Film and Video Association. Nye and Randall’s film, along with 13 other winning films, will be screened as part of the Maine Short Film Festival 2017 in […]

MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Community Players are holding open auditions for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s premiere musical collaboration “Oklahoma!” This production is being directed by Josie French of Lewiston. Cindy Dunham of Winthrop will produce the show. Auditions are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 5, and Monday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cumston Hall, 796 Main […]

100 years ago, 1917The fine, steady, healthy growth of Lewiston-Auburn is strikingly shown by the increase of receipts at the Lewiston office of the American Express Co. for the year 1916. This Increase was approximately 30 per cent, and it raised the office from the second to the first class. It is the largest increase, […]