WILTON — The East Wilton Union Church will host a Christmas concert by Paulie Heath at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at 1306 Main St., East Wilton. The public is invited. Heath learned to play piano and started singing publicly in churches with her three siblings at age 10. She studied music in college and […]
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Looking Back on December 12
100 years ago, 1916(Advertisement) WANTED – EMPTY FLOUR BARRELS – Tel. Hudson’s Bakery and we shall send truck for them. – PRICE 25c EACH 50 years ago, 1966(Photo Caption) CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AGLOW — One of the home decorating schemes seen by The Sun cameramen in traveling about the city, Sunday, was this one at 14 […]
Looking Back on December 10
100 years ago, 1916Moses Young of Hartford was in Lewiston the first of the week on his way home from Topsham where he had been to see I. T. Williams about purchasing an ox. Mr. Young stated that he was wintering eight yoke of oxen and steers and that he had been down the line […]
Mother-daughter team paintings on display at CMMC
LEWISTON — The Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery is featuring paintings by Anita F. Poulin of Auburn and Shalimar A. Poulin of Augusta, a mother-daughter team, throughout the month of December. The gallery is at 60 High St., the main entrance to Central Maine Medical Center. The collection features landscapes, seascapes and plein air paintings that […]
Lithgow speaker to talk on Mars Hill robbery book
AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library and the Unitarian Universalist Community Church are partnering to bring author Ron Chase to the library on Tuesday, Dec. 6. The presentation is at 6 p.m. in the Community Room. It is free and open to the public. Chase is the author of “The Great Mars Hill Bank Robbery.” The […]
Dance fest’s 35th season includes big mill production
LEWISTON — The Bates Dance Festival, northern New England’s leading contemporary dance training and presenting program, announces its 35th season, June 23-Aug. 6, 2017. The festival includes the renowned professional training program for dancers 18 years and older (July 15-Aug. 6), offering 31 classes a day in a wide range of disciplines; and the Young […]
‘Tis The Season sing-along set for Dec. 22
MONMOUTH — The sing-along extravaganza ‘Tis The Season will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, at Cumston Hall on Main Street. Thirty-two Monmouth Youth Theater performers will be on stage for the annual show. This year will include audience participation, rhymes, seasonal songs, dances and carols. Ray Fletcher, trustee of Cumston Hall, will […]
Gaslight holding auditions for ‘Chalk Garden’
HALLOWELL — The Gaslight Theater will hold auditions for “The Chalk Garden” by Enid Bagnold at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 4 and 5, in the City Hall auditorium. Needed are two males and seven females for this production, directed by Laura Graham. This psychological chamber piece explores the secret world of childhood through […]
This weekend at Pedro’s
Friday, Dec. 9, from 8 to 11 p.m., Toby McAllister performs at Pedro O’Hara’s, 34 Main St., Lewiston. McAllister has traveled the world with his band, Sparks The Rescue for almost 10 years, but also plays as a solo act, performing everything from Johnny Cash to Taylor Swift, and incorporates some original material, as well. […]