On Dec. 2 and 3, and 3 at 7 p.m., Spruce Mountain High School and community will perform Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales:  The musical.”  Many of us have read Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and now is the chance to see the words and character’s move from the page to the stage with all their flaws and stories. Personalities are […]

Maine singer/songwriter Dave Gutter,  best known for his work as front-man of Rustic Overtones will perform Simple Songs, a rare solo acoustic storyteller-styled performance, Saturday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. Proceeds will benefit St. Lawrence Arts’s replacement of its wheelchair lift. Gutter is also widely known as a gifted lyricist, having written songs […]

Paul Pare is a formerLewiston residentand Journal reporter A former Lewiston newspaperman will present his latest novel “Road Kill” at the Auburn Public Library in early December. Paul Paré will participate in a book talk Thursday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. at the library.  The event is open to the general public and is offered free […]

100 years ago, 1916Supt. and Mrs. John F. Stanley of the Auburn Fish Hatchery, Auburn, were seriously injured yesterday morning, when they were attacked by a pet buck deer which had suddenly become enraged. Their lives were doubtless saved by a collie pup which followed Mrs. Stanley from the house as she ran to the […]

FARMINGTON — The Emery Community Arts Center on the University of Maine at Farmington campus is proud to present an evening of experimental music at 7:15 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1. The program is under the direction of Gustavo Aguilar, UMF associate professor of experimental performance, and N.B. Aldrich, University of Maine faculty member and installation […]

LEWISTON — The Just Us entertainers  presents  its 16th annual “Just Us Family Christmas Show” on Sunday, Dec.4, at 2 p.m. at the L/A’s Gendron Franco Center. The group first performed at the Center in the summer of 2000 to raise funds for the then Festival de Joie.  Since then, the group, an eclectic group of families and […]

Over three days, Saturday, Dec. 3 through Monday, Dec. 5, Bates College will present its Fall Dance Concert. The event includes work by guest artists Claudia Lavista and Omar Carrum; Sean Dorsey; Takehiro Ueyama in collaboration with Hideki Kato, the music department and department chair Hiroya Miura; and dance professor Julie Fox. Performances are scheduled […]

100 years ago, 1916Manager Bonneau of the Social Billiard Parlor invites all to inspect the new lunch counter which has been installed. The equipment is of the so-called western type permitting full view of all the cooking operations. At the parlor, last evening, Pelletier defeated Ramsey 100 to 91, in a pocket billiard tournament match. […]