LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy’s Third Thursday Comedy Showcase returns to Lewiston’s Bear Bones Beer on Nov. 17. Mark Turcotte will be the host. The show will feature a pair of New England’s funniest comedians, Brian Plumb and Tuck Tucker. They’ll be joined by Jake Jacobson, Mike Gray, Noreen Lacoy and Adam Johnson. Plumb’s confrontational […]

WINSLOW — Central Maine author S.A. Larsen recently released “Motley Education,” the first book in a middle-grade fantasy-adventure series. The book centers on Ebony, whose less-than-average spirit-tracking abilities are ruining more than sixth grade at Motley Junior High School for the Psychically & Celestially Gifted. Her parents argue so much her dad moved out. She […]

PORTLAND — James F. Timmins recently released his third installment of the Jack Chamberlain series, “HomeGrown.” The book picks up where fans left Jack, fresh off the case of his life in Boston. Now in Gettysburg with Claire Sanchez for a historic re-enactment, he finds himself on the front lines when the re-enactment turns into […]

BETHEL — “Thank You and Good Night,” an original play, will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19, at the Gould Academy McLaughlin Auditorium. The play introduces the audience to the Senior College Players as they’ve never been seen before.  “During the past 10 years we’ve appeared as various characters […]

The DaPonte String Quartet will kick off its winter season with “Running a Ground,” a concert that ranges from Mozart to modern. The concert features Mozart’s last string quartet, “No. 23” in F major, as well as contemporary American composer John Heiss’ “Microcosms,” and Russian great Sergei Prokofiev’s “String Quartet No. 2” in F major. […]

100 years ago, 1916The watering trough on Minot avenue, Auburn, a short distance from Court street, was ordered removed following the granting of the petition of Wolf Kushelevitz that it be removed. Mr. Kushelevitz is erecting a building in the rear of Packard’s store which is at Minot avenue and Court street. 50 years ago, […]

MONMOUTH — The Theater at Monmouth will start the holiday season off with its comedic extravaganza, “Every Christmas Story Ever Told…(and then some!)”  The play begins as another version of “A Christmas Carol” and takes “a wrong turn in Albuquerque” on the way to a beloved holiday classic smackdown between “A Christmas Carol” and “It’s […]

The plaintive and joyous sounds of traditional hasidic and klezmer music are on deck for this week’s Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Trinity Church. Sruli Dresner, rabbi at Temple Shalom, and his wife, Lisa Mayer, bring their voices, violin, accordion, clarinet, recorders, jew’s harp, banjo and percussion for a very […]

‘Seamless flow ofmusic, movement’ AUBURN — “Chicago” burns up the Community Little Theatre stage in the current staging of that red hot Bob Fosse dance-centered musical. With a dazzling on-stage orchestra and a long list of extremely talented performers, this celebrated show is a must-see production. Choreographer/assistant director Jake Boyce, director Richard Martin and music […]

LEWISTON — The eighth offering of the Medieval Feast is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19, at The Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. The event begins at 6 p.m. and guests are encouraged to arrive at 5:30 p.m. The Medieval Feast harkens back to the medieval tradition of […]