100 years ago, 1916Quite a parade went down Main street, Auburn, late yesterday afternoon when the Morrow Brothers & Co., First Street, drove down over a hundred hogs which had been shipped in. A hog patrol in the form of a jigger (movement back and forth like a jigsaw) followed behind picking up those that […]

FARMINGTON — The Arts Institute of Western Maine will present a concert by the southern Maine jazz septet Novel Jazz at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, in Nordica Auditorium at Merrill Hall at the University of Maine at Farmington. The band regularly plays throughout Maine, and has performed for Maine Public Radio. Collectively, the group […]

LEWISTON —  Justin Lindsay & Bunk will rock the Franco Center with a show at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4. The doors and bar open at 7:30.   Justin Lindsay is a 16-year-old phenomenal guitarist who attends Scarborough High School. He’s been in the blues scene since he was 11, performing multiple times at the Maine Blues Festival […]

100 years ago, 1916It is understood that Charles Brown, who has been manager of the restaurant since it was first opened, and Spafford T. Anderson, an Associated Press operator of this city, have bought out Mitchell’s restaurant at 151 Lisbon Street, Lewiston. This restaurant was opened in June 1914 by the Mitchell Restaurant Co. and […]

PARIS — Crazy 8’s will host a benefit show at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at 187 Main St., South Paris. The show will include five local bands: Crooked Creek, Clapping In Irons, Faceplant, The Fedoras and Jordan Kaulback. They will play to raise money for the two families who lost everything in the Beal […]

AUBURN — Author Andrew Vietze will talk about his nonfiction book, “Boon Island: A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Cannibalism” at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at the Auburn Public Library. Boon Island, a barren piece of land located in the Gulf of Maine, is six miles off the town of York. The island […]

The White Panda with Casey Veggies will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, in Bates College’s Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, 130 Central Ave. Hailed as a “veritable party-mashup machine” by Entertainment Weekly, The White Panda enjoys a reputation for high-energy, highly visual live shows. Also on hand is rapper Casey Veggies. Tickets are […]

FRYEBURG — Comedian Juston McKinney will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St. With multiple appearances on The Tonight Show, hosting his own specials on Comedy Central, and consistently selling out theaters, New Hampshire’s own McKinney is at the top of his game. He […]

HALLOWELL — Gaslight Theater’s production of “The Man Who Came to Dinner” will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at City Hall. Sheridan Whiteside, having dined at the Stanleys’ home, slips on their doorstep, breaking his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow. The Stanley living room is monopolized by the irascible invalid, […]

STANDISH — Schoolhouse Arts Center will host “Bad Dates” by Theresa Rebeck. The show is a one-woman comedy starring Theresa Dyer of Bridgton and is directed by Jerry Walker. “Bad Dates” is the story of Haley, a single mom and self-proclaimed idiot savant at managing restaurants. She has divorced her Texas husband, moved to New […]