RUMFORD — Rumford has been called “Maine’s Capital of Magic” and will host The Famous Unknown Magicians with a stage show at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. Ten magicians will perform 10 minutes each with plenty of laughs, audience participation and some amazing magic. The show will be hosted by Wes Booth of St Albans […]

GREENE — Pianist Phil House and Kathy Haley will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. House, organist at the First Universalist Church in Auburn, has also recorded many CDs of his piano and organ music. He has made a life performing near and far, […]

BATH — Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee of Castlebay will return to the Chocolate Church Arts Center for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. The church is at 804 Washington St. Since 1986, Castlebay has created a body of work that celebrates Maine’s maritime heritage and environment, blending history, legend and experience into their personable […]

FRYEBURG — The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “Met Opera Live in HD” series is returning to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center for the 2016-17 season. Held in Fryeburg Academy’s state-of-the-art theater, the live simulcast’s high-definition picture and surround sound audio makes it seem as if patrons are actually watching the performance inside New […]

The sounds of Celtic harp will ring in Trinity Church Wednesday, Oct. 5, as the Oasis of Music presents harpist Penny Amundsen in a free concert, from 12:30 to 1 p.m.  “I was a harpist disguised as a legal secretary, Amundsen said. “Then, eight years ago, I decided to make my lifelong ambition come true. […]

100 years ago, 1916(Advertisement) Roll off your cares and trials at the popular Rollaway. Put on a pair of the new roller skates and roll up a bunch of joy. Swing about the big rink to the music of the great organ and be happy. Bring your friends and introduce them to the finest indoor […]

When Jess Bennett was a struggling woman frustrated by the microaggressions, insults and sexist slights plaguing her own office, she and her lady colleagues formed their own answer to the “old boys network”: a consciousness-raising-esque group they semi-jokingly called “Feminist Fight Club,” complete with a list of rules.In her new book, “Feminist Fight Club,” Bennett […]

There’s a reason the little black dress gets its spot in every woman’s closet. Black is at once classic, fresh, modern and edgy. It can be whatever you want it to be, and it always looks good. The same holds true in the home: Black is both a rebel and a darling, but it is […]

100 years ago, 1916Dancing is sure to be very popular in Auburn Hall this winter on Thursday evenings as everything that is danced is taught in a very simple manner and one with close attention can learn very quickly. The new style Fox Trot which is taught next Thursday is already a big success in […]

VIENNA — The Vienna Union Hall Association is bringing the Theater at Monmouth players for William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” It will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the hall at 5 Vienna Mountain Road. The play, adapted and directed by Dawn McAndrews, is a journey to a unique and fantastical world where […]