NEW GLOUCESTER — Twenty-year comedy veteran Dennis Fogg will headline Maine Event Comedy’s return to Amvets Post 6, 1095 Lewiston Road, New Gloucester, on Friday, Sept. 30. The show begins at 8 p.m. and will also feature Joe Flynn, Bill Picard, Dawn Hartill and host Mark Turcotte. Fogg’s comedy and restaurant, Uncle Andy’s Diner in […]

BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Land Trust is hosting “Into the Woods,” a speaker event, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Gould Academy’s McLaughlin Auditorium in Bethel. Paul Motts, recently retired National Park Service naturalist, will present “New England Fall Colors.” Discover the hidden secrets for why this annual event occurs and what makes the […]

Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum will read from his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Lewiston Public Library. The evening will also feature performances by the award-winning poetry slam team from Edward Little High School in Auburn.

Greg Boardman, left, will lead a multi-age ensemble of folk musicians for a lively evening of contra dancing Saturday, Oct. 1, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, 267 Bates St., Lewiston, across from Kennedy Park.  Among the band members will be, from left, Samantha James, Sophia Brown and Anabeth Treadwell, all of […]

GARDINER — Monkitree will host “In and Out of the Shadows” with paintings and shadow puppetry by Bridget McAlonan of Topsham through Nov. 19 at 263 Water St. There will be an opening reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Working in both painting and shadow puppetry, McAlonan delves into the concepts of […]

FARMINGTON — Adria “Dee” Keneagy, SugarWood Gallery’s Artist of the Month, will be feted at a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served. “Gallery curators tend to favor a “body of work” from their exhibitors, which basically means a cohesive series of paintings in either a particular style […]

FARMINGTON — Maja Wilson, University of Maine at Farmington assistant professor of secondary education, will present “What Can Robo-Graders Teach Us About Being Human?” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the performance space at the Emery Community Arts Center. The presentation is part of UMF’s Public Classroom series. It’s free and open to the […]

PARIS — On Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m., the Celebration Barn Theatre will present Mike Miclon’s “Early Evening Show,” featuring special guests Dawn Hartill and April Reed-Cox along with “Early Evening Show” regular Tom Murphy and more.   “The Early Evening Show,” a spoof of late-night talk shows, has been performed from Maine to Switzerland and built its reputation with a 14-year run at the […]

Spend an afternoon withSen. Margaret Chase Smith BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center, in partnership with the Cosmopolitan Club of Bath, will present “Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington — An afternoon with Sen. Margaret Chase Smith” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. During historical political unrest, U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was […]