FARMINGTON — The Sandy River Players of Farmington will host auditions for the musical “1776” Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2 and 4, at the University of Maine at Farmington. Auditions will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 1 in Roberts C23; from 1 to 4 p.m. in Nordica Auditorium; and 6:30 to […]

TURNER — Nezinscot Farm Store will host an open studio from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, to showcase the work of its artists in residence and fiber arts internship programs. The store is located at 284 Turner Center Road. The event coincides with MCA Maine Crafts Weekend. Attendees will have the opportunity to view and […]

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Edith Lucas Pagelson will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Carrabassett Valley Public Library and Community Center’s Begin Family Community Room. Pagelson, a Holocaust survivor, is the author of “Against All Odds: A Miracle of Holocaust Survival.” She lives in Falmouth. The talk is free and open to the […]

FARMINGTON — The Arts Institute of Western Maine will sponsor Maine Mountain Chamber Music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. Performers will include Jasmine Lin, violin, Elizabeth Anderson, cello, and Maine Mountain Chamber Music co-directors Laurie Kennedy, viola, and Yuri Funahashi, piano. They will perform […]

100 years ago, 1916“The most wonderful exhibition of wild west dexterity I ever saw,“ said a traveling man of Jack Morrisey, one of the vaudeville features at the Union Square for today. This man has seen them all and he says that Morrisey is by far the best roper, whip expert and sharpshooter he ever […]

100 years ago, 1916Though Clarence Speakman of Auburn, now with the British expeditionary force in France, has been through three battles, he has come out of each without a scratch. The following letter has been received by his sister, Miss Ruth Speakman, of 135 Third St., Auburn: My Dear Sister: I am writing this to […]

The Tinpanic Steel Band will perform Friday, Sept. 30 at  6 p.m. as entertainment for Art Walk L-A at Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon St., Lewiston.  Tinpanic is known for  its high-energy, Big-Band sound, and  a repertoire including calypso tunes and popular hit songs.  The free, public performance is weather-permitting only.

Wednesday, Sept. 28, violinist Aaron Pettengill will perform at the Oasis of Music, Trinity Church, 247 Bates St., Lewiston, from 12:30 to 1 p.m. For this performance Pettengill will play several movements from the solo violin literature of J.S. Bach.  Also on the program will be selections from the violin-viola duets of Mozart, where he […]

100 years ago, 1916The Red Cross call for Belgian clothing has not been responded to by the people of Lewiston and Auburn as liberally as had been expected. The Lewiston-Auburn quota is 5000 pounds of clothes, and this mark is far below requirements. It is requested that people offer the use of their automobiles, to […]

AUBURN — On Thursday, Sept. 29, Cafe LA will host its biweekly Comic Showcase at 8 p.m. The night will start and end with local homegrown talent. Ben Roberts, originally of Lewiston, will host and open the night. Proud to be living in Leeds, he has been performing all over central and southern Maine for […]