TEMPLE — Folk troubadours Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Temple Stream Theater, 321 Intervale Road. Mandeville and Richards recently returned from their seventh annual Massachusetts Walking Tour, where they organized and performed 18 community concerts in 18 days. The two walked from Provincetown to Swansea — about […]
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‘Remember Me Like This’ author speaking at UMF
FARMINGTON—Bret Anthony Johnston, author of the internationally best-selling novel “Remember Me Like This,” which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, is the first reader in this year’s Visiting Writers Series at the University of Maine at Farmington. Johnston will read from his work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, in The Landing in […]
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‘Boeing, Boeing’ is a mile-a-minute laugh riot at TAM
MONMOUTH — “Boeing Boeing” is a mile-a-minute bedroom farce that has Theater at Monmouth (TAM) audiences roaring from start to finish. It’s the swinging ’60s and Bernard, a Parisian architect, has perfected a revolving-door scheme for juggling his surreptitious affairs with three airline hostesses. It depends on flight schedules to keep each adoring lady from […]
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‘North Woods Law’ wardens to greet park visitors
GRAY — Several game wardens and their K-9s from the hit TV series “North Woods Law” will greet the public from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Maine Wildlife Park on Route 26. The popular Animal Planet TV show has finished filming its sixth and final season. Sept. 26 is […]
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Looking Back on September 21
100 years ago, 1916There is an interesting display of fruit in the windows of Oscar W. Jones, the Auburn druggist which is attracting much attention. The display consists of 15 varieties of Maine apples and one can easily sea why one of Maine’s products are so much in demand throughout the country. 50 years ago, […]
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‘Powered by Girl’ author to give signing in Farmington Thursday
FARMINGTON — “Powered by Girl” author Lyn Mikel Brown will give a talk and book-signing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, 193 Broadway. In “Powered by Girl,” readers learn about the intergenerational support behind 13-year-old Julia Bluhm when she got Seventeen magazine to go Photoshop-free; 19-year-old Celeste Montaño, who […]
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September paintings, photography at CMMC
LEWISTON — Paintings by Joyce Coyne and photography by Gene Bailey are on display through September in the main lobby hallway of Central Maine Medical Center’s 60 High St. entrance. Bailey has enjoyed photography for as long as he can remember, starting with his Kodak camera that took 126 cartridges. “To take a great shot […]
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Patch Adams coming to Portland Sept. 30
PORTLAND — Internationally-known physician Patch Adams will present “Living A Life of Joy” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Hall. He will discuss being happy, explore the idea of never having a bad day, and choosing to live every day with joy. Adams has visited more than 80 […]
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Auction to feature art from Fr. Paul Plante collection
PORTLAND — The International Fine Art Auction next month will include more than 60 items from the personal collection of the Rev. Paul Plante, who served churches in Rangeley, Auburn and Lewiston, among other locations The auction is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center, 88 Bedford […]
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Looking Back on September 20
100 years ago, 1916Allegations that the Lewiston fire department contained many members unsuited for duty, as well as some who were guilty of shirking and other breaches of the rules, did not meet denial when made at last evening’s meeting of the Lewiston Fire Commissioners. That a shake-up will result was evident from the initial […]