Local jazz guitar legend John Smedley will be joined by bassist Tim Clough and drummer Pete Perfido in a free noontime concert at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St. in Lewiston, this Wednesday from 12:30-1.  Perfido, Medley’s long-lost friend and band mate, is in town to perform at Bates College Friday evening with the Bob Degan Trio.  Perfido (http://peterperfido.jimdo.com/) has been […]

The season finale of the Andover Summer Concert Series will feature singer-songwriter-guitarist Brad Hooper on Friday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. on the Andover town common, weather permitting. The concert is free with donations appreciated to help cover expenses. For more info, call Ross at 207-392-2572. Hooper’s vocal quality often has him pegged as a “blues man,” […]

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will present the Western Mountain Photography Show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23-25, at the Rangeley Inn and Tavern. There will be a juried exhibit in the banquet room from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, as well as from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]

PARIS — Celebration Barn Theater will host an evening of stand-up comedy with Maine Event Comedy at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at 190 Stock Farm Road, South Paris. Comedians will include Mark Turcotte, Michele Mortensen and Tuck Tucker. Turcotte is a married father of two and lifelong New Englander. Most of his material is […]

WAYNE — Veteran columnist and journalist Douglas Rooks will share excerpts from his new biography of George Mitchell at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Cary Memorial Library. “Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible” traces the path from Mitchell’s humble beginnings in Waterville to becoming a respected public figure of national and […]

100 years ago, 1916The lawn and grounds of St. Mathew’s Episcopal church in Lisbon Falls have been transformed into a Gypsy encampment. Here the ladies of this church and the young people of the Sunday school held a Gypsy carnival. The grounds were lighted brightly with electric lights and the ladies and some of the […]

 LEWISTON —  The Lewiston Public Library is  partnering with the Maine Folklife Center to present a program entitled, “Threads of Our Lives: Maine Folk Fiber Art, on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m., in Callahan Hall. The event is free and open to the public.  The lecture-demonstration program features two Maine-based fiber artists, knitter Sally Wilson […]

100 years ago, 1916The inauguration of the new electric organ, the finest in the city, at St Peter’s and St. Paul’s church, will take place this evening. The church has been especially favored in securing M. Telesphore Urbain, the noted blind organist for the evening. Monsieur Urbain has been blind since he was 6 years […]

FARMINGTON — Poets Stuart Kestenbaum and Wesley McNair will offer a shared reading of their poems at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Emery Community Arts Center on the University of Maine at Farmington campus. The reading is sponsored by the Arts Institute of Western Maine. It will be followed by a reception and […]

Steeped in the best of jazz, pianist Bob Degen performs at Bates College with drummer Peter Perfido and bassist Harvie S. With Degen’s elegant originals central to their repertoire, the threesome embraces both jazz tradition and contemporary improvisation. The concert is 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. […]