FRYEBURG — Back by popular demand, the national touring Corvettes will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St. Some of the hits expected in the Doo Wop Revue are “Come Go With Me,” “Earth Angel” and “Rock Around The Clock.” At 5:30 p.m. there […]

GREENE — Robin Williams’ film “Biblical Treasures of Turkey Part 1” will be shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. The film highlights the Biblical accounts of the travels of the apostles Paul and Barnabas. After the crucifixion of Jesus, the apostle John took […]

100 years ago, 1916There has been some talk among local bakers of doing away with the five-cent loaf of bread. It is claimed that the work on the five-cent loaf is as great as that on a 10-cent loaf and that there are a number of expenses that enter into the baking of a five-cent […]

AUGUSTA — Veteran Maine journalist and columnist Douglas Rooks will visit Lithgow Public Library for a brown bag lunch at noon Thursday, Sept. 22. Rooks will read from his biography, “Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible,”  The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Community Room. […]

AUGUSTA — There will be an opening reception for the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine’s exhibit “Equal Protection of the Laws” from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Michael Klahr Center, 46 University Drive. The exhibit is in partnership with the Kennebec Valley Art Association. Featured are 36 works by […]

LEWISTON — Artist and teacher Chiharu Naruse will perform a recital concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. It’s the opening program in the center’s 11th Piano Series season and will feature works by Schumann, Mozart, Ravel, Debussy, Beethoven, Brahms, and Maine resident Elliott […]

GARDINER — Capital City Improv will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. The Augusta-based comedy troupe uses audience suggestions to create a completely customized 80-minute show. The show is for those 18 and older. Tickets are $16 for adults and $14 for seniors. They’re available […]

AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library will host historian Erin Bishop, the first speaker of the lecture series, “No Laughing Matter: the Pulitzer Prize and the Art of Editorial Cartooning.” It will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, in the library’s Community Room. The former director for education for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential […]

LEWISTON — An article published Wednesday on Page C11 should have said tickets for the Sept. 18 St. Martin de Porres Residence benefit concert are available from the parish office at 16 St. Croix St., near Holy Cross Church. Tickets are also available the day of the concert at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center, […]

PORTLAND — New England Celtic Arts will present the highly-acclaimed Boston-based Goodbye Girls for one show only at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at One Longfellow Square in Portland. The Goodbye Girls are a new quartet from the U.S., Canada and Sweden. The band was formed out of a common love for old-time, traditional bluegrass […]