FRYEBURG — “Melted Color,” an exhibit by Maine artist John Girouard, is on display through the end of October at the Goldberg Gallery in the Bion R. Cram Library at Fryeburg Academy. Girouard’s work has been shown throughout New England, and represented at the Chicago Cultural Center’s ArtFutura Exhibition in Chicago from 2012-14. A self-taught […]

100 years ago, 1916The work horse parade, held under the auspices of the Androscoggin Humane Society, was the feature of the monster parade held yesterday in observance of Labor Day. This great cavalcade of men and horses was got together through the efforts of the Androscoggin County Humane Society and local labor unions and to […]

WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library will present “The Zany, Majestic Bard: Celebrating the Inventive Language of Shakespeare” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the King Event Room. The one-hour performance is for audiences of all ages and will celebrate the language of Shakespeare’s plays, including “Hamlet,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “King Lear,” “As You […]

100 years ago, 1916Special service to the Maine State Fair at the Lewiston fairgrounds has been arranged this week by both the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway and the Maine Central Railroad. The electric railway will run half hour service to Sabattus, and on the main line extra cars on the Mechanic Falls, Turner […]

LEWISTON — The Oasis of Music, a free series of noontime concerts Wednesdays at Trinity Church, will begin its 2016-17 season Sept. 7. Greg Boardman will be the kickoff performer, accompanying himself on guitar and singing “Songs of Love and Protest.” On Sept. 14, pianist George Morrissette will present a program of classical music featuring […]

EDITORS: This is part of an occasional series in which we explain Internet things. We like to call it memesplaining; you might call it meme-ruining.  The meme: How to talk to a woman wearing headphones What it is “How to talk to a woman wearing headphones” is a 2013 article by Dan Bacon, an Australian […]

100 years ago, 1916An Auburn woman, who has recently returned from Connecticut, says that she passed several towns on the way which were quarantined for infantile paralysis. No one was permitted to make a stopover at any of those places. 50 years ago, 1966Babe Renaud and Lorette Cyr have successfully defended their title in a […]

BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project will hold open auditions for “Cauldron Bubble” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 14 School St. Auditions are open to high school age actors, and no preparation is necessary. Those auditioning should arrive ready to read from the script and work in groups. This comedy by Brian […]

GREENE — Banjoist Peter Mezoian will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial. “I owe a great deal of my career to Don Van Palta, a fantastic banjoist whom I first met in 1985 at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial,” he said. From that encounter, Mezoian was able […]