Gallery 302, 112 Main St., Bridgton,  welcomes sculptor Anne Alexander as a guest artist through Sept. 16.  A reception will be held, Friday, Aug.26, from 5-7 p.m. A demonstration of clay sculpture by the artist will be held one hour before the reception. Alexander models clay forms that are often abstracted and enlarged as carved works […]

LEWISTON — Robert Indiana’s exhibit at the Bates College’s Olin Art Center is breathtaking. Seventy works featuring sharp-edged lines, bold colors and tight designs seen in his printed images, greet the visitor walking into the gallery. His work is immediately recognizable: The silkscreen of the piece titled “LOVE,”  created for the Museum of Modern Art in […]

100 years ago, 1916Practically all of the summer camps in Maine, which have at the present time some 1,500 or more girls and boys in attendance, have announced an extension of time and nearly all of the attendants, therefore, will remain in Maine longer than was planned when the camps were opened. This change was […]

LEWISTON — On Friday evening, Aug. 26, 7 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library, Maine installation artist Amy Stacey Curtis will be discussing her upcoming work, “MEMORY,” which will be opening in the Bates Mill Complex on Sept.17 of this year. Her library presentation is being co-sponsored by LA Arts and Art Walk […]

GREENE — The Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial will screen “In The Blood” by filmmaker and composer Sumner McKane at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at 371 Sawyer Road. This documentary film and multimedia presentation illustrates the life, history and character of turn-of-the-century Maine lumbermen and river drivers by creating a virtual journey into […]

100 years ago, 1916The street roller owned by the City of Lewiston was hit by an electric car on Main street, Saturday noon. The roller was going up the street and the car was coming behind it. Just before the car reached the roller, the latter machine turned onto the track. The car was slightly […]

There will be a closing reception to celebrate the exhibit On the Water from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Wicked Illustrations, 140 Canal St., Lewiston. The exhibit features resident and guest artists. This picture by artist Melanie Therrien, “Crows of the Androscoggin,” is among those works on display. The exhibit is free […]

Singer-songwriter, David Mallett will perform on Friday, Aug. 26,  rain or shine at the Andover bandsand at 6 p.m. If it’s shine, the show is on the bandstand and is free (donations encouraged.) If it rains, the show will go on in the church next door with a $20 admission fee. To guarantee you see the […]

PORTLAND — Collective Motion Dance Company will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a versatile sampling of its modern and contemporary dance repertoire on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26 and 27, at the Portland Ballet Studio Theater, 517 Forest Ave.   Shows are at 8 p.m. Aug. 26 and 27, and at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27. […]

100 years ago, 1916Yesterday was the big day at the Lewiston and Auburn Gardener’s Union Flower show at City Hall and a good crowd kept coming and going both in the afternoon and evening. Among those who came from out of town were parties from Turner and Poland Spring. The flowers carefully looked after were […]