GREENE — The Maine Highland Fiddlers will play at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, on Aug. 5, at 2 and 7 p.m.  Maine Highland Fiddlers are part of the traditional Celtic music revival that thrives throughout the North Atlantic rim. The music of Scotland, Cape Breton, Ireland and the Shetlands resonates well with the rich heritage of Maine’s early […]

100 years ago, 1916Late last evening the fast freight which goes through Lewiston and Auburn became uncoupled on the Auburn side of the bridge and the front section of the train kept on going, leaving about 24 cars behind, part of them being at the School street crossing. The incident occurred but a few yards […]

EAST WILTON  — The East Wilton Union Church announces the schedule for their August 2016 “Concerts on the Lawn” series. The free concerts are held at 6 p.m. Sunday evenings in August at the East Wilton Union Church. All are welcome to attend. There will be an opportunity for a free-will offering. All concerts will be on […]

LEWISTON — Led by one of Maine’s best known fiddlers Greg Boardman and Friends will perform a concert on the Bates College quad on Thursday, July 28, as part of Bates’s  free summer concert series “Concerts on the Quad.” The outdoor event takes place at 6:30 p.m. on the Coram Library porch.  Boardman has fiddled […]

BRIDGTON — Fred and Deb (Fred Pike, Jr. and Deb Burdin) will be performing “Olde Tyme” music at Bridgton Historical Society’s Narramissic Farm in South Bridgton on Friday, July 29. The music will start at 5 p.m., but the Society encourages people to come early, bring a picnic, and enjoy the beautiful grounds. At 3 […]

NORWAY — The Western Maine Art Group will host a First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 5 at Main Street Gallery, 426 Main St.   The gallery will exhibit the work of fine artists and artisans living and working in western Maine. It is free and open to the public.   Featured […]

BERLIN, N.H. — St. Kieran’s Community Center for the Arts will welcome Chicago Total Access at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. The group of 10 musicians grew up listening to American and British pop/rock, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, Motown, acid rock and music from the 1940s to 1970s, as well as classical music from […]

HARRISON — Beatles for Sale, a New England Beatles tribute band, has announced it will return to perform at the Deertrees Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. The Massachusetts band is committed to recreating the sounds of The Beatles live in concert. They were voted the Best Tribute Band in New England by Limelight […]

LEWISTON — Organist Ray Cornils will appear in concert at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Cornils is a member of the music faculty at USM where he teaches organ, harpsichord and advanced keyboard dkills. He is the municipal organist for the city of Portland, a […]