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Hot Gypsy jazz at Turner gazebo Tuesday

Mes Amis, a gypsy/jazz ensemble featuring Steve Lynnworth, Harry Richter, Wells Gordon and Shane Ellis will be appearing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26 as part of “Music for Mavis Tuesday’s at the Gazebo.” The music of Mes Amis is infectious, appealing to listeners young and old alike, with a driving rhythm, infectious melodies and exotic […]

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Matt Wilson’s ‘Great’ one-funny-man show at the Barn

PARIS — On Saturday, July 30, Celebration Barn Theater will present Matt Wilson’s “Great One-Man Commedia Epic.” In “The Great One-Man Commedia Epic,” actor/writer/director Matthew R. Wilson single-handedly brings to life the entire cast of 10 characters drawn from the historical Commedia dell’Arte. The story is the classic story of Italian Renaissance comedy: Young lovers […]

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Kennedy Center musicians perform in Rangeley

  RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts presents Tim & Sarah Macek and Friends: A Chamber Music Concert, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley on Wednesday, July 27, at 7 p.m. Professional violinists and Rangeley seasonal residents Tim and Sarah Macek join fellow musicians from Washington D.C. and New York in […]

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‘Steel Magnolias’ coming up in Rangeley

RANGELEY — “Steel Magnolias,” by Robert Harling,  will be presented Thursday, and Friday, Saturday and Monday, July 28, 29, 31, and Aug. 1 at 7 p.m., at RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St.  Alternately hilarious and touching, the play met with immediate critical and popular acceptance. Concerned with a group of gossipy southern ladies in a […]

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Vanitas artist featured at Wicked Illustrations

LEWISTON — Jennifer L. Gammon is the featured artist for the month of July at Wicked Illustrations Studio and Gallery, 140 Canal St.  For the pieces in this show Gammon  has followed the theme of “deconstructed vanitas.” A vanitas painting is categorized by the use of symbolic objects to convey the sense that life is […]

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Fenderbender at Mixers

FenderBender will perform at Mixers, 136 Sabattus Road, Sabattus, Friday, July 22, beginning at 8:45 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. There is no cover charge.

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Veggies, Dum Bums at Pedro’s

The Veggies will perform at Pedro O’Hara’s, 134 Main St., Lewiston,  Friday, July 22, from 8 p.m. to midnight. On Saturday, Dum Bums take the stage at Pedro’s from 8 to 11 p.m. There is no cover charge either night.

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Looking Back on July 22

100 years ago, 1916At the meeting or the Ad Men’s Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce held yesterday morning it was voted to close the stores all day Wednesday, July 26th for the annual Chamber of Commerce outing. The outing will be held at Gurnet as has been previously stated in The Sun and the […]

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Jazz at Guthries Friday

Friday, July 22, Guthries, 115 Middle St., Lewiston,  will host a night of jazz in  celebration of the music of jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery, presented by a local quintet featuring Dale Chapman on alto sax , Zane Omohundro on keyboard, John Smedley on guitar, Tim Clough on bass and Mike Hansen  on drums.  The […]