OXFORD — The Dallas Police Officer’s Association will be the beneficiary of the proceeds from The High Ryder Golden Oldies Show and costume contest,  set for Tuesday, July 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Anderson-Staples American Legion, 169 King St. Five police officers from the Dallas PD were killed last Thursday by a sniper, and despite […]

Pete Coolidge and Ross Swain, above, will perform in separate sets beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, July 15, in the town common. Performances are part of the Andover Summer Concert Series. Swain will perform piano solos, including Scott Joplin ragtime, a waltz, and a 1930s Fats Waller stride piano piece. Coolidge will finish the evening […]

MONMOUTH — Pierre Beaumarchais’ “The Barber of Seville” opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 15, at the Theater at Monmouth. Count Almaviva has fallen in love with Rosina, but she’s locked in the house by her guardian, who has his own matrimonial plans for her. What’s a count to do? Fortunately, the crafty Figaro is […]

The Rangeley Friends of the Arts presents its annual free street dance, featuring the classic rock sounds of Jo Jo & the Bros on Pond Street, Rangeley on Tuesday, July 19, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The event is an open air rock concert along the shore of Haley Pond. This year will again include an interlude […]

BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust’s Acoustic Sunset Concerts Series on top of Hacker’s Hill Preserve on Quaker Ridge Road in Casco, returns Thursday, July 14, for the fifth season. This summer’s opening concert features the harmonies and guitar work of White Mountain folk singer/songwriters Bennett & Perkins. The open, grassy fields of this beautiful […]

100 years ago, 1916The moving pictures of Lewiston’s July 4th celebration now being shown at Music Hall attracted an unusual amount of attention yesterday. They will be repeated today and tomorrow. 50 years ago, 1966The Lewiston-Auburn area appears to be just as hard hit by the nationwide airline strike as other areas of the country. […]

 PORTLAND — The big summer exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art will feature 66 works of four women modernists, Georgia O’Keeffe, Florine Stettheimer, Helen Torr and Marguerite Thompson Zorach. Historically, in the early 1900s, women artists’ works were considered decorative, not monumental. It was thought that only men were intellectual enough to create monumental art. […]

100 years ago, 1916The reconstruction of the bridge over the Maine Central tracks at Bridge Street, Lewiston, was begun yesterday by a crew of men from the Maine Central, who are doing the work for the city of Lewiston. The new bridge is of metal and of the overhead type. It was formerly in use […]

BATH — Bath Shakespeare Festival is returning to Library Park with “The Comedy of Errors.” The production features professional actors and designers from Maine and across the country. Performances are on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sunday at 6 p.m. from July 14 to 24. “The Comedy of Errors” is laugh-out-loud funny. Two sets of identical twins […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Players will present “The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon from July 14 to 31 at Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Unlikely friends Florence Unger and Olive Madison take the stage in Neil Simon’s reworking of his hilarious contemporary comic classic. There will be a preview at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July […]