LEWISTON — The Public Theatre is requesting pictures and resumes from actors who would like to be considered for roles in the upcoming production of “Last Gas.” Local auditions for Equity and non-Equity actors will be held in late July and early August by appointment only, and readings will be from the script. All roles […]

LEWISTON — This month, L/A Arts is featuring the work of local paper quilling artist Jude Bellas in the Arts and Ale window at Gritty’s Pub, 68 Main St. Bellas is a native of the Lewiston-Auburn area and is retired from a career in substance abuse counseling. She has an adult daughter and son, and a […]

PARIS — Celebration Barn Theater will present award-winning storyteller Martin Dockery’s latest performance, “The Exclusion Zone,” at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 9.   Traveling through a no man’s land that’s straight out of a Russian sci-fi movie, Dockery searches for a legendary room with special powers in this funny, true story. Geoff Dyer’s “Zona” and Andrei Tarkovsky’s […]

LOVELL — What can you expect when you pair Heather Masse with Jed Wilson and place them in a venue with perfect acoustics? A stunning, intoxicating extravaganza of jazz, folk and blues. The two will play a benefit performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 14, at The Brick Church for the Performing Arts, 502 Christian […]

PARIS — The Jones Dance Band will play old-fashioned dance music from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturdays, July 9, 16, 23 and 30, at the Legion Hall, 12 Church St. Admission is $5 for adults.

100 years ago, 1916The largest of the herd of elephants belonging to the Barnum and Bailey Circus ran into rather serious trouble Monday night. After the big shows had been given in the evening, it prepared to move on to another city. The elephants, numbering 18, were led to the train by the side of […]

100 years ago, 1916The largest of the herd of elephants belonging to the Barnum and Bailey Circus ran into rather serious trouble Monday night. After the big shows had been given in the evening, it prepared to move on to another city. The elephants, numbering 18, were led to the train by the side of […]

POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society’s annual summer concert series runs Mondays through Aug. 29. Performances are in the All Souls Chapel. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., performances begin at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served in the Maine State Building. Anni Clark will perform on July 11. Clark won Female Artist of the […]

There will be a free concert at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 122 Ash St., Lewiston, by guest artists Billie-Jo Brito on the English horn and Michelle Kingston on the trumpet. They will be accompanied on the historic Casavant organ by Prince of Peace Parish’s Director […]

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts presents “Music from the Lake” featuring Downeast Brass on Thursday, July 14, at 7 p.m.; a unique concert on the lakeside lawn behind the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley. The band will play from the deck of “The Gray Ghost” – a lake touring vessel. As the […]