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‘The Actor’s Nightmare’ at the Norway Library March 4

NORWAY — Everybody loves a good laugh and there will be plenty to laugh at during the performance of “The Actor’s Nightmare,” a hilarious one-act play by Christopher Durang, performed by The Library Players at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the Norway Memorial Library. Doors open at 7 p.m. The short play is modeled […]

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Perham to speak at West Paris Library

WEST PARIS —The West Paris Library, 226 Main St., will host Frank C. Perham at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10. Perham will talk about his experiences in local mining and discuss excerpts from the book “Frank C. Perham, Adventures in Maine Pegmatite Mining,” written by Karen L. Webber and Raymond A. Sprague. A copy of the […]

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Looking Back on March 2

100 years ago, 1916A witness testified today at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on milk transportation rates that 90 per cent of the milk sold in Boston was obtained outside the state, and dairymen of other states asserted that they sent their milk to this market at a loss. Representing the Maine Dairymen’s Association, Frank […]

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Local artist has entry in UMF exhibit

FARMINGTON — Flex Space Gallery in Farmington announces the Friday, March 4, opening of an international print exhibition. Farmington printmaker and textile artist Ellen Roberts is one of 17 participating artists from Maine. Roberts’ “Neotropical Traveler” is one of 90 original fine art prints in the exhibition, A Sense of Place/El Sentido del Lugar, that […]

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Community Review at Vienna Union Hall

VIENNA — What do you call a show that has never happened before in the Vienna/Mount Vernon area? It can’t be called a variety or talent show; that would conjure up the annual show that has been performed for probably 20-plus years. This year’s show will be nothing like that. It can’t be called a musical, […]

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Arts Institute of Western Maine presents program March 6

FARMINGTON — The Arts Institute of Western Maine will present “Music for Clarinet and Piano” with Karen Beacham and Martin Perry at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 6, in Nordica Auditorium. Karen Beacham is currently band director and music department co-chair and district coordinator in the Mount Blue Regional School District. Prior to that she was on […]

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Marley to perform at St. Dom’s Sunday

St. Dominic Academy seniors are hosting a night of laughs with comedian Bob Marley to benefit the class of 2016 Project Graduation.  Marley will be performing at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 6, doors open at 5 p.m.,  at St. Dominic Academy, 121 Gracelawn Road.  Tickets are $20 per person and may be purchased at the school’s […]

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John Gawler leads off noontime concerts on Wednesday

LEWISTON — Trinity Church, 245 Bates St., continues to host free noontime concerts every Wednesday, 12:30 to 1. March concerts include March 2, featuring John Gawler, the patriarch of the famous Gawler family of musicians from Belgrade Lakes. Gawler will bring his inimitable versions of American folk songs to life as he sings and plays […]