DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please post again seamstresses, people who do alterations to clothing in the Auburn area and beyond. Thank you. — No name, no town ANSWER: In the Rolodex, we have Sue Roebuck, Mom the Mender, on Upper Street in Turner. Her number is 754-6558. There is also LA Clean & Spin/John’s Clean & […]
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Steel cello performance planned for Oasis of Music
The Oasis of Music will present Michael Libby on steel cello joined by Greg Boardman on viola in a program of improvised contemplative music at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Libby is a multi-disciplinary artist who also practices as an addictions counselor. His current art show at the Atrium […]
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Dominic Lavoie with Full On Voltron to play at Denmark Arts Center
Dominic Lavoie and his band Full On Voltron bring an evening of music spanning his 20 year career as a songwriter and performer beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, at the Denmark Arts Center. Lavoie is an Acadian songwriter, musician and producer. He has shared the stage with artists including Rayland Baxter, Mikaela […]
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Omar Sosa and Tim Eriksen to perform at Chocolate Church
Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Tim Eriksen will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath. The performance will also feature guitarist Marvin Sewell and drummer Amaury Acosta. Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today. […]
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The Portland Piano Trio to perform at UMF
The Portland Piano Trio will perform a concert of pieces by Women composers at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Nordica Auditorium on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington. The program includes The Scarlatti Effect for Violin, Cello and Piano by Elena Ruehr, Piano Trio in G Minor by Clara […]
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The Portland Piano Trio to perform at UMF
The Portland Piano Trio plan to perform a concert of pieces by Women composers at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Nordica Auditorium on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington, 224 Main St. in Farmington. The program includes The Scarlatti Effect for Violin, Cello and Piano by Elena Ruehr, Piano Trio […]
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Monmouth Community Players to bring ‘Dracula’ to historic Cumston Hall
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2 and 8, and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 3, 9 and 10.
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New art installation commemorates victims of Lewiston mass shooting
A new art installation at Maine MILL, 35 Canal St. in Lewiston, commemorates the one-year remembrance of the mass shooting in Lewiston and runs from Oct. 16 through Sept. 6, 2025. Maine MILL commissioned local photographer Tanja Hollander and multimedia Deaf artist Miia Zellner to create an installation that uses all 261 plastic flower sleeves […]
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‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ set for Johnson Hall Opera House
Open Book Players plans to present “Something Wicked This Way Comes” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at Johnson Hall Opera House, 280 Water St., in Gardiner. The play is directed by Lucy Rioux and the following stories will be performed: “Of Tea and Time” based on the short story “Mason’s Life” by Kingsley Amis; […]
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ArtsFarmington set to present Phantom of the Opera Oct. 27
ArtsFarmington is planning a special screening of the classic silent horror film “Phantom of the Opera,” featuring Lon Chaney as Erik, the Phantom. The event will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at the Emery Community Arts Center on Main Street. Lon Chaney, renowned for his mastery in portraying tortured and afflicted characters, […]