DEAR ABBY: We recently moved to a new neighborhood. My 8-year-old son, “Joey,” has become best friends with a classmate, “Paul,” who lives on our street. We know from research we did when we bought our house that Paul’s stepfather, with whom he lives, is a sex offender who committed crimes against children and served […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
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Gaslight Theater presents production of ‘Four Old Broads’
The Gaslight Theater will present “Four Old Broads” by Leslie Kimbell over two weekends in April at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium. Things have not been very pleasant at Magnolia Place Assisted Living home so our Four Old Broads decide to outsmart the “evil” nurse, Pat, to solve the mystery of wrong pills, “the dark side” […]
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Louise Bichan brings lively fiddle tunes to The Gem in Bethel
Photography and music, inspired by nature and stories of connection
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Windham Chamber Singers to take stage at Franco Center
The Windham Chamber Singers will perform at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. The WCS group gained international attention in 1996 by winning the Prize of Vienna at the 25th International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria. Their accomplishments have been recognized on NBC Nightly News and National […]
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Local author to give Underground Railroad presentation at Auburn church
Christian history author Mark Alan Leslie will give a presentation on the Underground Railroad at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 1, presented by The Auburn Art Club at the United Methodist Church in Auburn. Leslie wrote in a recent press release, “Mainers were crucial to helping runaway slaves escape to Canada in the 1800’s, defying […]
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UMF presents first-ever campus student production of ‘The Sacred Prostitute and Other Plays’
Students at the University of Maine at Farmington will present the first-ever campus student production of “The Sacred Prostitute and Other Plays” by Mina Loy. This next stop on the world premiere tour will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 4-6; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, in the Performance Space in […]
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Studio Two — early Beatles tribute band — to play at Franco Center
Studio Two will return with their early Beatles tribute music at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. Band members include Stephen Murray who portrays John Lennon, Joshua Jones as Paul McCartney, Robert Murray as George Harrison, and Dylan Verge as Ringo Starr and they are experienced musicians of today’s […]
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Author Matthew J.C. Clark to be featured in UMF Visiting Writers Series
The celebrated Visiting Writers Series will present nonfiction writer Matthew J.C. Clark as the popular program’s final reader of the 2023/24 season. Clark will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in The Landing in the Olsen Student Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. The reading is free and […]
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Parent has chosen to keep relatives at arm’s length
DEAR ABBY: I grew up in a big lower-class family in which there has always been drama, fights, gossip, etc. I made a vow to myself that when I had my own family, I would raise them better. I keep myself and my children distanced from all of that. Am I wrong for keeping them […]
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Looking Back on March 26
100 Years Ago: 1924 Spring “bunnets” to be worn by Edward Little High School girls will be “exclusive” handmade models in every sense of the word. Furthermore, of the dozens of hats made by the sophomores and Senior girls not a single one cost more than $4. The cheapest one — a stunning poke model […]