DEAR SUN SPOTS: Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin has an urgent need for volunteers to serve as tutors and English conversation partners to work with the many new adult students who need work on their education and their English speaking skills. A 10-hour tutor training workshop is planned for two consecutive days — from 9 a.m. to 2 […]
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Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
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The Screaming Orphans plan Chocolate Church Arts Center concert
The Screaming Orphans will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. in Bath. The band is a chart-topping all-sister Celtic folk and pop band from Donegal. They are known worldwide for their award-winning sound combining original pop songs with a unique take on traditional Irish music. […]
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Castlebay plans St. Paddy’s Concert of Ballads and Blarney in Waldoboro
Castlebay plans to perform a St. Paddy’s Concert of Ballads and Blarney at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at Broad Bay Congregational Church, 941 Main St. in Waldoboro. The duo Julie Lane and Fred Gosbee will perform music gleaned from Maine’s rich Irish tradition, with a 12-string guitar, Celtic harp, fiddle, and tin whistle. For […]
Posted inHoroscope
Libra: Put muscle behind the lifestyle changes you want to make.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Olivia Wilde, 40; Carrie Underwood, 41; Jon Hamm, 53; Sharon Stone, 66. Happy Birthday: Look at the possibilities and consider what interests you most. Push for excellence and you will surpass expectations. Don’t waste time when you have so much to do and gain by staying present, active and focused […]
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Abusive mom continues to manipulate daughter
DEAR ABBY: I’m an only child (in my 30s now) who was raised by an emotionally and verbally abusive mother. When I wasn’t her whipping post, I was an emotional crutch for her and had to assume parental tasks. Since I became an adult, she has violated my boundaries repeatedly. We just don’t have a […]
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Chocolate Church Arts Center to stage playwrights collaborative ‘From Heartbreak to Hilarity’
A playwrights collaborative “From Heartbreak to Hilarity” will feature eight short play starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. in Bath. This traveling troupe of actors and directors plan to bring eight short plays to the Annex celebrating […]
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An evening with Brandy Clark & Hayes Carll set for Waterville
Brandy Clark and Hayes Carll will take the stage at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. A 17x Grammy-nominee, CMA Award-winner and Tony-nominee, Brandy Clark is one of her generation’s most esteemed songwriters and musicians. In the midst of yet another landmark year, Clark released her […]
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Journal writer unsure of sharing entries with son
DEAR ABBY: During my late teens and most of my 20s, I kept journals that filled two full spiral-bound notebooks. I kept them my entire life before reading them for the first time on my recent 70th birthday. I found it to be an enlightening journey through my past on a very personal level, dealing […]
Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on March 9
100 Years Ago: 1924 The snappy minstrel show given by the Twin City U.C.T. will be taken to Rumford on March 21st, it was announced today. The same cast and all the features of the specially written show “In Korzan” will be included. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Richard Gross, director of the Lewiston Public Library, will […]
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John John Brown plans Chocolate Church concert
John John Brown plans to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at Chocolate Church Arts Center at 804 Washington St. in Bath. In recent years, Brown has been chosen as a Kerrville New Folk winner and an Emerging Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Most notably, in concert, he is […]