DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife’s best friend (age 58) has always been a fitness and nutrition buff, but she suddenly lost the ability to move her right leg. She was admitted to the hospital and, after extensive tests, was diagnosed with a spinal cord stroke. Basically, aside from urinary and bowel function, she is paralyzed […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Jan. 26
100 Years Ago: 1924 “Rosco Orcutt of Somerville traded his hens with Charles Crummett for a sleigh,” and the very next Saturday the price of eggs went to $1 and it rained, spoiling his sleighing. Rosco thinks now of swapping his sleigh for an auto. 50 Years Ago: 1974 The Pine Tree Warriors are sponsoring […]
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Aquarius: Concentrate on closure and prepping for something you want to pursue.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Colin O’Donoghue, 43; Sara Rue, 45; Ellen DeGeneres, 66; Lucinda Williams, 71. Happy Birthday: Choose intelligence over emotions. If you act in haste, you’ll make a mistake that can affect your home and relationships. Plan your actions and initiate changes that offer more opportunities and less emotional stress. Take matters […]
Posted inSun Spots
AARP tax preparation volunteers will provide services starting in February
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Are AARP volunteers preparing tax returns this year? I haven’t heard anything about it. – Mary, Lewiston ANSWER: AARP Tax-Aide will provide free income tax preparation services for low/moderate income taxpayers for the 2024 filing season. Beginning the week of Feb. 6, experienced IRS-certified tax volunteers will prepare and electronically file federal […]
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UMF welcomes author Meghan Gillis as next Visiting Writer
Fiction writer Meghan Gillis will be the fourth reader of the 2023/24 season for the celebrated Visiting Writers Series at the University of Maine at Farmington. Gillis will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is free and open to […]
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The Public Theatre production of ‘Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help’ begins this weekend
“Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help,” featuring Scarlett Thomas as Becky and Kelsey Petersen as Linda, will play Jan. 26 through Feb. 4 at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. It’s 1973 and the O’Shea family faces a comic crisis of biblical proportions when the parish priest overhears their 19-year-old daughter tell her younger sister […]
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Dwayne Tomah, teacher of the Passamaquoddy language and culture, to give lecture at Bowdoin College
A lecture with Dwayne Tomah, “The Doctrine of Discovery From an Indigenous Perspective,” presented by the The Bowdoin Museum of Art will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, in the Kresge Auditorium of the Visual Arts Center. Tomah is a language keeper, director, and curator of the Sipayik Museum and teacher of […]
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Lewiston dueling pianos show planned at Franco Center
Jim Tyrrell and Amy Thomason, will play songs from a variety of genres simultaneously on two pianos.
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Auburn’s Great Falls Comedy Club offers standup Feb. 7, 8
Mark-Anthony Lewis, James Firth, Ben Chadwick and Chris Neuguth, and Nick Gordon, Paul Hunt and Austin Branson are scheduled to take the stage.
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Bath event to feature fiddles, strings at Chocolate Church Annex
Upcoming shows will feature New England musicians rooted in French Canadian, Celtic, Americana and bluegrass traditions.