Music for flute and harp featuring Carolyn Lanigan and Virginia Flanagan will be presented at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Their program will include music of Bizet, Ravel, Piazolla and Lennon-McCartney. Lanigan completed a Bachelor of Music Education degree at Baldwin-Wallace College, Ohio, […]
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‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ to be presented by Oak Hill High School’s Little Theatre in the Woods
The Little Theatre in the Woods of Oak Hill High School will present their first production of the school year, “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5. A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, “Legally Blonde: […]
Stand up Comedy with the River Comics set for Somerset Abbey
Stand up Comedy with the River Comics is planned at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St. in Madison. Hosted by Ian MacDonald of River Comics along with Ray Harrington, Tuck Tucker and Nic Dufault. Tickets cost $25. For tickets, or more information, call 207-696-5800, email stacy@somersetabbey.com or visit somersetabbey.com. […]
EagleMania plans Snow Pond performance
EagleMania, an Eagles tribute band, will perform at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, 8 Goldenrod Lane in Sidney. The bans has been dazzling audiences for over a decade by reproducing the music of The Eagles. The EagleMania show consists of the Eagles’ greatest hits, as well as select […]
Looking Back on Oct. 27
100 Years Ago: 1923 One of the large Hallowe’en parties will be held in Heth’s dancing academy, Lisbon street, on Monday evening, when the Abbott Brothers have the annual party. Elma W Abbott is chairman of the committee in charge, and the affair promises to be unusually pleasant. There will be a number of charming […]
Family has stuck together despite many differences
DEAR ABBY: I am one of nine children who all still get along. One sibling belongs to a religious order. At least one (for sure) is not a Christian. One is a born-again Christian. One of us is gay and married. We are not all of the same political persuasion. Yet somehow, after all these […]
Cancer: Someone will trick you into something using emotional blackmail if you aren’t careful.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kelly Osbourne, 39; Patrick Fugit, 41; Peter Firth, 70; John Cleese, 84. Happy Birthday: Completion is the challenge, and stamina and ingenuity are the answers. Use your imagination, and you’ll find inroads to achieving what you want this year. Don’t cloud your vision with outside influences. Stick to the game […]
Red blood cell count remains high amid multiple screenings
DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife, 69, has had issues for several years with high counts of red blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit. This all started back in 2017. Recently, she had severe pain in her shoulder that wrapped around to her upper abdomen. After a visit to the ER, they ruled out heart attack and […]
Town of Turner to celebrate opening of ‘century box’ from 1923
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The time for opening Turner’s century box is approaching. The Century Box Jubilee Committee is planning a weeklong celebration, starting with opening ceremonies Sunday, Nov. 12. The event will be held at Leavitt Area High School from 4 to 6 p.m. The century box from 1923 and a 50-year box from 1973 […]
‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ set to open at CLT
Anita Charles as the wealthy and eccentric widow Mrs. Tottendale and Tony Roy as her unflappable manservant star in the musical comedy “The Drowsy Chaperone”, which opens at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Community Little Theatre in Auburn. Hailed by New York Magazine as “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” and winner of five […]