CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kevin Zegers, 39; Alison Sweeney, 47; Jimmy Fallon, 49; Trisha Yearwood, 59. Happy Birthday: Discipline will help you achieve things, but don’t let it stifle your creativity. Emotions will brew, and although keeping your secrets safe and sound is favored, sharing essential information with those close to you is necessary. […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inSun Spots
Auburn Little League field to be completed next year
DEAR SUN SPOTS: What happened to the new Auburn Little League field on Stevens Mill Road? It was supposed to have been completed sometime this year. There seems to be absolutely no progress being made recently, and I have also noticed the sign saying “Future home of the new Suburban Little League” is no longer […]
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Posted inEncore
LA Arts hosts concert featuring An Anderson, Liam Grant, and Cold Creeps
An evening of live music featuring An Anderson, Liam Grant, and Cold Creeps will be presented from 7:30-9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, at LA Arts in Lewiston. An Anderson are an instrumental rock band formed in Maine in 2012. They’ve often drawn inspiration from disparate influences including ‘90s math and noise rock, Early music, […]
Posted inEncore
Improv and stand up comedy on stage this weekend at the Great Falls Comedy Club
Live improv comedy comes to the stage as Capital City Improv presents a night of musical improvisation with Makes Merry Music at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Host Nick Gordon brings one of Southern New England’s funniest comics, JJ Jones, to […]
Posted inEncore
Guitarist Jim Gallant to play at Oasis of Music
Jim Gallant will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Sept. 20, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. For this performance, Gallant will perform songs from his new CD, songs he has written about every season of life, with special attention to life in our region of Maine. He will be […]
Posted inEncore
Denny Breau and Friends to wrap up season for Music at Mavis series
“Music for Mavis” Tuesdays at the Gazebo music series presents Denny Breau and a wild host of friends for the season finale of the concert series from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the gazebo in Turner. Breau started playing guitar when he was 9 years old and was inducted into the Maine Country […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Alana MacDonald concert planned at Chocolate Church Arts Center
Alana MacDonald will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. in Bath. A member of the late Devonsquare for over 30 years, MacDonald, singer, songwriter, and violinist has continued to write and perform at venues such as Stone Mountain Art Center, The Farm Stand, The Flying Monkey […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Once an Outlaw concert set for Somerset Abbey
Once an Outlaw plans to take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St.The band formed by former members of the legendary Southern Rock band The Outlaws, noted for such hits as “Hurry Sundown,” “Ghost Riders in the Sky” and the classic “Green Grass and High Tides.” The core […]
Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on Sept. 18
100 Years Ago: 1923 Life for the lighthouse keepers on islands along the Maine coast has changed much in recent years. Last Friday night Keeper Napoleon Fickett of the Seguin light and his family listened in on their radio and heard the story of the Dempsey-Firpo fight just as did folks on the mainland; also that […]
Posted inDear Abby
Surly neighbor has alienated good Samaritan
DEAR ABBY: I have lived in my apartment for nine years. When I moved in, I met a woman who moved in about the same time. We became friendly, and I enjoyed talking to her at the pool and mailbox — until I got to know her better. She has alienated all the other neighbors […]