100 Years Ago: 1923 At the weekly luncheon of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotarians at the Auburn Y. M, C. A., Friday noon, Daniel Sulivan, district governor, will be the speaker, according to an announcement yesterday. 50 Years Ago: 1973 An antique weathervane, dating back to the 1870’s, is being put on display in the main hallway […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inHoroscope
Cancer: Keep an open mind, listen to the input offered and make changes based on common sense and affordability.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Armie Hammer, 37; Jason Priestley, 54; Jack Black, 54; Shania Twain, 58. Happy Birthday: Draw on your experience and connections in your back pocket, and you’ll sail into the future with confidence to create opportunities that allow you to use your skills and intuitive timing to your advantage. Change what’s […]
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Posted inSun Spots
Reader wants to submit photos to Great Falls Balloon Festival competition
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I enjoyed the Great Falls Balloon Festival and would like to enter the photo contest. However when I click on the photo contest section of the website, it just has the rules and last year’s photos. Any help or a shared link would be appreciated. — Philip, Lewiston ANSWER: That is rather […]
Posted inDear Abby
MIL makes herself at home without regard for others
DEAR ABBY: How do I get my mother-in-law to stop dropping by without calling first? My husband and I have been married for 26 years. Both of us have asked her nicely over the years to PLEASE call to make sure it’s a good time, rather than just drop by unannounced. She, however, blatantly ignores […]
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Gemini: False information will hinder your ability to make the right decision.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kayla Ewell, 38; Aaron Paul, 44; Sarah Chalke, 47; Chandra Wilson, 54. Happy Birthday: You’ve got more going for you than you realize. Be open, express your thoughts, offer a positive attitude and be the one to make a difference in your circle. What you put out you will get […]
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Cousin’s thirst for beer puts passengers at risk
DEAR ABBY: A cousin I hardly know (he’s 20 years older than I am and has lived hundreds of miles away my entire life) was visiting. He offered to drive me to his brother’s house out in the country, about 30 miles from here, for dinner. The last 15 miles were on narrow country roads. […]
Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on Aug. 26
100 Years Ago: 1923 Aged flappers put crimp in bobbed hair in New York. Bobbed hair must go, the National HairDressers Association, which will hold its third annual convention in this city Sept. 10 has decided the style was ruined when it was adopted by women over thirty. Present long skirts decreed for older women, […]
Posted inHoroscope
Taurus: Speak on behalf of those who can’t. Lead the way and make a difference.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Keke Palmer, 30; Macaulay Culkin, 43; Chris Pine, 43; Melissa McCarthy, 53. Happy Birthday: Pay more attention to the ones you love. If you recognize what others expect from you, you’ll decide what you want in return. Maintaining equilibrium in all aspects of life will encourage peace of mind. Recognizing […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Lakewood Theater to stage ‘Anatomies’
“Anatomies” will be staged Aug. 31 through Sept. 9 at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road in Madison. Performances are set for 8 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 and 7-9, 4 p.m. Sept. 3, and 2 p.m. Sept. 6. In haunted Edinburgh, in the 1820s, Dr. Robert Knox, of Surgeons Square, needs fresh corpses to […]
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Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ to be staged in Waterville
Agatha Christi’s “Murder on the Orient Express” will be staged Sept. 1-10 at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1, 2, 8 and 9 and 2 p.m. Sept. 3 and 10. The production is adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig, presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals […]