The Open Book Players will hold auditions from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27, for a children’s program entitled “Frantick Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales,” the first production of its 2023-2024 season. The auditions will be held at Oak Hill High School in Wales. This production is a compilation of folk and fairy tales […]
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Ameranouche duo to perform at Denmark Arts Center
Ameranouche will perform at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, at the Denmark Arts Center. The rip-roaring ensemble is a super force of hot acoustic Gypsy-inspired music mixing flamenco, bebop and jazz swing influences, and echoes of Django Rheinhardt. Played on traditional French jazz guitars, the music is rhythmic, vigorous, and elegant. A seasoned composer […]
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Comedy shows planned at Great Falls Comedy Club
The Great Falls Comedy Club will host comedy shows on Friday and Saturday this week. Capital City Improv invades the stage for two shows on Friday, Aug. 25. Master improver Dennis Price will bring on-the-spot comedy to all ages at 7 p.m. and then for the 18 and over crowd at 9 p.m. Host Nick […]
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Amy Calder to read from her new book at Winthrop library
Award-winning newspaper reporter Amy Calder will give a discussion and read from her new book, “Comfort is an Old Barn: Stories from the Heart of Maine,” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at the Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. Calder covers city government, and reports on everything from murders and car crashes to fires […]
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Poetry reading with Dr. Judy Rowe Michaels planned at Lovell library
A poetry reading with Dr. Judy Rowe Michaels will be presented at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. Michaels, a Geraldine R. Dodge poet in the schools and for many years poet in residence, English teacher, and coordinator of aesthetic education at Princeton Day School, has published […]
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Standup comedy on tap at Rusty Bus Brewing
Comedians Johnny Ater, Mike Gray, Mike Levinsky, Brett Groh and host Ann-Marie Keene will deliver another First Friday standup comedy show presented by Cat’s Meow Comedy starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1, at Rusty Bus Brewing in Lewiston. Ater is the winner of the 2022 Maine’s Wicked Funny Laugh-Off competition. He’s appeared on […]
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Oasis of Music season set to begin
The Oasis of Music is gearing up for its 2023-24 season beginning Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. September performances include Irish music performed on uilleann pipes and fiddle by the father-daughter team of Anthony and Una Shostak on Sept. 6; covers of pop tunes sung by Amy Stacey Curtis who accompanies herself […]
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Parent tired of hosting the Neighborhood bully
DEAR ABBY: My daughter is the youngest kid in the neighborhood, and a girl up the street treats her horribly. She calls her a baby, tells her she’s not a person and sends her home when everybody plays at her house. The other kids are friendly with my daughter, and when they come to play […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 22
100 Years Ago: 1922 The girls of Camp Minnetonka will give an entertainment at the Grange hall, Aug. 24, for the benefit of the North Baptist church. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Cattle rustlers are riding again in Auburn but an effort to “cut ’em off at the pass” hasn’t worked yet. Police reported Tuesday that […]
Posted inHoroscope
Capricorn: Your vision is grand, but cutting corners wherever possible will be necessary to maximize your efficiency.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: James Corden, 45; Kristen Wiig, 50; Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, 56; Ty Burrell, 56. Happy Birthday: Look at every angle and size up what’s possible. Use your imagination and skills to reach your goals. Refuse to let emotional situations bring you down. Rise above any controversy you encounter and turn a negative […]