CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Carson Daly, 50; Cyndi Lauper, 70; Meryl Streep, 74; Todd Rundgren, 75. Happy Birthday: Stick close to home and family. Don’t allow outsiders to twist your words or interfere with your plans. It’s important to stay grounded and to maintain balance and equality in your life. Too much of anything […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
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3D mammograms pick up breast cancer growth faster
DEAR DR. ROACH: I just finished reading your answer to a reader writing in about breast cancer. I was diagnosed with it in 2017. My radiation oncologist said I had it for at least seven years, despite my having yearly mammograms since the age of 35 due to family history (I was 69 at the […]
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Posted inSun Spots
Readers suggest ways to keep deer from eating plants
DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to a June 8 question about deterring deer from eating plants in people’s yards, I just read yesterday so haven’t tried it, that strong-smelling dryer sheets can be used to repel deer. You cut them in ribbon strips and attach them to the trunks of plants or branches of shrubs, […]
Posted inEncore
Fódhla to perform at Denmark Arts Center
Fódhla – Irish music from Portland and Boston – will take the stage at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 7, at Denmark Arts Center. After 15 years of performing together and recording on each other’s solo albums, Portland-based flute player Nicole Rabata and Boston-based fiddler Ellery Klein decided a group together was long overdue. With […]
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‘Magician for Non-Believers’ brings magic and humor to Denmark Arts Center
Peter Boie will present “Magician for Non-Believers,” a family fun event, at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 30, at Denmark Arts Center. Combining original mind-blowing magic and a heavy dose of humor is Boie’s secret to success. Boie first became fascinated with magic when he was 11 and he stumbled across a magic book at […]
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Reception planned for exhibit featuring Erica Christensen
The Western Maine Art Group will host a First Friday Reception featuring the artwork of Erica Christensen from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, July 7, at the Main Street Gallery in Norway. Christensen’s watercolors celebrate Maine’s coast, birds, and flowers. Her goal is to convey a sense of place and a reflection of our environment in […]
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Final performances of ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’ this weekend
Community Little Theatre
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Maine author releases her 14th book, ‘The People We Know: Volume One’
Kingfield author Annie Louise Twitchell announces the release of her fourteenth title, “The People We Know: Volume One.” The book is a collection of short stories and essays. Written largely during the COVID-19 pandemic, she hopes “these pieces offer an uplifting and encouraging view into the world in which we live.” “Working in rural Maine, […]
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Reception for Andy Curran exhibit planned at RFA gallery
An artist reception celebrating the works of Andy Curran hosted by the Rangeley Friends of the Arts will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery in Rangeley. This event also coincides with the Rangeley Art Crawl. The exhibit continues through Sunday, July 23. Complimentary refreshments and a […]
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The Cobblestones to perform at Franco Center
The Cobblestones will perform in concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. The band hails from Western Maine and plays a variety of songs from artists such as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Natalie Merchant, Mellencamp, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt and many more. Band members are Carolyn […]