DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Lewiston-Auburn Kiwanis Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year! We are holding a celebration dinner Saturday, May 21. All are invited to attend, although there is a fee to get in. We are also looking for former members, former Key Club members and anyone touched by Kiwanis generosity over the […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Cultural show set for May 26 to June 1 in Bridgton
Bellepoque, a cultural show and events, is scheduled for Thursday through Wednesday, May 26-June 1, at the All Roads Hub community center at 4 Nulty St., in Bridgton. The show is organized and curated by Lights Out Gallery in collaboration with the Bridgton Arts and Culture Committee, All Roads Hub Community Center, and Factor Fine […]
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Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Lakewood Theater to stage ‘Drinking Habits’ in Madison
“Drinking Habits” will be open the season at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road in Madison, on May 26. Show times are set for 8 p.m. May 26-28; 4 p.m. May 29; 2 and 7 p.m. June 1; and 8 p.m. June 2-4. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Should you switch your vaccine brand for a second booster?
Dear Dr. Roach: My wife and I are both in our late 60s. She has gotten three doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and I have gotten three doses of the Moderna, only because that was what was available when we got our first dose. Because of our age, we are considering getting a second booster […]
Posted inDear Abby
Delicious dessert tastes best shared with company
DEAR ABBY: I lost your cookbooklet collection! My family and I have really enjoyed some of those recipes. I have loved all the ones I have tried, but my favorites are the desserts. Particularly noteworthy is your Peanut Butter Pie. It is yummy! Please let me know how I can order the booklets again. I […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on May 18
100 Years Ago: 1922 Lewiston and Auburn are to have a branch of the Kiwanis club. Many prominent Lewiston and Auburn men are interested. The organization meeting will be held at 12:15 o’clock today in the gymnasium of the Auburn Y.M.C.A building. Portland is the other Maine city to have a Kiwanis club, altho there […]
Posted inHoroscope
Libra: Disagreements will leave you unsettled. Do your best to resolve issues quickly and to practice kindness and consideration.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Tina Fey, 52; George Strait, 70; Reggie Jackson, 76; Robert Morse, 91. Happy Birthday: Budget wisely and keep your possessions and assets protected. Avoid joint ventures and giving others too much personal information. Concentrate on taking care of business and using common sense to help you get what you want. […]
Posted inSun Spots
Reader solves problem of cats scratching things in her home
DEAR SUN SPOTS: After reading a lot of responses regarding trying to stop a cat from scratching furniture and other things, I did not want to use squirt bottles for fear of getting the kitty scared of water. I bought a can of air. The noise alone stops them without squirting water all over the […]
Posted in175th anniversary, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Working the news beat in 1847
Street Talk: The Lewiston newspaper’s very first crime reporter probably spent more time in the taverns down on Lisbon Street than he’d like his editors to know about. But can you blame him?
Posted inEncore
‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ to be presented in Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series
“Lucia di Lammermoor” continues the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg. Soprano Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by […]