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Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inSun Spots
Elementary student in Virginia wants information about Maine
DEAR SUN SPOTS: This letter is for all the people in the great state of Maine! I am a third grade student in northern Virginia. Our class is learning about the United States, and I will be teaching our school about the state of Maine in the month of May. I will create a display […]
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Posted inEncore
Looking Back on March 31
100 Years Ago: 1922 E.E. Crafts of West Auburn is getting nearly sixty eggs a day right along from one hundred pullets and hens. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Mrs. Robert W. Clifford poses like a mannikin in a B.Peck store window to call attention to Aloha Way, a poolside extravaganza to be held at the YWCA […]
Posted inDear Abby
Imprisoned man worries his girlfriend is missing out
DEAR ABBY: I am a 26-year-old man, and I’m currently incarcerated. My girlfriend, “Diana,” and I have been together for four years. She has a 6-year-old daughter, and I have a 7-year-old son. Our kids are very close, and I am also very close to her daughter. I may be locked up for some time. […]
Posted inDr. Roach
The controversial role of eggs as a dietary component
DEAR DR. ROACH: My friend thinks I eat too many eggs. I have eggs every day. I make an omelet of two egg whites and one whole egg about three or four times a week. Other days, I have omelets made with three egg whites. With my cholesterol in the 200-225 range, is that too […]
Posted inHoroscope
Libra: Own the stage, and set priorities that suit your needs. Speak from the heart,
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jessica Szohr, 37; Ewan McGregor, 51; Christopher Walken, 79; Shirley Jones, 88. Happy Birthday: Put your heart and soul into whatever you do this year. Get the lowdown, focus on a plan and wade toward your goal with intent and desire. Your enthusiasm will be infectious and draw interest and […]
Posted inSun Spots
100 retaining wall blocks offered to anyone who takes all
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have about 100 red wall retaining blocks in small and large sizes free for the taking. The recipient must take them all. If interested, call 225-3328. — No Name, Turner ANSWER: I’m sure this will be very helpful to another Sun Spotter. Thanks so much! DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you have […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Camden library displays Maritime pilot’s photos
The Camden Public Library is hosting an exhibit of vintage photography, provided by the Penobscot Marine Museum, through April in the Picker Room Gallery at 55 Main St. “Up River” features images from the museum’s Captain Bill Abbott Collection. The exhibit is part of the library’s long-standing partnership with the marine museum to highlight Maine’s […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Jill Sobule will perform with Emma Ivy at One Longfellow Square
Jill Sobule plans to perform with Emma Ivy at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. Sobule’s work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. In a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, the Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer has tackled such topics as […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
‘Disaster’ to open April 7 at Great Falls Performing Arts Center
Community Little Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Disaster!,” the second show of CLT’s 82nd season, will open Thursday, April 7, at Great Fall Performing Arts Center, at 30 Academy St., in Auburn. The production will run through Sunday, April 17. Performance dates are 7:30 p.m. April 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16; and […]