The Auburn Community Concert Band, under the direction of Milt Simon, will kick off its annual summer series of weekly outdoor evening concerts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7, at Festival Plaza in downtown Auburn. The performance is the first of 8 programs scheduled for this Main Street location. The free concerts will continue […]
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Posted inEncore
‘Captured & Rendered’ features work of artist Heather Newton Brown
Denmark Arts Center
Posted inEncore
Gallery to hold artist reception for featured artist of the month
Western Maine Art Group
Posted inDr. Roach
Slow acclimation can help manage gabapentin side effects
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 74 years old, not overweight and in generally good health. Your recent article on spinal stenosis hit home. I’ve had six cortisone injections in the past year in my lower back and neck, which have helped tremendously. My pain management doctor prescribed gabapentin at 300 mg every night. I could not […]
Posted inDear Abby
Woman’s marital arrangement causes family strife
DEAR ABBY: My adult daughter is married. She also has a boyfriend. Both of these men live with her and share her bed. Her children are horrified by it and want nothing to do with their mother. They are embarrassed and ashamed, as am I. Her older children are of age but still in school. […]
Posted inHoroscope
Scorpio: Cut ties with what is holding you back
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Michael Phelps, 36; Monica Potter, 50; Mike Tyson, 55; David Alan Grier, 66. Happy Birthday: Express your feelings. Get to the bottom of situations that need an adjustment. Focus on broadening your horizons this year. The more you know and experience, the easier it will be to get ahead. Stop […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Experience the historic clash of friendship and ideals in ‘The Agitators’
Theater at Monmouth opens Mat Smart’s play “The Agitators” Friday, part of the (R)evolutionary Redux Season. Originally scheduled to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, this deeply-moving story of the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony is both timely and urgently relevant today. The production will open at 7:30 p.m. […]