The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will host comedian Bob Marley for three shows at 3:30, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 15, at the RFA Lakeside Theater at 2493 Main St., in Rangeley. Tickets are still available for the 3:30 p.m. show. Attendees can enjoy cash bar (beer/wine) and snacks before and during the […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
The Portland Symphony Orchestra announces outdoor, in-person summer concert series
The Portland Symphony Orchestra is returning to its first concerts with a live audience in over a year on Sunday, June 27. Three summer concerts will be held at the Seaside Pavilion in Old Orchard Beach. The first concert, “Eckart Conducts Beethoven,” will feature Beethoven’s breakthrough “Eroica” Symphony. PSO Music Director Eckart Preu said, “Words […]
Virtual event to discuss mid-century Maine author Elinor Graham – featuring her daughter
University of Maine at Augusta
Landlord mother dragged into bitter breakup
DEAR ABBY: My daughter is separated from her husband, who rents a room from me. Recently, without telling her, he dropped her from his insurance. Now she wants me to kick him out and she’s mad at me because I refuse to do it. She says it shows I approve of his behavior. She tells […]
Pisces: Focus your energies on the people who make you happiest
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Donald Faison, 47; Cyndi Lauper, 68; Graham Greene, 69; Meryl Streep, 72. Happy Birthday: Expand your mind, check out the possibilities and explore how you can use your skills in new ways that will bring in extra cash and make you feel passionate about your long-term plans. It’s OK to […]
Fundraisers announced for Turner library and Farmington church
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Turner Public Library has exciting news — our Annual Book Sale is back! And it is not only back, with its traditional bargain prices, but it is bigger than ever. For the past year we have been holding a popular ongoing sale in a room on the second floor of our […]
Vaccination clears way for reader to visit dad for his birthday
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a vaccine-related question for you that also might be of general interest. My sister and I are planning to go see my father on his birthday in Michigan. We have been vaccinated, and my father and his wife have been vaccinated. However, he’s about to be 94. My assumption is […]
Landlord mother dragged into bitter breakup
DEAR ABBY: My daughter is separated from her husband, who rents a room from me. Recently, without telling her, he dropped her from his insurance. Now she wants me to kick him out and she’s mad at me because I refuse to do it. She says it shows I approve of his behavior. She tells […]
Looking Back on June 22
100 Years Ago: 1921 They’re coming to town tomorrow — coming to town in tinsel and spangles, costly furs and wrinkled hides, for Sparks Circus on two trains, rolled into Lewiston with the dawn for a one day engagement on Garcelon Field. Hardly will the huge big top, seating more than 8,000, have been raised […]