100 Years Ago: 1921 The Latin play “Dido,” will be given tonight at eight o’clock in Assembly Hall by Miss Whittums senior and sophomore Latin classes at Jordan High. An exhibition of practical Latin will also be given in the Library. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Normand St. Hillaire are chairmen of the […]
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Owner hopes keepsake clipboard lost at Turner Plaza is found
DEAR SUN SPOTS: On April 10, I went to Food City in the Turner Plaza on Route 4 to get groceries. An employee helped me put my groceries in the trunk and a 5½- by 8-inch clipboard with papers clipped to it must have fallen out of my purse in the parking lot. I checked […]
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Annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival presents a hybrid event of visual and literary arts
The annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival will break out of its usual format to celebrate the University of Maine at Augusta’s (UMA) 2020-2021 academic theme of “Outbreak,” a topic inclusive of viral outbreaks, outbreaks of social justice, and outbreaks of creativity. The Plunkett Festival will partner with the UMA Danforth Gallery to provide a virtual […]
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Palaver Strings to perform via livestream from State Theatre
Palaver Strings presents Metamorphosis at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, on Facebook hosted by the State Theatre. The livestream is free to watch, with donations encouraged. Metamorphosis explores the beauty of pain and transformation through the lens of two monumental works for string orchestra. Strauss’s Metamorphosen looks back on what once was, bearing witness to the trauma and […]
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Lovell’s Meet The Author series welcomes novelist Jim Nichols
Celebrated Maine author Jim Nichols will give an online presentation from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, hosted by the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. To join this free Zoom event, visit the library website at www.hobbslibrary.org and click on the Zoom link by 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 29. Nichols is the 2014 […]
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Oasis of Music features pianist
Pianist Thad Gunther will perform at the Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Gunther is a senior at Bates College. Originally from Farmington, Gunther studied classical piano with Bruce McInnes with a focus on Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms. He also studied […]
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Annual Arts Night and Symposium celebrates original undergraduate research and creative projects
University of Maine at Farmington
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Looking Back on May 8
100 Years Ago: 1921 The Girls’ Club of the Androscoggin Electric Co. gave a dance in the employees hall last evening with a fair number present. The hall was decorated for the occasion and was most successful in every way. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Mrs. Warwick D. Ward will be mistress of ceremonies at the […]
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Looking Back on May 7
100 Years Ago: 1921 Oil for the Auburn streets has been ordered and the first delivery is expected to arrive on Wednesday. This year’s supply was of a lower figure than that of last year and it is understood that there is plenty available. 50 Years Ago: 1971 The Pledge of Allegiance and the Girl […]