ArtsFarmington will host an online Keyboard Festival, a three-performance virtual series featuring the following artists: All concerts will begin at 7 p.m. April 10: Harpsichord, Rebecca Pechefsky, affiliated with Brooklyn Baro- que. April 17: Fortepiano, David Kim, Associate Professor of Music at Whitman College. April 24: Pianoforte, George Lopez, Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College. Pechefsky […]
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Lost Dog Street Band plans Portland concert
Lost Dog Street Band will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 11, at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. in Portland. “I wanted to dig under the darkest impulses of humanity for this album, and that is violence, selfishness, and destruction,” says Benjamin Tod, guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter of Americana trio Lost Dog Street Band. […]
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Looking Back on April 7
100 Years Ago: 1921 The Stick-to it Club will give a complimentary Bird evening in the Greene Town Hall on Monday evening. They have fortunately secured Rev. A. E. Wilson of Boston to give a Bird talk. Mr. Wilson stops on his way home from a lecture given in Belfast on a previous evening. There […]
Posted inDear Abby
Long relationship stops short of intimacy
DEAR ABBY: I recently met a man, and I have fallen in love with him. He says he feels the same way and tells me often that I treat him better than anybody ever has. Unfortunately, when the time came to move our relationship to an intimate level, I found my attraction to him was […]
Posted inSun Spots
Stranded motorist in Turner thankful for good Samaritans’ help
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’d like to thank the good Samaritans who stopped when my car broke down in Turner this past Saturday afternoon. I had already called AAA and was waiting for them. This young couple, with a child in tow, wanted to make sure I was OK. They gave me a bottle of water […]
Posted inEncore
New Commons Project features programs focused on ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’
University of Maine at Farmington
Posted inDr. Roach
Many negative tests followed by positive COVID antibody result
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve had regular swab tests for COVID-19, which have always been negative. The last one was just a few days ago. I had an antibody test six weeks ago that also was negative, but my antibody test this time was strongly positive. I’ve been very careful about protecting myself and I haven’t […]
Posted inHoroscope
Scorpio: Take care of domestic responsibilities first
ELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Tokio Myers, 37; Candace Cameron Bure, 45; Zach Braff, 46; Paul Rudd, 52. Happy Birthday: Set your sights on what excites you. Be innovative, believe in yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve happiness. Put your heart and soul into life, love and being the best you can be. […]
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Chocolate Church Arts Center Presents Series on Arts and Social Improvement
The Chocolate Church Arts Center will present a four-part online series this month that will focus on how the arts can be used to make the world a better place. The series, called Art For Good (A4G), will be made up of video content highlighting artists and organizations in Maine that seek to use arts […]
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Johnson Hall to stage Capital City Improv
Johnson Hall in Gardiner will livestream Capital City Improv — Up the Stream! at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 10. Capital City: Up the Stream is a live, interactive comedy show broadcast over the internet from the stage of Johnson Hall. Using live audience members and video streamers alike, Capital City Improv uses suggestions and stories to […]