Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” will be featured Sept. 1-10 at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road in Madison. The play follows the childhood and young adult years of Pip a blacksmith’s apprentice in a country village. He suddenly comes into a large fortune (his great expectations) from a mysterious benefactor and moves to London where he […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 22
100 Years Ago: 1922 Auburn citizens interested in the movement to build a road from Dennison Street to the gate at Mt. Auburn Cemetery should attend the council meeting in the city building Monday night at 8 o’clock. 50 Years Ago: 1972 A slipper manufacturing firm, which will employ 40 persons to start and will […]
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Novel Jazz to return to the Skidompha Public Library for an evening of jazz
Novel Jazz plans to return to the Skidompha Public Library, 184 Main St. in Damariscotta for an evening of jazz at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26. The band will present an evening of hot swinging jazz out of the Great American Songbook. The musicians of this group have been playing straight-ahead jazz for audiences throughout […]
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UMF Summer Concert Series to feature Louisa Stancioff, Dead Gowns
Louisa Stancioff and Dead Gowns will close out the outdoor Summer Concert Series, hosted by the University of Maine at Farmington, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, on the lawn of the Emery Community Arts Center on Academy Street. Stancioff is an Indie folk music artist. Her Bulgarian heritage shows through in her intricate […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 20
100 Years Ago: 1922 The historic Maine State fairgrounds is the scene of much activity, great preparations being made for the 61st exhibition Sept. 4-8. Work is progressing rapidly on the 100 foot square addition to the exhibition building which is being built by the Lewiston-Auburn Automobile Dealers Association The huge grandstand which was found […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 19
100 Years Ago: 1922 People thru South Portland a few days ago all stopped to look at an entirely new version of a motorcycle — at least that is the only adequate description. It was ridden by a young woman. The bicycle itself was similar to those which many women rode when bicycle riding was […]
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Music, free drawing and dance classes and more at August Art Walk L/A
Head downtown for live arts experiences in more than a dozen locations during Art Walk L/A from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. Three Point Jazz will perform at 5 p.m. in Dufresne Plaza. In the event of rain, this performance will move to Callahan Hall in the Lewiston Public Library located at 200 Lisbon […]
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Pair of concerts will wrap up summer concert series
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CLT’s ‘School of Rock’ rolls on this weekend
Daphne Cifelli, left, Lena LaRoche, middle, and Isana Bell, right, strike a pose during one of the musical numbers in a production of “School of Rock – The Musical” at the Community Little Theater in Auburn. Based on the 2003 movie, “School of Rock – The Musical” tells the story of wannabe rock star Dewey […]