100 Years Ago: 1922 The annual Junior-Senior party at Jordan High School was held last evening. As the hosts, the Juniors were very successful. President Richard Pettengill of the Junior class welcomed the Seniors, whose President, James J. Roche responded fittingly. The assembly hall was prettily decorated. Music was furnished by a five-piece orchestra. The […]
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Oasis of Music wraps up season with tribute to local Leo Beaule
A tribute concert to the late local musician and violin maker Leo Beaule will close the 21-22 Oasis of Music season beginning at 12:30 on Wednesday, May 25, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. A quartet of violinists, all playing with violins and bows made by Beaule, will perform three multi-movement […]
Music in the Park Summer Concert Series in Kennedy Park is scheduled to begin May 27
The 2022 Music in the Park summer concert series is set to begin Friday, May 27, in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. The concerts will begin at 7 p.m.,and continues after each Art Walk L/A on final Fridays through September. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy some free. The first concert will feature performances […]
Looking Back on May 20
100 Years Ago: 1922 Hundreds of Lewiston-Auburn people inspected the renovated Berry Paper company Saturday afternoon and there will even be more Saturday night when the reception hours are from seven to nine. All of us are interested in the development of our city, and here was an indication in significant and impressive form. There […]
Looking Back on May 19
100 Years Ago: 1922 There is at least one Auburn man who doesn’t like the idea of daylight saving. He thinks if it hadn’t been for the dusk of the early morning hours that he would not have come downstairs ready for breakfast at quarter of three, one morning this week, under the delusion that […]
Cultural show set for May 26 to June 1 in Bridgton
Bellepoque, a cultural show and events, is scheduled for Thursday through Wednesday, May 26-June 1, at the All Roads Hub community center at 4 Nulty St., in Bridgton. The show is organized and curated by Lights Out Gallery in collaboration with the Bridgton Arts and Culture Committee, All Roads Hub Community Center, and Factor Fine […]
Lakewood Theater to stage ‘Drinking Habits’ in Madison
“Drinking Habits” will be open the season at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road in Madison, on May 26. Show times are set for 8 p.m. May 26-28; 4 p.m. May 29; 2 and 7 p.m. June 1; and 8 p.m. June 2-4. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine […]
Looking Back on May 18
100 Years Ago: 1922 Lewiston and Auburn are to have a branch of the Kiwanis club. Many prominent Lewiston and Auburn men are interested. The organization meeting will be held at 12:15 o’clock today in the gymnasium of the Auburn Y.M.C.A building. Portland is the other Maine city to have a Kiwanis club, altho there […]
‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ to be presented in Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series
“Lucia di Lammermoor” continues the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg. Soprano Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by […]
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra to feature ‘Conductors Galore!’
Orchestra performs under batons of three conductors.