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Experience the historic clash of friendship and ideals in ‘The Agitators’

Theater at Monmouth opens Mat Smart’s play “The Agitators” Friday, part of the (R)evolutionary Redux Season. Originally scheduled to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, this deeply-moving story of the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony is both timely and urgently relevant today. The production will open at 7:30 p.m. […]

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Looking Back on June 30

100 Years Ago: 1921 The largest throng of the season went to Lake Grove and vicinity all day Sunday. Every boat and canoe was engaged hours ahead and the electrics were crowded. The regular summer season of open air musical comedy opens today in the Lake Grove theater. 50 Years Ago: 1971 The world-famous Royal […]

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Comedy returns to the Gendron Franco Center 

Four of Maine’s funniest comedians will perform a night of stand-up comedy at 7 p.m. Thursday at The Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston. Lewiston comedian Dawn Hartill will host the Center’s Comedy showcase featuring Julie Poulin, Mark Turcotte, and Johnny Ater. Julie Poulin is an actress, improv performer and stand-up comic from […]

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Looking Back on June 29

100 Years Ago: 1921 The Lewiston streets over which the circus moved in and out of town last week are much in need of oiling. The heavy teams cut the surface of the streets badly, and the thin sheet in the first place has entirely disappeared. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A view from the Lewiston […]