RUMFORD — The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson will be produced by the Paper Moon Players and they are looking for actors and actresses to join the show. The story goes that every Halloween the Herdman kids steal candy, spray paint other kids and take hostage anything that isn’t nailed down. This year promises […]

From 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Aug. 23, the classic rock dance band The Veggies will play at The Fire House Grille, 47 Broad St. The band performs hit songs and dance music from the 1970s to today’s rock and pop. Then at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, the band will rock Fast Breaks, 1465 […]

Cast members Jack Gobrillot, Elizabeth Downs, Bailey Sechrist, Jen Cart, Meg Matheson, Lucy Poland, and Anna Doyle rehearse a scene from Gaslight Theater’s production of William Inge’s “Picnic: A Summer Romance.” HALLOWELL — Gaslight Theater will present Director Ellen Clair Lamb and a cast with both new and familiar faces in William Inge’s “Picnic: A […]

SOUTH PARIS — You have been invited to dine at Hope Haven Mansion on Hope Haven Island off the coast of Maine. Our hostess will join us shortly. Well, maybe not. It appears she has been murdered. Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association’s newest dinner theater production, “Accent on Murder,” written and directed by […]

Lewiston comedian Mark Turcotte, founder of the Comedy Fix fundraising series, created the event as a way to showcase New England’s thriving comedy scene while raising money for a worthy cause. “I couldn’t be more excited to bring this event to the Lewiston-Auburn area,” said Turcotte. “The community has shown a great deal of support […]

A free concert featuring organists Kevin Birch (above) and Scott Vaillancourt, accompanied by the Androscoggin Chorale and the Prince of Peace Men’s Choir will be held Sept. 27, at the Basilica of St. Peter and Paul, Ash Street, Lewiston. LEWISTON — As part of the concert series celebrating the 75th anniversary of the installation of […]

WILTON — A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, to welcome the return of Julieanne Reed’s exhibit of paintings to the Wilton Free Public Library. Light refreshments will be served. Reed is an oil painter and acknowledged “color shaman” who lives in Mexico, Maine. She holds a bachelor of fine arts […]

The Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Amidon will appear at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, also in the Olin Concert Hall. From a young age it was clear that Marsalis had the goods. He is the son of […]