FREEPORT — Maine humorist

will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 and Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Freeport Theater of Awesome.

Sample is widely acknowledged as New England’s premier native humorist. Novelist Stephen King has likened Sample’s work to that of Mark Twain, and Charles Kuralt called him “Maine’s humorist laureate.”

Sample’s books, albums, and videos, including four albums and a video for the Bert and I company, have sold well over a million copies. For 11 years he was a correspondent for CBS News and a regular essayist on the Emmy award-winning television show CBS News Sunday Morning, hosted by veteran newsman Charles Osgood.

Sample was born and raised in Maine and has never lived — or for that matter wanted to live — anywhere other than the Pine Tree State.Over the years, Sample has performed thousands of shows in venues as diverse as the Los Angeles Convention Center, the Mall of America, the New York Yacht Club and the Caribou Performing Arts Center. These days, he averages 50-70 concert and after-dinner appearances per year.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $23 at the door. The Freeport Theater of Awesome is at 5 Depot Street. Tickets can be purchased online at www.AwesomeTheater.com. For more information, email tickets@awesometheater.com or call 207-518-8839.

GO AND DO

When: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 and Saturday, Oct. 5

Where: The Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot Street Freeport

Admission: $20 in advance, $23 at the door.

Tickets: Online at www.AwesomeTheater.com

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