The David Bromberg Quintet will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney. With his 1971 self-titled Columbia Records release, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter David Bromberg emerged as a wunderkind of American roots music. The disc’s blend of traditional and original material, virtuosic […]
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Capital City Improv show set for Gardiner
Capital City Improv plans to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. in Gardiner. Using audience suggestions and interviews, Capital City Improv creates unique, on-the-spot comedy shows that live for one night only. Dennis Price, founder, studied and performed improvisation in Chicago with The Second […]
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Looking Back on March 19
100 Years Ago: 1922 “The country roads are in better condition than those in the city,” says a West Auburn man who went to the city the other day. This man’s sleigh was upset on Gamage Avenue by slewing into a bad rut. 50 Years Ago: 1972 A raw late winter afternoon this week found […]
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Maine Event Comedy to present Jody Sloane at the Franco Center
Maine Event Comedy plans to presents Jody Sloane at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the Gendron Franco Center46 Cedar Street in Lewiston. The show also will feature Al Ghanekar and Kevin Neales. Sloane cut her entertainment teeth as a cheeky “Conducktor” named Penny Wise on the Boston Duck Tours. She’s since logged over 4,000 tours […]
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Looking Back on March 18
100 Years Ago: 1922 The East Auburn Benevolent Branch held an all day meeting at Central Maine General Hospital. Six members were present. The day was spent sewing for the hospital. A box luncheon was served at noon with coffee furnished by the hospital. Five dollars was voted to be given to the East Auburn […]
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‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It’ to be staged at Fryeburg Academy
One-act play tackles difficult subjects
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Women’s suffrage film screening and discussion planned
A special online screening of “Votes for Women: A History of Women’s Suffrage Through Song” followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Barbara Cray of Westport Island, will will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, as part of the Lincoln County Community Conversations series. The details including the Zoom link can […]
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‘Don Carlos’ production continues Met Opera streaming series
The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season continues with “Don Carlos” at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy. For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera. Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a cast of opera’s […]
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Cast announced for production of ‘Disaster!’ at Community Little Theatre
Director Brandon Chaloux has announced the cast for the upcoming production of “Disaster!,” opening Thursday, April 7, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn. The play is a spin on the disaster movies of the 1970s and includes many hits from that decade including “Knock on Wood,” “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Sky High,” “I Am Woman,” […]