100 Years Ago: 1922 Gasps were frequent among the crowds that lined the Lewiston-Auburn bridge Monday morning as two small! boys paddled their frail raft about on the surface of the river below. 50 Years Ago: 1972 City officials and co-workers gathered at the Auburn city building today to honor Alton C. Morrell, Auburn city electrician, […]
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Owls Head Transportation Museum to celebrate Maine Museum day with free admission
The Owls Head Transportation Museum plans to celebrate Maine Museum Day on Monday, March 14, with free admission. The museum will be open from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. and is located at 117 Museum St. in Owls Head. Membership specials will be available through March 14. Those who attend can spend the day exploring […]
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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s 2021 concerts available online
During the summer of 2021, Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival was able to perform three live performances at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, its home for the past 30 years. At the same time, it recorded five concerts at the Majestic Theatre in Conway, New Hampshire. Those five concerts performed, recorded, and streamed at the Majestic Theatre […]
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Looking Back on March 11
100 Years Ago: 1922 Wednesday morning’s traveling was as bad as any seen this winter. One man living on Nichols Street fell three times getting from there to College street, after which he gave up in disgust and informed the world chat he was going to lessen his chances of breaking a leg by making […]
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Gardiner gallery displays ‘Rejuvenation’ show
GARDINER — The Monkitree store is hosting “Rejuvenation,” a show of works by eight local artists. With Rejuvenation, artists are sharing through their art what reinvigorates them, according to a news release from the gallery. This show features the work of eight artists working in a variety of medium — photography, mixed media collage, fiber […]
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‘Dancing Lessons’ opens at The Public Theatre
Suzannah Herschkowitz as Senga Quinn and Jed Peterson as Ever Montgomery in “Dancing Lessons.” The play opens Friday, March 11, and runs through March 20, at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. A professional dancer with a career-ending injury is thrown for a loop when a geoscientist shows up on her doorstep asking for a dance […]
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Tannahill Weavers concert cancelled in Rumford
The Tannahill Weavers have cancelled the concert scheduled for Thursday, March 17, at 49 Franklin in Rumford. One of the members of the band has contracted COVID-19 and the band is cancelling the first 10 days of their US tour. 49 Franklin owners Scot and Cindy Grassette say, “We are sorry for any inconvenience. We […]
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Ballroom Thieves concert planned for Gardiner
Johnson Hall plans to host The Ballroom Thieves at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, at the performing arts center located at 280 Water St. in Gardiner. Following two EPs, the group released their full-length debut “A Wolf in the Doorway” in 2015. Between marathons of touring, 2016’s “Deadeye” would spawn a string of fan favorites. […]
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CANCELED: Tannahill Weavers plan St. Patricks Day performance
NOTE: This event has been canceled. Scotland’s Tannahill Weavers plan to bring their dynamic, traditional Celtic music to 49 Franklin, at 49 Franklin St. in Rumford, at 7 p.m. Thursday March 17. Now in their 51st year, their diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, original ballads and lullabies, and humorous tales […]
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Looking Back on March 10
100 Years Ago: 1922 Babe Ruth and Wally Schang, the last Yankee players to be lined up for the coming baseball season today left Springs, Ark, for New Orleans, to join Manager Huggins and the remainder of his spring training squad. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Miss Patti Jean Cousens, Gardiner, a senior student at the […]