A free screening of the Lewiston-based documentary film, “The Intersection/Le Carrefour,” will be held from 7-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, in the Performance Hall of the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston. The screening will include a lively Q&A featuring the filmmakers, primary characters of the film and community leaders. The film will be followed […]
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Underground Improv to perform at Craft Brew Underground
Underground Improv, a troupe of some of Maine’s funniest comedians, will perform a night of improv comedy at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, at Craft Brew Underground in Auburn. This month’s show features Dawn Hartill, Nate White, Amanda Kinsey, Greg Lambert and special guest Jason Pelletier. No two shows are ever alike. The show […]
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Chamber music featured at Oasis of Music
A program of chamber music for violin, clarinet and piano will be presented at this week’s Oasis of Music, beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Performers Mary Hunter, Rose Pruiksma and James Parakilas will present the following: Darius Milhaud, Suite (1937) Pauline Viardot, La […]
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Maine Event Comedy presents Karen Morgan at Johnson Hall
Johnson Hall will present Maine Event Comedy featuring Karen Morgan at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at the hall, 280 Water St. in Gardiner. The show will also feature Tuck Tucker and Mark Turcotte. After years as a successful trial lawyer, Morgan became a full-time comedian in 2005 after being chosen as a finalist on Nick […]
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Celebration Barn season finale to feature Mike Miclon’s Early Evening Show
Celebration Barn Theater plans to celebrate this season’s Saturday Show Series finale with Mike Miclon’s The Early Evening Show at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at its 190 Stock Farm Road location in South Paris. The Early Evening Show, a spoof of late-night talk shows, has been performed from New England to Switzerland. Twenty two […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 12
100 Years Ago: 1921 In 1871 the Franco population of Lewiston was 1400. Few of them lived in Auburn, as that town offered less inducement. The growth in the number of Franco inhabitants in the years has been remarkable. In ’71, about one-sixth or less of the people in the twin cities were French. Today […]
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Author to give talk on new book about Lewiston history
Lewiston native and former Deputy City Administrator Phil Nadeau is set to speak about and read from his new book, “The Unlikeliness of it All — Part 1,” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19. The talk is to be held in Callahan Hall at Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. This free, public program will […]
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‘Middletown’ opens season at The Public Theatre
The uplifting and heartfelt new play “Middletown,” will run from, Friday, Oct. 15 through Oct. 24, launching the new season — after being closed due to COVID-19 for over 18 months — at The Public Theatre, at 31 Maple St., in Lewiston. A combination of comedy and drama, “Middletown” celebrates life through the eyes of […]