BRIDGTON – The Bridgton Art Guild will host the fifth annual Open Studio Tour Saturday, Aug. 9, when artists from Bridgton, Denmark, Naples and Harrison will open their studios for the day.People are invited to watch artists working on jewelry, paintings, sculpture, pottery, printmaking, rustic furniture and stained glass from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]

When the Lewiston Pilgrims and the Lewiston Independence meet on Garcelon Field next Saturday afternoon at 3:13, there will take place the most important amateur game of the season, and one which will decide the championship of the amateurs in this part of the state.It is somewhat a case of settling an old grudge, and […]

LEWISTON – People of all ages will have a chance to shake a leg at the Lewiston Public Library this weekend, courtesy of two community folk dance events in Callahan Hall.The band Bustopher Jones will kick off the fun at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, performing a variety of jigs and reels for an evening […]

BRUNSWICK – Ron Raines, best known to daytime audiences as “Guiding Light’s” Alan Spaulding, will regale Maine State Music Theatre audiences Monday, Aug. 11, with his repertoire of Broadway favorites.The one-night only show, “Ron Raines and Friends,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus.Daytime audiences will recognize Raines […]

High-tech juggling. Fire eating. Physical comedy. Full-body contortion. These are all part of brothers Matthew and Jason Tardy’s show, “TWO: High Energy Juggling,” which they’ll perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Celebration Barn Theater in Paris. The two juggle props with impressive choreography, and in complete darkness create streaks of color-changing light – […]

“Consciously Connecting,” a Maine wholistic arts gathering, will be held Aug. 29-Sept. 1 at Camp Mechuwana in Winthrop. Featured will be firewalk, energetic healing with crystals, sacred circle dancing, drumming, emotional freedom technique and other healing practices and ceremonies. Registration is limited to 50. For cost and other details, e-mail [email protected] or call 777-3724. Taking […]

SABATIS – The season at the cottages is at its height, and there are more jolly parties, more boating excursions and more people on the pond than ever before. But for the pond, which is really quite a summer resort, the village would be extremely quiet.• War has been declared by our leading druggist. They […]

Maine State Ballet will present “Don Quixote,” a rollicking and romantic ballet with a Spanish flair, two weekends this month. Dancers will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8 and 15; and at 2 and 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9 and 16. Tickets are $15. Seating is limited so advance tickets are recommended. […]

LEWISTON – For more than 10 years, Jerks of Grass has performed throughout New England, playing traditional bluegrass and high-energy new acoustic music. At noon Thursday, Aug. 7, the quartet will play in Fountain Park.Making up the group are Melissa Bragdon on fiddle, Kris Day on upright bass, Carter Logan on five-string banjo and dobro, […]

LEWISTON – A benefit concert for Gary St. Hilaire, who was attacked in Lewiston in June, will be held Saturday, Aug. 9, at the C&J Hall. Performing will be the tribute heavy metal band Taste of Metal.St. Hilaire, 44, was beaten with an ice chopper June 9 near Bartlett and Walnut streets. He was hospitalized […]