Whether you’re a new homeowner with only a few framed posters to your name, or a veteran collector with scores of valuable pieces, how and where to hang artwork can be a daunting task. We asked area designers for advice on how to make the most of what you’ve got.-Groupings are great ways to use […]

If you’re the parent of a preteen girl, you already may be resisting constant entreaties to drive her to a showing of “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,” the first feature film based on Mattel’s popular line of American Girl dolls. Take heart: It’s a sugary drama but not without grit. And a grain or two […]

Georgia O’Keeffe, an independent woman of great strength, was one of the most significant artists of the 20th century.Renowned for her paintings of large-scale flowers, New York cityscapes, animal bones and the New Mexico landscape, she explored abstraction and after the mid-1920s shifted toward representation and heightened realism.But photography – specifically photos of her taken […]

Considerable excitement was caused at the Buffum cottage last Saturday by a fire, presumably originating from cigar ashes thrown on the grass. Mrs. Buffum happened to be on her porch and saw the smoke, which soon broke into flames. She called for help and fire extinguishers were brought from Mrs. Davenport’s cottage. Mr. Peterson put […]

JEFFERSON – The Maine Academy of Country Music will present a Country Music Weekend July 12-13 at Broken Acres, 160 Valley Road.Saturday is Musicians’ Appreciation Day, from 1 to 9:30 p.m, with admission by donation. Sunday is Membership Appreciation Day with admission free to MACM members and children under 12, $10 for nonmembers. A gospel […]

PORTLAND – Self-made pianist/singer/songwriter Kate Schrock will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, July 11, at North Star Music Cafe.The Maine native who has produced and released six acclaimed albums, blends roots rock, jazz, gospel and reggae with a pop angle – creating dark, emotional textures. Her music is infused with stories of truth, beauty and […]

NEW YORK – Despite her cloche hat, feed-sack dresses and obsession with a relic known as a typewriter, modern girls might see a lot of themselves in Kit Kittredge, the Depression-era living-doll in the new American Girl feature film.Blond-bobbed Kit, as played by Abigail Breslin in “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” and based on a […]

MONMOUTH – Auditions for The Theater At Monmouth’s fall production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 14, at Cumston Hall.Set in 20th century Japan, the operetta is the story of the fictional town of Titipu and the comedic love story of Nanki-Poo, a traveling musician, and Yum-Yum, […]

Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal A live bald eagle will be the featured presentation at 11 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 5, at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, off Route 26. Park visitors are encouraged to stop by, ask questions and participate in some activities. The Maine Wildlife Park has more than 25 species […]

Firing off a shot gun in the street, swearing and cursing at the city marshal and daring him to arrest him, John Harridon, the Auburn public carriage driver who shot up Lisbon Street last fall, got into further trouble, Wednesday which may keep him in jail for some time to come.At the time Harridon scared […]