Peel, core and cut an apple into slices or chunks. Place in a pan with enough water to slightly cover apples. Boil until tender. Mash apples with a potato masher to achieve a smooth applesauce consistency. Peel a ripe banana and mash in a bowl with a fork. (Heating in the microwave for about 20 […]

The greatest variety ever seen on a hayrack was seen on one that passed through Saco and Biddeford recently en route to some point up the Portland road. The wagon was drawn by two horses which were driven by a man who was evidently accompanied by his son. On the forward end of the hayrack […]

BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin International Music Festival will present a new concert series for 2008 called “Beethoven Mondays.” Featured will be all of Beethoven’s violin-piano and cello-piano sonatas in five concerts, performed by the festival’s elite faculty artists.Concert violinist Joan Kwuon, who recently received high praise in the New York Times for her interpretation of […]

LOS ANGELES – Mr. Big is out, and Mr. Goldblum is in.Jeff Goldblum will be joining “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” while Chris Noth – Mr. Big in the “Sex and the City” TV show and movie – is leaving after three seasons, a series spokeswoman said Thursday.“Criminal Intent,” part of the “Law & Order” […]

GARDINER – Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center will present its third Stand-up Comedy Showcase beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 28. Headlining will be Travis “Bull” Cowing with comics Brian Giles, Tammy Pooler and John Ater. Hosting will be comedian Tim Hofmann.When Cowing was a kid, his parents let him stay up late to watch […]

Jesse Ray Carter will perform delta blues Friday, July 4, at She Doesn’t Like Guthries. Born and raised in rural Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, Carter taught himself a repertoire of delta blues on guitar and harmonica and immediately started playing street corners for tips. He soon found himself working in clubs and bars along the […]

Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton will bring his contemporary folk music to Discovery Park in Freeport at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, as part of the L.L. Bean Summer Concert Series. The outdoor concert is free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair.

BRIDGTON – Gallery 302 will showcase work by textile artist Catherine Worthington of Brunswick from June 29 to July 17.Worthington, who has exhibited her work throughout the state, has a bachelor of fine art’s degree from the University of Massachusetts. She has been an artist mentor, an artist in residence, an art instructor at Bowdoin […]

POLAND – Singer/guitarist Jim Gallant will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, June 30, in All Souls Chapel as part of the Poland Spring Preservation Society’s summer concert series. Gallant is known for his rich vocals and mastery of fingerstyle guitar. The concert series runs every Monday night through Aug. 25. Tickets are $5 at the […]

WATERVILLE – The Maine International Film Festival will bring 100 films and some of the industry’s most innovative filmmakers from the Netherlands, Chad, Switzerland, Canada, France and the United States to the area July 11-20.Hosted at the historic Waterville Opera House and the Railroad Square Cinema, the festival provides an expanded view of the world […]