LEWISTON – The Grains and Grapes Festival, central Maine’s first brew fest, has announced local bands ForeFront and Dirty McGurdy’s will perform at the June 21 event.“The festival has a very ‘think local’ theme with local L-A bands and restaurants participating. It reinforces our early decision to admit only Maine breweries and wineries,” said Chip […]

LEWISTON – Dance is taking a big step up in the Twin Cities.Androscoggin Dance Company – a new venture drawing on a strong base of area dancers – has just been named resident dance company at the Franco-American Heritage Center.“This is really a community-based organization with broad support throughout the area,” said Langston Snodgrass, president […]

ConcertsJune 5: AUBURN, Denny Breau will perform from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Auburn Mall center court. 786-2977June 5, 12, 19: AUBURN, Mary Murphy will perform jazz and blues on the piano at 6:30 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Wine Bar, 84 Court St. 333-3041June 5: CAMDEN, Iris DeMent will perform country/folk music […]

Auburn: Student artwork will be featured through June 15 at Auburn City Hall, Court Street.Bath: Ongoing exhibits “A Maritime History of Maine,” “Lobstering and the Maine Coast” and “Percy and Small Shipyard” are showing at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St. Gallery hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except major holidays. 443-1316Bath: “Scenes From Maine and […]

Expressive Movement PAC Inc., will present their rendition of this year’s production of “Chicago” on Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31. The auditorium at Mountain Valley High School will once again come alive with the sounds of talented young singers and energetic dancers. Mollie Kaubrys portrays Roxie Hart, Terissa Ridge is Velma Kelly, and […]

The Stadler Gallery in Kingfield will open its summer season with exhibitions of work by Steve Pennisi of Westbrook and Melita Westerlund of Bar Harbor. Pennisi explores the quiver point between life and death, happiness and sadness, light and shadow. He believes he needs to examine the shadow side with unabating courage in order to […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – Emilia Dahlin, recently selected as one of the top 10 local musicians to put on your “must-see” list by Down East magazine, will perform Saturday, June 7, at the Village Coffeehouse. She was also voted best local female vocalist in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and was winner of the Great Waters Songwriting […]

The United States Weather Bureau has denied that the coming of the equinox brings with it a storm. The belief, it says, that the old-fashioned people put in this theory is all misplaced. Any big storm that happens to occur within a week or two of the time that the sun is crossing the line, […]

LEWISTON – Mystery for Hire will present the murder-mystery show “Marriage Can Be Murder,” interactive murder-mystery dinner theater, Friday, June 6, at Marco’s Restaurant.“This is an all-time favorite for many people,” said Dan Marois, who with his wife, Denise, owns and operates Mystery for Hire, a dinner theater troupe formed in 1995. “Audiences like the […]

A well-known dressmaker has a beautiful Angora goat which she takes around with her as many people do their dogs. She goes calling on her friends, so does the goat who is said to be well behaved and very proud of his position.• Notwithstanding the action of the Lewiston and Auburn Merchants’ Association in voting […]