LEWISTON – Museum L-A will unveil a new exhibit, “Weaving a World: Lewiston’s Millworkers, 1920-2008,” Sunday, June 8, in its space at the Bates Mill Complex. It tells the story of the people who worked in Lewiston’s textile mills, their families and the community they formed.Drawing on oral-history memories as well as documentary research, the […]

NAPLES – Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice (AHCH) is holding its Annual Summer Sunday Blues Brunch on Sunday, June 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Freedom Café on the Causeway. Proceeds will benefit home health and hospice care, and volunteer support services.The event will feature a full four-course buffet brunch and wonderful […]

BATH – During the month of June, the Brockton Public Library in Brockton, Mass., will feature watercolor, mixed medium and graphite images of trees and old growth forests done by Maine artist and educator, Linda Murray.The exhibit will be held in the Joseph A. Driscoll Art Gallery June 7-30. There will be a “hands on” […]

ALTON, Ill. – Belief in the theory that the last object seen by a murdered person may be fixed as a photographed negative on the retina, caused coroner Streeper to have a photograph taken today of one of the eyes of a woman, whose body, with the neck broken, was taken on Thursday from the […]

GARDINER – Enjoy some of the funniest comics in New England at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St., Gardiner, on Saturday, May 31, at 8 p.m. at our new stand-up comedy series. The Stand-up Comedy Showcase is hosted by Tim Hofmann, with comics Brian Brinegar, Luke Hanbury, Kevin Neales and Jen Kruszewski.Headliner Brian […]

Local jazz band, Three Point Trio, includes members John Smedley on jazz guitar, Tim Clough on upright bass and Tom Schipper on drums, will perform at a jazz luncheon Friday, May 30, beginning at 11 a.m. at She Doesn’t Like Guthries on 115 Middle St., Lewiston. Frank Hopkins and the band, Line of Force, from […]

BRUNSWICK – The Bayside Music Festival is coming up on Sunday, June 1, at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick from 2-9 p.m.The Bayside Music Festival is a singer/songwriter festival featuring all local artists, such as Christian Cuff, Rachel Griffin and Putnam Smith. The event is all about the Maine singer/songwriter. The Maine Singer/Songwriter Association will […]

PORTLAND – Greenhut Galleries is pleased to announce a new exhibition titled “Updraft” by artist Kathleen Galligan.In her first solo show at Greenhut in 10 years, Galligan presents a new body of pastel works. In a departure from traditional landscapes, Galligan has created a series of aerial views both real and imagined. Inspired by flights […]

AUBURN – The UU Theater at the First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St., Auburn, will hold auditions for “Looking for Normal,” on Sunday, June 1, at noon and Monday, June 2, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The show will be performed mid-summer. “Looking For Normal” is a full-length play about a middle-aged man who discovers his gender […]

• Notice has been received at police headquarters from the Pinkerton detective agency at Philadelphia in which $100 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of one Francis M. Bloom who is wanted for embezzlement. Bloom is 48 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height and weighs 135 pounds; slight built, […]