LEWISTON – Photography and poetry by Lillian Baker Kennedy are being showcased at Willy Beans Café and Bistro, courtesy of L/A Arts. The show, titled “Homing the Light,” after a featured poem, will be up for several weeks.An artist’s reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 23, with a poetry reading […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” dethroned “Iron Man” as ruler at the box office, pulling down $56.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.The Walt Disney Co.’s action sequel took in less domestically in its opening weekend than “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,” which sold […]

CANNES, France (AP) – Mike Tyson considers it a miracle that he lived to tell his tale. And he’s telling it – in graphic detail – in a new documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. “I lived a wild and extreme life,” the former heavyweight champion told reporters Saturday. “I used drugs. I had altercations […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Loni Anderson was married Saturday to Bob Flick, a founding member of the 1960s folk group The Brothers Four.The ceremony was attended by friends and family, including son Quinton Reynolds, who walked the “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Nurses” star down the aisle. Reynolds is Anderson’s son with Burt Reynolds, whom she […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Don’t be surprised to find Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz grinning Cheshire cats – they’re newlyweds.The pop-star little sis of Jessica Simpson and the Fall Out Boy bassist tied the knot Saturday night at her parents’ Los Angeles-area home with an “Alice in Wonderland” theme, according to People magazine.Simpson, 23, and […]

• The annual meeting of the Lewiston Loan & Building Association will be held at the rooms of the Lewiston Trust & Safe Deposit Company, Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Wednesday evening, May 27, at 7:30 o’clock, for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may legally come before the meeting.• It […]

CANNES, France (AP) – Indiana Jones received louder applause going in than he did coming out.His latest adventure, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” earned a respectful – though far from glowing – reception Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, avoiding the sort of thrashing the event’s harsh critics gave to “The […]

PORTLAND – Featuring strong colors and exploring unconventional shapes, the art of Emmy Andersson will be featured at the Eastland Hotel Cafe in the First Friday Art Walk of Portland this month.Andersson, who serves on the Western Maine Art Group board of directors, draws inspiration from real-life objects and situations, which she turns into slightly […]

AUBURN – Members of the Maine band Hands of One, who will play in China during the upcoming Olympics, will perform Friday, May 23, to raise funds for the trip. Also playing at the benefit concert will be Kascade of New Hampshire and Among the Thirsty of Florida.The concert will be held from 7 to […]

“But Didn’t We Have Fun? An Informal History of Baseball’s Pioneer Era, 1843-1870,” by Peter Morris; 286 pages; $27.50)Any institution that endures in American culture passes through an interesting transitional period – the time when it straddles the line between an informal practice and a more structured, formal activity.This is particularly true in the United […]