• Walker’s Fish Market on Bates Street, Lewiston: Boiled lobsters per pound, 18 cents; Live lobsters per pound, 16 cents; Nice fresh mackerel per pound, 18 cents; Strictly fresh halibut per pound, 20 cents.• Next Saturday afternoon and evening ” The Isle of Spice” will be the attraction at the Empire Theatre. The musical season […]

The Mutineers of southern Maine will play traditional folk, blues and old-time country music at 8 p.m. Friday, May 2, at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. Their sound is created with guitar, mandolin, acoustic bass, dobro and banjo. Songs are selected, arranged and sung by Stuart MacDonald. He is joined by multitalented stand-up acoustic […]

LEWISTON – Local youth and members of the THRIVE Youth Group will present original material, telling personal stories of their experiences with multiple mental-health services in Maine, from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Cafe Bon Bon on Main Street.The youth are aged 15 to 22 years, and the public is invited to […]

BALTIMORE – During the performance at the Zoo tonight two leopards jumped the barrier, landing among the audience. A boy, Louis Long, was badly clawed about the face and neck, and a panic that would almost certainly mean the loss of many lives was averted by the prompt action of Police Sargeant Barranger in closing […]

May 1: CARTHAGE, Maine fiddler Ed Howe and guitarist John Cote will perform at 7 p.m. at Sky Theatre Performing Arts Center, 2 Highland Drive. $10 562-4445 May 1: LEWISTON, Colin Hay will perform at 8 p.m. at the Maple Room, 22 Park St. $40 450-8645 May 2: BATH, Susan Werner will perform folk music […]

French horn soloist Natasha Proctor and Bob Rand rehearse for the Androscoggin Valley Community Orchestra’s Sunday, May 4, concert. A principal of the orchestra, Proctor is on the faculty at Poland Community School, where she teaches instrumental music and math. She serves as horn coach, librarian and concert manager for the Southern Maine Junior Music […]

FARMINGTON – The Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers will bring their unique brand of improv comedy to the Mt. Blue High School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2. They will perform a combination of improv games in the vein of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and longer, more extended scenes based on suggestions provided by […]

Augusta: Exhibits of Maine’s natural environment, prehistory, social history and manufacturing heritage are featured year-round; “Cabinet of Curiosities, the Museum Science Collections and You” continues at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. Augusta: Works by Irene Rothe will be featured through May 17 at […]

AUBURN – Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for “Sylvia,” by A.R. Gurney, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, and Thursday, May 1, at Great Falls Performing Arts Center on Academy Street.“Sylvia” is a fetching, clever comedy about life, love, marriage – and canine obsession. Sylvia becomes a bone of contention between husband and […]

BRUNSWICK – The Second Friday Art Walk will begin Friday, May 9, when two dozen exhibits and working studios open for a spring evening of art. Sites will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. in Brunswick and Topsham within walking distance of one another.Galleries, artist studios, restaurants and businesses join in to celebrate spring […]