NEW YORK (AP) – Madonna’s harrowing new documentary on Malawi is clearly designed to draw attention to the poverty-stricken nation’s plight and help to its people. But the superstar doesn’t think much about enlisting aid from the U.S. government.“I don’t know what our government does period, instead of getting us in more debt and blowing […]

NORWAY – Auditions for the Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association’s production of “Almost, Maine” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 28-29, at the Norway Grange.On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, […]

FARMINGTON – Bill Roorbach and Wes McNair, two authors in the collection “A Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death and Hospice,” will give readings and sign copies at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers.In the collection, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Russo and five other Maine authors set out to […]

LEWISTON – The local jazz band Three Point Trio will perform Saturday, April 26, at She Doesn’t Like Guthries with special guest saxophonist Greg Waters.The trio includes Tim Clough on upright bass, John Smedley on guitar and Tom Schipper on drums.The show will begin at 8 p.m. There is no cover. Guthries is at 115 […]

“Well sir,” said a Lewiston man, “It is time that someone got busy to save the poor lobster and render him available to the poor man. As it is now only the rich can afford to eat lobster. Ten years ago the lobster fishermen sold their “green goods” for 10 cents apiece; today they are […]

Friday, April 25, Fiske and Hererra of Massachusetts will perform at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. The duo combines soothing folk music with passion and precision and is known for its tight harmony and ambitious arrangements. They released their debut CD, “Just Breathe,” in September 2007. The show will start at 7 p.m.. There […]

Go and doWHAT: “Over the River and Through the Woods”WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 2-3 and 9-10; at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8; at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4 and 11; and at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10WHERE: The Public Theatre at Lisbon and Main streets, LewistonTICKETS: $18 for adults, $16 for seniors […]

RANGELEY – The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will hold auditions for this summer’s “Diva Nights” at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 27 and May 11 and 18, at the Lakeside Theater.This year’s show will include male performers and, thus, is being called “Diva Nights featuring DiVa and HeVa talent.”The production will take place Aug. 1-2 […]

BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin College department of theater and dance will present “Babes in Arms” with book, lyrics and music by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 24, 25 and 26.The 8 p.m. performances in Pickard Theater are free and open to the public. General admission tickets are available at the […]

FARMINGTON – The UMF Concert Band, made up of University of Maine at Farmington students, community members and local high-school students, will present its spring concert Friday, May 2, at the university.Under the direction of conductor Anita Jerosch, the program will include marches by Percy Grainger and R.B. Hall, the movement “Jupiter” from Gustav Holst’s […]