LEWISTON – Musicians from Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges will join forces for a concert of piano trios by Beethoven and Brahms at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Bates College.The concert by pianist James Parakilas, violinist Mary Hunter and cellist Steve Witkin is open to the public at no cost. The concert will be […]

FALMOUTH – Maine State Ballet will host a performance by the White Mountain Dance Ensemble Saturday, March 29, at the Maine State Ballet Theater.The White Mountain Dance Ensemble is the first and only professional modern dance company in the Mount Washington Valley. Five dancer friends, all independent choreographers from various dance backgrounds, formed WMDE in […]

• At the Androscoggin, Bates, Hill and Avon mills in Lewiston, notice was given out yesterday noon that beginning March 30, there would be a reduction of 10 percent in wages. While far as known no notices of a reduction in wages were given out at the Continental and Barker mills yesterday, it is understood […]

LEWISTON – King’s Bridge Theatre will present C.S. Lewis’ enchanting story “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” Friday and Saturday, March 28-29 and April 4-5, at the Vineyard Auditorium.This delightful adaptation for adults and children alike recalls the story of four children on a fantastic journey to the land of Narnia, where they are […]

NEW YORK – Six men armed with revolvers plundered a saloon on the northwest corner of Ninth Avenue and Forty-Fifth Street early today after knocking down the one customer who tried to oppose them and holding up Joseph Kierman, the bartender. They fired six shots to convince the bartender that they were in earnest, emptied […]

Third Man Trio will play jazz Friday, March 21, at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. Playing stand-up bass, drums and trumpet, band members from Rockland and Lewiston will come together to perform jazz standards along with some experimental jazz sets. There is no cover. The show will start at 8 p.m. Guthries is at […]

March 20, 27: 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. 333-3041 March 20: FARMINGTON, the SAD 9 District String Festival will be held at 7 p.m. at Mt. Blue High School gym. Free 778-3561 March 20: LEWISTON, clarinetist Vantiel […]

Augusta: Works by Irene Rothe will be featured through May 17 at the Finance Authority of Maine, 5 Community Drive. Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 1-800-228-3734 Augusta: Student art from the Maine Youth Excellence in Art program will be featured through March 30 at the Augusta Capitol complex. 287-6571 Bangor: “A Legacy […]

LEWISTON – “LOVE,” an exhibition, lecture and reception featuring Arturo Lindsay, professor of art and art history at Atlanta’s Spelman College, will be presented at Bates College.Lindsay will speak at 4 p.m. Friday, March 21, in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. The exhibition, curated by Nakeisha Gumbs, Bates class of 2007, will open […]

LISBON FALLS – Androscoggin Tribe No. 31 had a very interesting meeting Tuesday evening. One of the features of the evening was a “town meeting” which caused considerable amusement. The matter of building a sewer on Main street commencing at a point near George Foster’s residence and continuing up the road to a point near […]