AUBURN – Boston comedian Johnny Pizzi, a regular in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, will headline Comedy Night Saturday, March 15, at the The Fireside Inn & Suites. Also performing will be Carolyn Plummer and Tammy Pooler.Presented by Laughing Matters Comedy, the shows are part of a winter comedy series featuring some of New England’s […]

WHAT: “Well” WHERE: The Public Theatre at Lisbon and Maple streets in Lewiston WHEN: at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 13; at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 14-15; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16 TICKETS: $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and students; $14 group rate for 10 or more. Call 782-3200. belly laughs […]

AUBURN – “Once on This Island” is an exceptional treat for the eye and the ear.This musical currently in performance at Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre tells the Caribbean legend of a star-crossed love doomed by conflicts of social class.It’s the first time CLT has assembled an all African-American cast, and the production has all come […]

FREEPORT – Some of the biggest names in the history of fishing – Lefty Kreh, Flip Pallot, Stu Apte, Mark Sosin and Dave and Emily Whitlock – will be at L.L. Bean Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, for the outdoor company’s annual spring fishing expo.They will participate in a Q&A panel discussion at 3 p.m. […]

PORTLAND – PSO Pops! will present music by Henry Mancini and Bill Conti under the direction of Conti, an Oscar and Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor, Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, at Merrill Auditorium.One of the most popular composers of our time, Mancini’s music, with slightly more than 100 nominations, was ubiquitous in film and […]

LIVERMORE FALLS – Siblings Joel and Janna Gilbert will perform in concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Murray Hall. Their music is contemporary Christian. Admission is free. Refreshments will be sold to benefit the Tri-Town Ministerial Food Cupboard for food or fuel assistance. For more information, call the Emmanuel Assembly of God in […]

The story of the rise of the so-called mail-order business is an interesting chapter in our commercial history. The spread of the craze – for it must be classed as such – resembles that of an ordinary epidemic against which no precaution is taken. The disease has until very recently been allowed to spread without […]

CARTHAGE – Fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger will perform traditional New England-style music with guitarist Matt Heaton and double bassist Cory DeMario Wednesday, March 12, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. The concert will begin at 7 p.m., with a preshow jam at 6:30.Schneckenburger is a winsome, sweet-voiced singer who brings new life to old […]

RUMFORD – Dixfield photographer Christal Treadwell was awarded Best of Show (Photo of the Year) and Court of Honor for her fine art print titled “A Bridge to Work” at the Maine Professional Photographers Association Convention and Print Exhibition held in Freeport recently.A gallery showing and art auction to benefit Treadwell’s Keeping the Arts Alive […]

AUBURN – When Phil House sits down at the piano, people move closer and head for the seats where they’ll have the best view of his hands.They love to watch his fingers fly when he launches into some classic ragtime numbers. After all, House is recognized as one of the best stride piano players around, […]