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V-Day performance rescheduled for Friday

AUBURN – “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer” will be presented by V-Day Auburn at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at the First Universalist Church of Auburn.A follow-up to “The Vagina Monologues,” all penned by award-winning writer Eve Ensler, this new collection of stories registers the voices of women and girls victimized […]

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‘Mythbusters’ takes on MacGyver

Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, budding science geeks everywhere plopped down in front of “MacGyver” on ABC, to watch resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) escape from bad guys, foil evil plots and basically save the world with a Swiss Army knife, duct tape and whatever happened to be lying […]

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Looking back

Judge Savage imposed sentences in the Supreme Court: four years in State Prison for a robbery conviction; two years and six months in State Prison for breaking and entering and larceny; 30 days in jail for wanton and lascivious speech and behavior; and $100 and costs and 60 days in jail for nuisance convictions. 50 […]

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Benefit dance for Durham fire victims

DURHAM – A benefit dance will be held on Friday, Feb. 22, from 8 p.m. to midnight for Sarah and Lance Milliken, who lost their home in a fire on Jan. 25.The dance will be held at the Amvets Hall on Route 136, with music by Small Town Denfenderz. Tickets are $10 each. For tickets, […]

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Calendar: Concerts

Feb 10: Cirque Sublime performance. . 7:00pm – 7:00pm. Androscoggin Bank Colisee, Special Starts Feb 10 Repeats every week on Sunday: Open mic at Cafe DeCarlo. . 7:00pm – 7:00pm. Cafe DeCarlo, Theater Feb 15: Sebago Lake, “Springtime in the Garden” stage performance. Feb 15:SEBAGO, The Half Pints will perform “Springtime in the Garden” at […]

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Insult comic will go for the jugular

PORTLAND – Dubbed by The New York Times as Comedy’s “Lovable Queen of Mean,” Lisa Lampanelli is a no-holds-barred insult comic who masterfully works her audience while maintaining an inherent likability. Lampanelli will bring her sharp tongue to Merrill Auditorium April 4.Tickets, $34.50, for reserved seating, go on sale at noon Friday, Feb. 22.Hailed as […]

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Poets will give reading on campus

BRUNSWICK – Poets Oliver de la Paz and Evie Shockley will give a public reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at Bowdoin College. The reading is open to the public in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. Admission is free.De la Paz was born in Manila, Philippines, and was raised in Ontario, Oregon. His book of […]

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Tardy will host Oddfellow’s sell-out hit

“It feels like my parents are going out of town, and I’m having a party while they are away!”So said Jason Tardy, who on Friday and Saturday, March 7-8, will host the Oddfellow Theater’s signature performance, “The Early Evening Show,” a job Mike Miclon has assumed for the past 10 years,.The show – a zany […]

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Songstress will share her storytelling skills

NEW GLOUCESTER – Emilia Dahlin, who was recently selected as one of the Top 10 local musicians to put on your must-see list by Down East magazine, will perform Saturday, March 1, at the Village Coffeehouse.Dahlin was also voted best local female vocalist in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and was winner of the Great Waters […]

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PSO will perform Haydn, Berber and Brahms

PORTLAND – The Portland Symphony Orchestra will present a program of vocal works culminating with Brahms’ masterpiece Ein deutsche Requiem (“A German Requiem”) Tuesday, March 4, at Merrill Auditorium.The program includes Haydn’s “Te Deum;” Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” a richly textured work set to excerpts from James Agee’s short story “Knoxville;” and Ein deutsche […]