100 years ago, 1908 • For the largest amusement place of its kind in the State, visit the Midway and Penny Arcade, No. 95 Main st., Lewiston. Six distinct and separate games. Half a hundred penny slot machines. Choice cigars, confectionery, and sodas, scientific palmist, etc. Fine rifle practice for ladies and gentlemen. We want […]

BRUNSWICK – Robert Bernheim, executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine at the University of Maine at Augusta, will deliver Bowdoin College’s Harry Spindel Memorial Lecture on Monday, Feb. 25.Bernheim’s talk is titled “Putting History to Work: One Holocaust Historian’s Long Winter from Moscow to Maine.” The 7:30 p.m. lecture in […]

BRUNSWICK – Maine native Kate Schrock is a self-made pianist/singer/songwriter who has produced and released six acclaimed albums. Schrock blends roots rock, jazz, gospel and reggae with a pop angle, creating dark, emotional textures that mesmerize the listener. Her music is infused with stories of truth, beauty and spiritual struggles. Critics have likened Schrock to […]

AUBURN – During the month of March, Mary Ukelady Hargreaves will present “Little Pony Express,” a live musical program she designed, on “Mainely Musicians,” a monthly show that she hosts on Great Falls Community TV.She created the program to instill family values in a fun way through her songs, to teach children the songwriting process […]

It’s just days until Oscar time. Are you up to speed on your nominated films? It’s not too late to catch up. Newsday’s Jan Stuart and Gene Seymour offer a last-minute roundup of films available on DVD: ‘Michael Clayton’ Remind me: George Clooney cleans up other people’s messes in a twisty legal thriller that makes […]

NEW YORK – The music blaring from the speakers of a small pub on a recent Friday night seemed like typical oldies fare: Aretha Franklin’s “Respect,” the 1970s tune “Disco Lady” and the 1950s surf instrumental “Tequila.” Then, “Karma Chameleon” – the 1983 hit by Culture Club – came on.The music was from a New […]

Go Kart Mozart, a high-energy indie rock band that recently exploded onto the east San Francisco Bay area music scene, will play at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at She Doesn’t Like Guthrie’s in Lewiston. Although the band has been together only since January 2007, it has performed live on 50-plus occasions, recorded and released […]

PORTLAND – Kirsten Russell, a junior at Greely High School, has won the title of Best Young Solo Artist in Maine in Reindeer Record’s first RO4UNO competition. A petite 16-year-old singer-songwriter, she also won a mobile recording package and $250 cash.Russell was one of six finalists competing recently at McAuley Performing Arts Center.Her defining moment […]

BRUNSWICK – Eveningstar Cinema will show the 80th Annual Academy Awards live on the big screen and hold an Oscar party, catered by Bonne Fete, beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24.The evening will include an Oscar pick contest with the results tallied as the night goes on for opportunities to win prizes donated by […]

This painting by Heidi Sorensen titled “Our Town” was created for the set of the Rangeley Friends of the Arts’ production of “Over The Checkerboard.” The two-act comedy written by Fred Carmichael was staged at Lakeside Theater Feb. 16-18. The 72- by 36-inch mural on canvas depicting the town of Rangeley will be raffled to […]