CARTHAGE – New England Celtic Arts will host Irish-born fiddler Maeve Donnelly and Scottish guitarist Tony MacManus at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, Wednesday, April 15, and at Lakeside Theater in Rangeley Thursday, April 16.Both concerts will begin at 7 p.m. A pre-show jam will start at 6:15 at Skye Theatre when audience members can […]

Artist Paul Davies will be the subject of Gallery Talk Friday, April 10, at L/A Arts’ Gallery 5 in Lewiston. Curator Tammie Grieshaber will interview him about his career, inspiration and art from from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Those attending will have a chance to ask questions.Davies was born and educated in England, studying at […]

PORTLAND – The USM Youth Ensembles program will present four of its instrumental groups on Thursday, April 16, at Merrill Auditorium.More than 200 young musicians will perform beginning at 7:30 p.m., with a reception to follow in the auditorium rehearsal room.Among those performing will be Alanna Duncan, Sydney Ford, Emily Hartzell, Hannah Judd, Morgan Moore […]

GARDINER – Blues band The Mojo Matics will perform Friday, April 10, as part of the Sounds Good! Music Live series at Johnson Performing Arts Center.The Mojo Matics play old Chicago-style and urban blues, with a wailing harmonica. Band members are Mike Hayward, guitar/vocals; Mike Van Summern, electric bass; Mike Murphy, drums; and Tom O’Connell, […]

It is said that a “phony check man” has been operating in Lewiston during the past few days, and as a result at least one Lisbon Street clothing store is minus a suit of clothes and about $20 in cash.It seems that a man with a check for upwards of $30 called at a Lewiston […]

LEWISTON – On Saturday, April 18, pianist Duncan J. Cumming will join violinist Hilary Walther Cumming and cellist Sölen Dikener as the Capital Trio presents a program honoring the 200th anniversary of the death of Franz Josef Haydn.The recital, the fifth in this season’s Piano Series at the Franco-American Heritage Center will feature works by […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police say the 24-year-old son of actors Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett has been arrested on a drug charge just months after he and his father were charged with drug possession. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says Redmond O’Neal was arrested Sunday on suspicion of bringing narcotics into a jail […]

List of winners at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards from Las Vegas:Entertainer of the year: Carrie UnderwoodTop male vocalist: Brad PaisleyTop female vocalist: Carrie UnderwoodTop vocal group: Rascal FlattsTop vocal duo: SugarlandTop new artist: Julianne HoughTop new male vocalist: Jake OwenTop new female vocalist: Julianne HoughTop new duo or vocal group: Zac […]

100 years ago, 1909 The police have received notice from the Fidelity and Deposit Co., of Maryland, giving a description of one Horace H. Grigg, who is wanted on a charge of embezzlement and offering a reward of $100 for information which results in his arrest. Grigg is about 49 years of age, 5 feet […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Fast & Furious” left the competition in the dust with a $72.5 million opening weekend, the best so far this year. That topped last weekend’s $59.3 million debut for DreamWorks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which slipped to second place with $33.5 million, raising its 10-day total to $105.7 million, according to […]