GARDINER – The Open Book Players will present the world premier performance of “Worlds Afire,” written by Maine author and poet Paul B. Janeczko, Feb. 9, 10 and 11 at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center.This literary work is based on the tragic but true event of the July 6, 1944, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & […]

Twenty-five men were before the municipal court today on the charge of trespassing on the railroad track of the Portland & Rumford Falls Railroad.The men were arrested this morning near Smithville and the majority of them are Italians from the settlement near that place. They have persisted in walking along the track in spite of […]

LEWISTON – John Corrie, who has been teaching at Bates College since 1982, where he is a lecturer in music, has been named the new artistic director of the Maine Music Society, which includes the Androscoggin Chorale and the Maine Chamber Ensemble.“We are delighted that John has agreed to accept the expanded role of artistic […]

Why are there so many nuclear mushroom clouds on the horizon? On television, anyway (and let’s hope it stays that way).“24” kicked off its most recent season with Jack Bauer not saving the day. At the end of the fourth hour, the terrorist villains managed to set off one of the five “suitcase nukes” they […]

LEWISTON – Sangai Asia, a student group at Bates College that promotes Asian and Asian American awareness, identity and fellowship, will present its second annual Annual Asian Performance Night Saturday, Feb. 3.The program highlights the varied Asian and Asian-American cultures that are increasingly prominent in our community. Performers are Bates students of Asian and Asian […]

“The Cloud of Unknowing,” by Thomas H. Cook; Harcourt, 310 pages; $24.People are dead; the author lets us in on that from the start. But who? And why?David Sears is in custody, but is he a suspect or just a witness? We wait with him in a cell in a small New England town until […]

premieres on Hallmark Feb. 3 It’s disorder in the court when a pair of cynical lawyers fall for each other while on opposing sides of a divorce case in “Love is a Four Letter Word,” a Hallmark original movie premiering at 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.Teri Polo, Robert Mailhouse, Barry Bostwick, Donna Mills and Mariette […]

100 Years Ago, 1907Maine will be well represented in the American league next season. Fred Parent of Sanford and “Bill” Carrigan of this city will be with the Boston team again. Ex-manager Collins regards Carrigan as the most promising of Boston’s catching recruits. John Coombs will be a “regular” with Connie Mack’s Athletics. On several […]

BATH -Folk artist David Mallett, whose songs have received international acclaim, will return to The Chocolate Church Arts Center Saturday, Feb. 10.Life in an out-of-the-way place carries universal import, and people everywhere seem to understand what David Mallett’s songs are about. Although they are rooted in place, they speak to the essential things that move […]

BRUNSWICK – Henrik Ibsen is widely regarded as the father of modern drama. One hundred years after the Scandinavian playwright’s death, the Bowdoin College department of theater and Dance has put together “Celebrating Ibsen in Classical to Contemporary Performance,” a series of events scheduled for February and March.The series will feature film, theater, dance-theater and […]