The Portland indie band Subject Bias will present its “Love Happens” show on Valentine’s Day at the restaurant/cafe She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. Subject Bias has been named Best Indie Rock Band by the Portland Phoenix. The band’s sound has been compared to that of Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith because of its emotional […]

One of the prettiest and most pleasant dancing parties of the winter was the one held by the teachers of the Dingley Training School in Wilson’s Dancing Academy last evening. Two hundred invitations had been sent out and there were about 150 present. The hall was decorated with the banners of a number of Maine […]

PARIS – The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club will hold its sweetheart dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Oxford Hills Middle School.Walt Bull will be the caller and Bernie Porter will be the cuer. The square dancing will be class level and plus level, alternating with round dancing. Refreshments will be […]

Rumford Falls has its hopes high for a new opera house. The idea is to have a restaurant in the basement. The ground floor is intended for an armory, provided that the town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose. The theatre would be on the second floor and would be as large […]

The Broad Street Trio will give an acoustic performance beginning at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Fastbreaks in Lewiston, across from the Chick-A-Dee Restaurant. The Valentine’s Day celebration is free of charge. Trio members, from left, are John Rabassa and Celeste and Michael Onofrio.For more information on the Broad Street Trio, e-mail [email protected].

AUBURN – Perhaps the best description of Tony Moschetto’s comedy act came from a former manager at the Fireside Inn & Suites at a show two years ago. “He’s funny,” she said to a co-worker. “He’s naughty funny.”Moschetto will return to The Fireside Inn Saturday, Feb. 14, to headline its Valentine’s Day comedy show. Also […]

LIVERMORE – The annual ice harvest at Washburn Norlands Living History Center, originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 14, has been canceled due to poor ice conditions (6 inches of standing water on the ice).

BUCKFIELD – We’ve all done crazy things for love, but how many of us would fly halfway around the world on a blind date? Performance artist Rick Adam did, and his story is only one of the chronicles of love, heartbreak, healing and rapture that make up his “A Bozo In Love” show to be […]

Singer/songwriter and guitarist Val Bennett will play during the open mic Saturday, Feb. 14, at Holly’s Own Deli & Restaurant, 84 Court St., Auburn. The free event will run from 6:30 to 10 p.m.

LEWISTON – Little Dan’s Barbeque and Grill on Main Street has changed the booking date for acoustic guitarist Jim Gallant. He will play at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26. There is no cover charge.