Despite a lack of reds and oranges on the trees this weekend, Boothbay’s Fall Foliage Festival still saw plenty of visitors.
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
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Calling all Bennets and Darcys: Lewiston library hosting Jane Austen ball
The Lewiston Public Library is hosting a Jane Austen-themed ball on Oct. 18, complete with Regency-era dress and English country dancing.
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Looking Back on Oct. 11
Items of local interest in the Sun Journal on this date in the past.
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Looking Back on Oct. 10
Items of local interest in the Sun Journal on this date in the past.
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Bau Graves, who helped shape Maine’s music and cultural scene, dies at 73
Graves was artistic director of the Maine Festival, the state’s showcase summer arts and music event for decades. He and his wife started the New Year’s Portland celebration in the early 1980s and also ran the Center for Cultural Exchange in Portland.
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Bath Housing celebrates latest apartment openings
The housing-focused nonprofit celebrates the newly built apartment complex that opened at the start of summer.
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Otisfield Community Lunch and Craft Sale | Sun Spots
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Fall is here and with it comes the Community Lunch at the Otisfield Community Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On the menu is roast pork loin with mashed potatoes, gravy, applesauce, carrots, broccoli, rolls and cider. Top that off with apple crisp and coffee. Is your mouth watering yet? […]
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Two Mainers awarded prestigious MacArthur ‘Genius grants’
Jeremy Frey, a Passamaquoddy artist, and Indigenous cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce both received the $800,000 award.
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Can an ancient practice answer life’s questions? This Mainer says so. | Column
Sandi Isgro, of Stratton, is president of the American Society of Dowsers and recently taught a beginner class on the controversial method for finding water, among other things.
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Genealogy a great gift for holidays | Sun Spots
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Readers, what should you get mémère and pépère for the holidays, or any other hard-to-buy-for relative? Think about genealogy. What about a direct line back to your immigrant ancestors from France? Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society researchers are once again pleased to offer this unique gift. Using MFGS resources, they will attempt to identify […]