Musical theater vocalist Lynne McGhee is back with “Dead Girls, the Musical” a musical tribute to iconic pop queens who have left us at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Denmark Arts Center. Vocalist/comedienne Lynne McGhee and the Dead Girls Band salute divas from the great beyond: Patsy Cline, Cass Elliot, Karen Carpenter, […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inDear Abby
Birth mother holds no responsibility for adoptive parents
DEAR ABBY: Would it be wrong to reach out to my biological mother for financial help? I was adopted when I was just 2 months old. I was lucky to have wonderful parents, but they are in poor health, and it’s affecting both of them physically. I’m going into debt helping them out financially. They […]
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Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on Sept. 19
100 Years Ago: 1923 Mrs. Evelyn B. Levine of Waterville, a member of the Massachusetts Bar, was admitted to the Somerset bar by Judge Philbrook. Her name was presented by County Attorney James H. Thorne. Her husband is an attorney in Waterville. 50 Years Ago: 1973 Wednesday State police were attempting to track down a […]
Posted inHoroscope
Taurus: Don’t get consumed in someone else’s dream; work alongside people who empower you to do your own thing.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kevin Zegers, 39; Alison Sweeney, 47; Jimmy Fallon, 49; Trisha Yearwood, 59. Happy Birthday: Discipline will help you achieve things, but don’t let it stifle your creativity. Emotions will brew, and although keeping your secrets safe and sound is favored, sharing essential information with those close to you is necessary. […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis comes years after losing left lung
DEAR DR. ROACH: In the 1950s, I worked for a plumber covering pipes with asbestos. In 1976, I lost my entire lung on the left side, operated on at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York. From that moment in 1976, I never had a problem with my other lung until about three months ago, when […]
Posted inSun Spots
Auburn Little League field to be completed next year
DEAR SUN SPOTS: What happened to the new Auburn Little League field on Stevens Mill Road? It was supposed to have been completed sometime this year. There seems to be absolutely no progress being made recently, and I have also noticed the sign saying “Future home of the new Suburban Little League” is no longer […]
Posted inEncore
LA Arts hosts concert featuring An Anderson, Liam Grant, and Cold Creeps
An evening of live music featuring An Anderson, Liam Grant, and Cold Creeps will be presented from 7:30-9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, at LA Arts in Lewiston. An Anderson are an instrumental rock band formed in Maine in 2012. They’ve often drawn inspiration from disparate influences including ‘90s math and noise rock, Early music, […]
Posted inEncore
Improv and stand up comedy on stage this weekend at the Great Falls Comedy Club
Live improv comedy comes to the stage as Capital City Improv presents a night of musical improvisation with Makes Merry Music at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Host Nick Gordon brings one of Southern New England’s funniest comics, JJ Jones, to […]
Posted inEncore
Guitarist Jim Gallant to play at Oasis of Music
Jim Gallant will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Sept. 20, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. For this performance, Gallant will perform songs from his new CD, songs he has written about every season of life, with special attention to life in our region of Maine. He will be […]
Posted inEncore
Denny Breau and Friends to wrap up season for Music at Mavis series
“Music for Mavis” Tuesdays at the Gazebo music series presents Denny Breau and a wild host of friends for the season finale of the concert series from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the gazebo in Turner. Breau started playing guitar when he was 9 years old and was inducted into the Maine Country […]