CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kevin Connolly, 49; Matt Lucas, 49; Eva Mendes, 49; Marsha Warfield, 69. Happy Birthday: Trust and believe in your ability to make the right decisions this year. Refuse to let anyone offer false information to manipulate how you proceed. Push back and enforce your position, and you will be clear […]
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Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inDear Abby
Friend’s struggle with diabetes cause concern
DEAR ABBY: My best friend, who is 54, has had Type 1 diabetes since she was 9. She takes two insulin shots a day — one in the morning and one in the evening. We live together, and at night her blood sugar drops pretty low. I can tell when it’s happening because she becomes […]
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Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Antonio Rocha plans New Gloucester performance
Antonio Rocha will perform at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, at Vestry First Congregational Church at 19 Gloucester Hill Road in New Gloucester. Rocha is an internationally acclaimed story teller who combines mime and the spoken word to entertain audiences of all ages. With his tenor voice, realistic sound effects, unique characters and mesmerizing […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Resinosa Ensemble performance set for Nordica Auditorium
ArtsFarmington plans to present the Resinosa Ensemble, three women musicians, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall on Academy Street in Farmigton. The event, to honor International Women’s Day, will feature works by American female composers. The concert is entitled The Taste of Something New, taking its name from the first […]
Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on March 4: ‘No LHS-ELH game unless in the final’
Read more about March 4, 1933, in the SunJournal.com archives. 100 Years Ago: 1923 Although the warm weather prevented the afternoon activities of the Bates carnival Saturday, the general committee held the grand masquerade in Chase Hall, and the closing event of the fourth carnival was a great success. Following the grand march and the […]
Posted inDear Abby
Woman struggles to connect with late brother’s widow
DEAR ABBY: I am a 61-year-old never-married woman with no kids. Most of my life was spent caring for my aging parents, working on my education (I have a master’s degree) and saving for my future. I am financially stable. I own my house free and clear, own my car and have very little credit […]
Posted inHoroscope
Libra: Follow the dots and see where they lead before you invest more time and money in something.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Chaz Bono, 54; Patricia Heaton, 65; Mykelti Williamson, 66; Catherine O’Hara, 69. Happy Birthday: Take care of responsibilities that stand between you and living your dream. Replace the people, jobs and situations wearing you down and cramping your style. It’s out with the old and in with the new. Put […]
Posted inEncore
Musical performances planned at UMF Emery Community Arts Center
Three musical performance events are planned this month at the Emery Community Arts Center on the University of Maine at Farmington campus. These will take place in the Emery Performance Space and are free and open to the public. Wednesday, March 8, 7 p.m. Roger Zahab and Aaron Wyanski, “Being Slowly Nowhere: Music of the New […]
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‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ to be staged in Belfast
Belfast Maskers’ audiences will see another side of their theater, literally and figuratively, with the first production of 2023. “A Doll’s House, Part 2” by Lucas Hnath, running March 9-19, will be staged in an innovative “in the round” configuration of the Basil Burwell Community Theater — meaning audiences will be seated on both sides […]
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Community Little Theatre announces lineup for 84th season
The L/A Community Little Theatre has announced its 84th season – with a return to full, five-show lineup and a new Saturday matinee – will open with the Tony Award winning musical farce “The Drowsy Chaperone” on Friday, Oct. 27. That will be followed in January with Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None,” the […]