Live from Home with Duquette and Dancer will be livestreamed at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, presented by Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath. Rob and Amanda Duquette will present an intimate experience for audiences of all generations, using music and dance to tell stories and express universal human emotions. Rob is a multi-instrumentalist and […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inHoroscope
Gemini: Knowledge is powerful and will lead to opportunity and new beginnings
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: O’Shea Jackson Jr., 30; Billy Zane, 55; Helen Shaver, 70; Edward James Olmos, 74. Happy Birthday: Don’t limit what you can do. Verify facts, and move forward with confidence. Be willing to put in the energy and time required to make a difference. Positive acts will bring the results you […]
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Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Feb. 24
100 Years Ago: 1921 Enrico Caruso watched the falling snow that blanketed New York today from a window near his sick bed, and with the yearning of a schoolboy with the measles declared: “It looks fine.” While the tenor was enjoying the snow his physicians issued a bulletin indicating his improvement. His family also planned to take him […]
Posted inDear Abby
Punishment doesn’t fit crime after boy is caught with porn
DEAR ABBY: When I stopped by my brother’s house a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned that his 9-year-old son was grounded in his bedroom. He was being punished for snooping in his dad’s vintage collection of porn. At first I was upset with my brother and his wife, because it was their fault that […]
Posted inDr. Roach
The best reason to take vitamin D is when level is low
DEAR DR. ROACH: These days, when vitamin D is recommended at every turn, I need to be sure I am taking the right dose. When I took 5,000 IU daily, my blood calcium levels increased and my doctor said to cut back to 2,000 IU daily. Now I read that we should be taking 5,000 […]
Posted inSun Spots
Reader looking to locate Ashley M. Brand to return photo
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m hoping to find Ashley Michelle Brand who is 24-25 years old. I have a lovely glossy 9- by 12-inch Olan Mills photo of this little girl at age 9 months. There is a “’98 Olan Mills” stamp on the front of the photo. Handwritten on the back of the photo are […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
SoundCheck: New Shades of Blue livestream concert scheduled
SoundCheck: New Shades of Blue is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, livestreamed on Facebook from the Camden Opera House. The Maine duo/trio plays eclectic mix including old-time jazz, blues and originals, some reggae-based. Juliane Gardner, Christopher Poulin and Ezra Rugg began playing together in college when they met as students in a […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
UUCB Concerts for a Cause to feature David Wilcox
David Wilcox will perform an online concert for UUCB Concerts for a Cause at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick has had to cancel 11 of its Concerts for a Cause so far because of COVID-19. However, Wilcox whose June concert was canceled, has invited Concerts for a Cause […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Strand on the Air: The Don’t Let the Internet Get You Down Edition set
Strand on the Air: The Don’t Let the Internet Get You Down Edition will be online at WRFR.org and on radio station 99.3 FM at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Maine’s Own Radio Variety Show will feature house manager Liz McLeod, musical director Brittany Parker, announcer Dan Bookham, those ever-popular bytes of fun the Strand […]