DEAR SUN SPOTS: The L&A Veterans Council would like to make an urgent appeal to all family and friends of veterans either serving now or who have retired or passed on to make a lasting gift to their memory. Submit their names to be inscribed on our next monument at the Veterans Memorial Park by […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Plunkett poetry festival seeks artist submissions
Submissions from makers and writers are sought for the annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, a hybrid event of visual and literary arts to be held on Friday, April 30. Literary and art submissions are due Monday, March 1. Anyone interested in contributing one or more creative works to the festival should visit uma.edu/plunkett for details. […]
Friday Film Club celebrates Black History Month with two films
The Camden Public Library’s Friday Film Club will meet at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, on Zoom to discuss two powerful and critically-acclaimed films that explore the ongoing struggles of African Americans to gain social equality. The selections are “Loving” and “I Am Not Your Negro.” Email [email protected] to request details for how to […]
Virtual book discussion hosted by Franco-American Collection
University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College
On Being Present: Recovering Blackness in the Uffizi Galleries
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Visiting Writers Series presents virtual reading by noted author Kerri Arsenault
University of Maine at Farmington
Native plants in local landscape featured in Winter Horticulture Series
Camden Garden Club
Virgo: A change is necessary
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Amber Riley, 35; Matt Groening, 67; Melissa Manchester, 70; Jane Seymour, 70. Happy Birthday: Look at the possibilities; focus on the ones that make the most sense. How you make decisions and pursue offers will determine your success. Refuse to let others make decisions for you or copy what others […]
Can employment drug screening detect alcohol use?
DEAR DR. ROACH: I will be starting a new job that requires regular, but random, drug testing. I have never used drugs, so that is not a problem. But I am wondering how long alcohol can be detected in the urine. — M.M. ANSWER: Alcohol can be found in the urine in small amounts as […]
Wife resists man’s efforts to improve her lifestyle
DEAR ABBY: I met my wife when we were very young and into partying. We’re now middle-aged and heading in different directions. I focus on physical and mental well-being. I work out daily, eat healthy and maintain a positive attitude. She spends her free time lying around, drinking, smoking and constantly exposing herself to negativity […]