Peaceful Means, a new musical duo featuring Leah Boyd and Heather Pierson, is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept 16, at the First Universalist Church, 479 Main St., Norway. Weaving together original songs and arrangements of covers with their voices and accompanying piano, acoustic strings, and percussion, they create music as an invitation […]
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Choruses from Bath/Brunswick, Augusta to battle Sept. 17
The Nor’easters men’s barbershop chorus, based in Bath/Brunswick and directed by Kathy Robitaille, and the Maine-ly Harmony women’s barbershop chorus, based in Augusta and directed by Kathy Greason, are “Singing Together Again” after two years of pandemic silence. It’s a battle of the choruses when the women declare in song that they can do anything […]
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Richard Thompson plans Waterville Opera House performance
WATERVILLE — A solo acoustic concert by Richard Thompson is set for 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. The opening act will be Jason Spooner. Since co-founding Fairport Convention in 1967, Thompson has had a decorated career in music. He’s received an OBE and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the BBC, […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 9
100 Years Ago: 1922 The County Buildings in Auburn were well decorated for the Legion Convention and Shrine Ceremonial. A 65-foot banner saluted the veterans, while a 20-foot banner beneath bore a Shrine emblem. It was first proposed by county officials to have “Welcome” on both banners, but Sheriff Stevens tabooed the idea, pointing out […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 8
100 Years Ago: 1922 Drum Major Jones of the Arab patrol looked like a giant, out on the circus sideshows. He towered–plus his headgear–so far above his troops. 50 Years Ago: 1972 The annual awards banquet for the Fairlawn Country Club will be held on September 12th. at the East Poland clubhouse and will be […]
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Brunswick center to host 2nd Chamberlain Legacy Lecture Sept. 15
Pejepscot History Center, which owns and operates the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, plans to present the second annual Chamberlain Legacy Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. The lectures takes place in Lemont Hall, on the corner of Maine and Pleasant streets in Brunswick, according to a news release from the center. Keynote speaker […]
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‘Scattering CJ’ to be shown on public television
Award-winning documentary profiles grieving mother’s inspired idea to honor her son’s life
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Local painter’s work on display at CMMC gallery
The art of Elisabeth Salberg is now on display through the month of September at the Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Graduating from Duke University where she studied art history, life took Salberg on a different path. For over 30 years she worked as a registered nurse, […]
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UMF Visiting Writers Series presents award-winning journalist, travel writer
Award-winning writer Julia Cooke is the first reader of the season for the celebrated Visiting Writers Series presented by the University of Maine at Farmington. Cooke will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is free and open to the […]