100 Years Ago: 1924 Youth will open the Second Annual Auburn Winter Carnival today, when the junior snow meets commence at 3 o’clock at the Pettingill Park winter playground/ Snowshoe and ski-jumping are the feature events scheduled for this meeting. While the meet is the opening event of the program, the official opening will not […]
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Rumford writer Tom Fallon releases last book: ‘Imagine’
RUMFORD — Tom Fallon, author, editor, poet and modern literary form creator, has announced he has published his last book. Called “Imagine,” Fallon says the book was “stimulated by the sudden awareness one morning at age 84 that my life was definitely coming to an end. So it was I slowly began the outline for […]
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Bridgton Jazz ensemble to perform benefit concert at Franco Center
The 17-member Bridgton Jazz ensemble will perform at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, in Heritage Hall at the Franco Center, at 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. This is a fundraiser by the Bridgton Jazz ensemble for the families and victims of the Oct. 25, 2023 shootings in Lewiston. The ensemble includes musicians and vocalists […]
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Trinity Commons to host a contradance
An evening of dancing – featuring a contradance – will be held Friday, Feb. 16, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. A family dance with music provided by an “all-comers” band will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m.; a contradance will be held from 8-10:30 p.m. Maggie Robinson will do the teaching and calling, with the music […]
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NYC comics featured at Great Falls Comedy Club
Tom Zappia will headline a comedy show featuring Shane O’Connor and Shank Kumar starting at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Zappia is a New York based comic hailing from the gritty roots of New Jersey. He is a co-host of the viral sensation, “Keep It Basement,” […]
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Lovell Speaker Series introduces Maine author Elizabeth Garber
The Charlotte Hobbs Library Speaker Series continues with a Zoom-only talk and discussion with Elizabeth Garber, author of “Sailing at the Edge of Disaster: A Memoir of a Young Woman’s Daring Year,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15. Her memoir tells the story of how as a bookish teen she and her younger brother […]
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Johnson Hall comedy series features JJ Jones
Johnson Hall’s “On the Road” Stand-Up Comedy Series presents JJ Jones at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, at The Blind Pig Next Level in Gardiner. Hosted by Mark Turcotte, the show will also feature Dennis Price, Tim Hofmann, and Derek Cote. Each show features at least 3 comedians and runs about 90 minutes. These […]
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue plan State Theatre performance
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will take the stage at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. in Portland. Trombone Shorty brings his Shorty Gras tour though Portland for a New Orleans-style party. Shorty, whose real name is Troy Andrews, has every right to toot his own horn because the music […]
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Josée Vachon to perform in afternoon concert at Franco Center Feb. 17
Musical artist Josée Vachon will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. She shares her Franco American joie de vivre–her “joy of living as a Franco American” through her music. Born in Quebec and raised in Maine, Vachon has been sharing her FrancoAmerican upbringing for over […]
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Old time fiddle and piano music coming to Oasis of Music
Doug Protsik’s fiddle and Louise Strong’s piano playing will return to the Oasis of Music at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Protsik’s music has delighted Maine audiences for more than four decades, from playing piano for classic silent movies, to playing his fiddle, accordion and piano with the Pine […]