Music by MAGIC and culinary arts students at Lewiston Regional Technical Center’s Green Ladle restaurant will present “A Taste of Christmas Around the World” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. Joining them as guest performers will be students from Lewiston and Edward Little high schools. Audience members will get to sample soups, breads and desserts […]

“There’s a queer photograph,” said a local physician the other day, pointing to an X-Ray photograph of a hand. “A woman came here with a hand swollen to the size of a ham. She had suffered pain in it and ascribed it to rheumatism. I had an X-Ray taken of the hand. You will notice […]

The public is invited to kick up its heels Friday, Dec. 12, at the Lewiston Public Library’s last dance of the year. The band Bustopher Jones will provide live music, performing on fiddle, guitar, banjo, bagpipes and percussion. Caller Cynthia Phinney will be on deck to lead attendees through an evening of traditional New England […]

Mystic Outbop Review of Portland will perform improvisational jazz Friday, Dec. 12, at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 Middle St., Lewiston. The jazz trio will present its unstructured musical experience beginning at 9 p.m. There is no cover for the show. The kitchen will be open. For more information, call 376-3344 or visit myspace.com/guthriesplace.

Lewiston men interested in the ice business are anxiously waiting for the river to freeze over. The usual amount of ice cut in Lewiston and Auburn is as follows: From the Lewiston side of the Androscoggin, 10,000 tons; Auburn side of the river, 3,000; New Auburn side of Little Androscoggin, 2,500; Lake Auburn, 6,700. Besides […]

BRUNSWICK – This weekend, Arts Downtown & All Around will showcase works of art at 50 studios, gallery exhibits, and performance and group shows across the Five Rivers Arts Alliance region. Featured works include photography, pastel, paintings, sculpture, furniture, fiber arts, fine crafts, jewelry and ceramics.There will also be music, dance and theater performances.Participating sites […]

SEBAGO – The Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake is presenting “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” by Barbara Robinson, a simple, enchanting tale about a church Christmas pageant that gets taken over by the poorly behaved children of the Herdman family. The Herdmans are without question the worst kids “in the entire history of the […]

The Public Theatre will present its acclaimed adaptation of the holiday classic “A Christmas Carol,” followed by “A Solstice Celebration” this weekend. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12-13; and at 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at the theater at Maple and Lisbon streets in downtown Lewiston. Tickets are […]

The Nor’easter’s barbershop chorus will entertain passengers on the Maine Eastern Railroad’s Candy Cane Train Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-14. Santa and his elves will share hot cocoa and candy canes with passengers on the ride between Bath and Wiscasset. Cost is $15, with all proceeds benefiting Tri County Literacy in Bath. There will be […]

WINTRHOP – The CODA Chorus will present its Christmas concert, celebrating in song the story of Christmas and the simple joy of the season, Sunday, Dec. 14, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. There will be performances at 3 p.m. and again at 6 p.m.Included in the program are arrangements of “Hark! The Herald Angels […]