100 years ago, 1908 The opening of the store of W. J. Macfarlane Co., in Lewiston will take place Thursday. The concern occupies the store run by Oswald & Armstrong for many years at 95 Lisbon St. The hours of the opening will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Appropriate souvenirs will be given away […]
Entertainment
Jazz, blues, acoustic at Holly’s
Three Point Trio, featuring local musicians John Smedley on guitar, Tim Clough on standup bass and Tom Schipper on drums, will be performing at Jazz Night at Holly’s Own Deli & Wine Bar on Thursday, Nov. 20. The Blues come to Holly’s on Friday, Nov. 21, with Kevin Kimball and Ralph Thompson. Kimball is known […]
Live, local art auction Thursday
LEWISTON – Captive Elements Art House and Willy Beans have joined together to present a live art auction open to the general public.More than 20 pieces of art work will be offered by more than 12 local artists on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Willy Beans, located in the Bates Mill […]
Bates professor to speak at forum
LEWISTON – Bates College professor of rhetoric Stephanie Kelley-Romano will be the featured presenter at the Great Falls Forum, where she will be analyzing the media’s interactions with Sarah Palin during the recent presidential election. The November forum will be held on Thursday, Nov. 20, at noon in the Marsden Hartley Cultural Center at the […]
Motley Crue Winter Tour finale in Portland
What: Motley Crue Saints Of Los Angeles 2009 Tour, with special guests Hinder and Theory of a DeadmanWhen: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18Where: Cumberland County Civic Center, PortlandTickets: $75/$49.50/$29.50, go on sale Saturday, Nov. 22 at noon. Available at the Cumberland County Civic Center box office, charge by phone at (207) 775-3458 and online at […]
Jay Ungar, Molly Mason bringing American music to Chocolate Church
BATH – If you love American acoustic music, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason in concert is a November must. The duo will perform on Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on 804 Washington St.Since joining forces in the late 1970s, Ungar and Mason have become one of the most celebrated […]
Looking back
100 years ago, 1908 “I am afraid,” said a Lewiston physician “that the automobile and moving picture shows are injuring children’s eyes. The strain on eyes from speeding in automobiles is enormous. The eye cannot follow the swiftly moving objects. The same is true of the moving picture. The flashing lights, the quick change of […]
Musicians giving weekend of music in Auburn
AUBURN – Four musicians are going to give Auburn a weekend of music to be thankful for at Court Street Baptist Church. On Friday, Nov. 21, Katie Nelson and Scott Troyer will perform at 7 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 23, Phil House and Kathy Haley will grace the stage at 6 p.m. at the […]
Western Mountains Senior Players return with ‘Ladies of the Mop’
BETHEL – Senior players will return for their sixth seasonal performance on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 23, at 2:30 p.m. at the McLaughlin Science Center Trustees Auditorium, Gould Academy, Church Street, Bethel. Many of the members have been with the senior players since Western Mountains Senior College started the popular […]
AMS goes old-style
Auburn Middle School students Camden Martin and Katie Hummes perform in “Adrift in New York: An Olde Fashioned Mellodrama,” by Addison Augler. The showtimes are Thursday and Friday Nov. 20-21, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Auburn Middle School theater. Tickets are $5 at the door. Doors […]