LEWISTON – Bates College presents an evening with Andrew Schelling, a poet, translator and scholar of classical Indian poetry, at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St.This presentation of the college’s Language Arts Live Series is sponsored by the English department; the programs in Asian, environmental, and women and […]

LEWISTON – As part of a regional “Art In Action” concert tour dedicated to raising public awareness toward human trafficking and child sex slavery, Ten Shekel Shirt and The Wrecking will appear onstage at the Vineyard Auditorium for one night only, Friday, Nov. 14.Lamont Hiebert, lead singer and songwriter of Ten Shekel Shirt has evoked […]

100 years ago, 1908 “It’s worse than ‘Pigs in Clover’ to come up Lisbon Street, between eight and nine o’clock in the morning.” commented a Lewiston man on Monday. “It was after eight o’clock when I ran the gauntlet, this morning. It was a case of dodge the man with the broom, climb over hose, […]

LIMESTONE – The Almost Canada Theatre Company (ACT) at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics will present the award-winning tale, “Proof,” by David Auburn. The production will run from Nov. 13-15 in the Boothby Auditorium in the Academic Building on the shared campus of the Limestone Community School and the Maine School of Science […]

PORTLAND – The art gallery at the University of New England presents “Alice Spencer – Fabricating Time: Paintings and Collected Textiles,” featuring paintings inspired by Spencer’s extensive collection of woven materials from around the globe, as well as some of the textiles themselves.Spencer has taken extended trips to Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Guatemala, Indonesia, China, and other […]

BELGRADE – The Pineland Fiddlers, a touring ensemble of children age 8-14 who play traditional fiddle music from Maine and Canada, are sponsoring an auction at the Village Inn in Belgrade on Nov. 12 with auctioneer John Gawler. About $6,000 in goods and services will be auctioned off, including gift certificates from businesses all over […]

LEWISTON – Directed by John Corrie, the Bates College Choir performs Benjamin Britten’s popular “Ceremony of Carols” in at 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and 16, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.Corrie is the artistic director of the Maine Music Society and a member of the college music faculty. […]

SEBAGO LAKE VILLAGE – Two theater ensemble classes for students ages 10-18 will start on Nov. 11 at Schoolhouse Arts Center.In the Youth Ensemble class for ages 10-14, students will learn acting techniques, improv, set creation and design, and costuming as they work on performing their own production. Working as an ensemble is a major […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Chris Matthews refused to be drawn in to a debate last week when fellow MSNBC host Joe Scarborough talked on “Morning Joe” about whether President-elect Obama had fumbled the appointment of Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff. Matthews said he wanted to “do everything I can to make […]

100 years ago, 1908 Without doubt, Lewiston’s youngest farmer is Master Robert Tarbox, eight years old, of Upper Main Street. And, be it added, he is one of the most successful farmers. This season he raised a radish that weighed eight pounds and measured 21 inches long and 11 inches around. An eight pound musk […]