LEWISTON – Novelist Miriam Colwell will visit Bates College to read from and discuss her latest book at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the college’s Museum of Art.The event is free and open to the public.Colwell’s first novel in more than five decades, “Contentment Cove” (Islandport Press, 2007) is a story of class distinctions […]

If arrangements can be made “The Gingerbread Man” will appear at the Empire Theater two days this week, Tuesday and Wednesday. As this attraction seems a slight “risqué,” for the solicitous moralists of Sanford, the company will not play their date in that city, but are in hopes of arranging for this city. A new […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hollywood made audiences repeat senior year. Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hauled in $15 million to remain the top movie for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Debuting at No. 2 with $10.7 million was the Weinstein Co. comedy “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” starring […]

DALLAS (AP) – A painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci, long presumed to be lost, has turned up in Texas after a 300-year journey from the hands of a European nobleman playboy to a fur trader and finally through generations of one family. Ricci’s “The Vision of St. Bruno” will be offered by Dallas-based Heritage […]

DEAR ABBY: I work for a small, family-owned business. The owner has strong political views and insists on listening to a political talk show during the afternoon, with the volume turned up quite loud. My boss assumes that his views are everyone else’s and talks to customers as if his opinion is gospel. I have […]

Go and doWHAT: concert by GrooveLily trioWHO: presented by L/A ArtsWHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7WHERE: Franco-American Heritage Center, Cedar Street, LewistonTICKETS: $24 and $19, reserved seating; tickets may be purchased online at www.laarts.org or call 782-7228 ‘It’s weird and it’s working’ GrooveLily trio will kick off L/A Arts’ concert season with its unique mix […]

FARMINGTON – Mt. Blue Theater Company will present “The Boys Next Door,” a sensitive and sophisticated comedy, Nov. 6-8 in the school auditorium. The play by Tom Griffin offers a glimpse into the everyday lives of four mentally handicapped men living in a group apartment.“The Boys Next Door” invites its audience to laugh with the […]

GORHAM – Trumpeter Trent Austin, who has performed with Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Joe Williams and Clark Terry, will blend jazz and classical music Friday, Nov. 14, at the University of Southern Maine.The “Clazz and Jassical” concert, part of USM’s school of music’s Spotlight Series, will begin at 8 p.m. in Corthell Concert Hall.Originally from […]

A crew of carpenters are tearing down the grandstand and fence at the South End baseball grounds on lower Lisbon street, Lewiston. The most of the land is owned by the Franklin Company.For three seasons the grounds have been used for baseball. “Pappy” Heald and his independent team first secured the land for a diamond.Work […]

Film focusWHAT: “Changeling”RATED: R for some violent and disturbing content, and languageRATING: 3 out of 5 starsCAST: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Amy Ryan, Colm FeoreDIRECTOR: Clint EastwoodRUNNING TIME: 2 hours, 20 minutes ‘Changeling’: quite the chess match Angelina Jolie, who won her Oscar by playing mentally ill in “Girl Interrupted,” returns to the psyche ward […]