FARMINGTON – The University of Maine at Farmington Community Chorus will present its spring program, “A Celebration in Music,” at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 2, and at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 3, at the Old South Church.Students, faculty and staff will come together with community members, under the direction of Bruce McInnes, to celebrate noteworthy […]

PORTLAND – Mad Horse Theatre Company will present “The History Boys,” which won a record six Tony Awards in 2006, from April 23 to May 10.The play, by Alan Bennett, is a moving comedy that explores the anarchy of adolescence and raises questions about the nature of history and how it should be taught.Set in […]

AUBURN – The Tranny Roadshow will bring its hip variety show to the First Universalist Church of Auburn on Sunday, April 26.The show features performances by nine transgender artists, including musicians, humorists, spoken word artists, a playwright and a pop star who has topped the Russian charts. UMF student Jamez Terry, show organizer and performance […]

FARMINGTON – A documentary film whose executive producer is Warren Cook of Kingfield is making audiences laugh, cry and renew their faith in the human spirit.“The Way We Get By” will be shown at Narrow Gauge Theater at 7 p.m. today and Wednesday and Thursday, April 22-23. Tickets are $5.“This film touches on the themes […]

TURNER – A benefit bluegrass show, with all proceeds going to A Peanut Dog for Ethan, will be held Saturday, April 25, at Boofy Quimby Hall.An effort is under way to raise money to get 4½-year-old Ethan Rines, who is deathly allergic to peanuts, a dog specially trained to sniff out peanuts. Besides the cost […]

NORWAY – The First Universalist Church will present an Earth Day peace concert in the church sanctuary at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26. Featured will be Vessel Recordings artist Heather Pierson, singer-songwriter Mary Uke Hargreaves and the First Universalist Church choir.The program benefiting the church’s belfry repair project will include anthems, chants and rounds that […]

NORWAY – To encourage new members and welcome new perspectives, the Commons Art Collective will offer a show in May called “Who Knows One?”Collective members who “know one” have invited a local artist to include work in a collective exhibit.An opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the […]

100 years ago: 1909 The high water in Nezinscot River caused some excitement here Thursday as the water was the highest it had been since the year the bridge was carried away in the freshet of 1896. The water was up over the road in the lower part of the village and was up under […]

“Dead Silence,” by Randy Wayne White; G.P. Putnam’s Sons; 354 pages, $25.95 Doc Ford is in his 50s now, no longer the young man we first met 16 books ago in “Sanibel Flats” (1990). But he can still swim long distances and do a prodigious number of pull-ups. He’s as lethal as ever with a […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Miss North Carolina USA Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA 2009 on Sunday, beating out 50 other beauty queens in the live pageant televised from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The 22-year-old aspiring motivational speaker and entertainer from Wilmington edged out first runner-up Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, […]