LEWISTON – More than 50 artists, all teachers in public and private schools working with students from kindergarten through grade 12, have work in the new exhibition at the University of Southern Maine’s Atrium Art Gallery at Lewiston-Auburn College.The exhibition, “Educate and Create,” begins Friday, Jan. 25, with a reception free and open to the […]

“I don’t know what has come over some of these minor league ball players,” chirped Johnny McGraw recently, after reading a letter from one of the Giants’ latest recruits. “Here I have word from a kid ballplayer, a pitcher from a remote league, and he demands a salary of $3,000 a season or there will […]

Concerts Jan. 24: AUBURN, Mary Murphy, jazz and blues pianist, will perform at Holly’s Own Deli and Wine Bar, 84 Court St. 333-3041Jan. 24: BANGOR, multiplatinum country singer Trace Adkins will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bangor Civic Center Auditorium. $39.75 990-4444Jan. 24: LEWISTON, Maine Women in Music, featuring Eliza Sproul, will perform at 6 […]

BOWDOIN – The Bowdoin College Art Museum in the dignified turn-of-the-19th-century brick Walker Building was originally designed by Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead, and White, a leading architectural firm of the 1890s.In 1894, the building opened, with a central staircase leading to the front doors, a wing on each side and a terrace surrounding […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – “No Country for Old Men” and “There Will Be Blood” led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem – but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers’ picket lines to attend the ceremony.“No […]

All educators are invited to attend a free preview performance of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning “Doubt – A Parable” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. The show will open to the public Friday, Jan. 25, and run through Feb. 3 at the theater at Lisbon and Maple […]

MONMOUTH – “On Golden Pond” is a play with legions of fans, and there are none more devoted than its fans in Maine.A fine Monmouth Community Players cast does full justice to Ernest Thompson’s warm and wistful love story in the current production at Cumston Hall. The play is simple on the surface, but its […]

LISBON FALLS – Eight Sturgis deputies swooped down on this village this evening and raided eight places in all, including three of the club rooms. It was at the club rooms that all of the liquors, about 500 gallons of beer and a small quantity of hard stuff, was seized. The liquors were taken to […]

First thing about Fox’s new lie detector game show, “The Moment of Truth.” It’s not the end of civilization. And, it’s not a sign of moral decay, or some disappearance of values, or even a general lack of societal class.Speaking of class, that ship has sailed, or why would Donald Trump have a show? But […]

LEWISTON – L/A Arts Gallery 5 will open “GPS: Where in the World,” an exhibit of original paintings and photography identified by global positioning coordinates, with a reception Wednesday, Jan. 30. The show will run through March 8.Regular Gallery 5 visitors will note a change of pace with this exhibit. Previous exhibits have showcased as […]