Go and doWHO: fiddler/vocalist April VerchWHAT: L/A Arts concertWHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18WHERE: Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St., LewistonTICKETS: $23/$19 students and seniors. They may be purchased online at www.laarts.org, or by calling 782-7228. Fiddling at its finest Award-winning musician April Verch, also a skilled step dancer and vocalist, will perform in Lewiston […]

Fiddle-icious is a fiddle orchestra made up of fiddlers and other musicians playing piano, guitar, banjo, flute, tin whistle, accordion, cello, viola, mandolin, harp, upright bass and other instruments.Fiddle-icious will play a variety of reels, jigs, marches and waltzes at several concerts this month. The group’s 2007 fall concert series will kick off at 7:30 […]

PORTLAND – Frank Santos Jr., an R-rated hypnotist, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Gold Room, 510 Warren Ave.For tickets, call 221-2343.

NEW YORK – Jewish leaders condemned conservative commentator Ann Coulter on Friday for her remark this week that Jews need to be “perfected,” denouncing her remarks as the rationale behind two millenniums of anti-Semitism.The assertion by the controversial pundit that Jews are inferior unless they convert to Christianity alarmed Jewish organizations and put the television […]

LEWISTON – Lewiston’s Downtown Holiday Celebration Committee and the Auburn Business Association are partnering this year for a Twin Cities Holiday Celebration, and plans are under way for Auburn’s “Parade of Lights.”Besides colorful floats/vehicles, planners are seeking chorale groups and organization-sponsored costumed characters for children.If interested, contact Lewiston’ Community Relations Coordinator Dottie Perham-Whittier at 513-3121, […]

WHAT: “Almost, Maine”WHEN: Oct 19-21 and 25-28. Showtimes: 7 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m. SundayWHERE: The Public Theatre at Lisbon and Maple streets, LewistonTICKETS: $18/$16; $14 group rate for 10 or moreCALL: 782-3200 ‘Almost, Maine’ aims for the heart by way of the funny bone LEWISTON – No Maine caricatures […]

JAY – The Maine Country Music Association will hold a Country Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Jay Community Building. Scheduled performers are Norm and Betty DeCoteau, Barry Wood, Slim Andrews, Bing and Nancy Crosby, Wendell and Sue Voter, Patrick Libby, Jim G, Cackie Bean and Sonny Bickford.Hotdogs, coffee and soft […]

PORTLAND – Guest conductor Robert Lehmann will lead the Portland Symphony Orchestra Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27-28, in “A Little Fright Music,” a “spirited” program of classics opening the orchestra’s 2007-2008 Pops season.Highlighting the relationship between film and music, the performance features excerpts from horror films and other eerie images projected onto a large screen […]

CHESTERVILLE – Well-known local country singing duo Randy and Travis Pinkham will entertain attendees of this year’s annual Chesterville Harvest Supper Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Town Hall.The supper, put on by the Chesterville Heritage Society, will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with music to begin at 6 p.m. The meal will include […]

LEWISTON – After sold-out shows earlier this year, Mystery for Hire will return to Marco’s Restaurant with mystery dinner theater for the fall season.An original script, “Zelda & Zoe’s Spirits of Suspicion” will premiere Friday, Oct. 19, with “Politics Can Be Murder” returning Saturday, Nov. 3.“Spirits of Suspicion,” written by Dan Marois, co-owner of Mystery […]