100 years ago According to a dealer in furs, hunters of the Maine skunk who have held back their skins until the present date will find that they have made a mistake. While the skunk market is strong in a certain sense, there has been a decline in price three times within the past two […]

GRAY – The Fiddlehead Center will hold its fundraising palette auction Saturday, April 4.A $25 ticket includes admission to view and bid on live and silent auction items while enjoying appetizers, desserts and a wine tasting.The auction will begin at 6 p.m. with items on the block including services ranging from massage to cosmetic dentistry; […]

AUBURN – Comedian Joe Carroll, who regularly performs in front of U.S. troops in hot spots around the globe, will return to the Fireside Inn & Suites Saturday, April 4. “It’s the most important thing I do,” Carroll said of his twice-a-year tours of allied military bases in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. “They do so […]

FARMINGTON – Every year, the Del Close Improv-a-Thon takes place in New York City featuring 72 hours straight of improv comedy.The Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers have less lofty goals.On Friday, April 10, the improv comedy troupe will do something it’s never done before: Beginning at 7 a.m. Friday through the end of the evening performance […]

Songs, skits, stories Central Maine Community College’s Lakeside Players will present a spring Festival of Songs, Skits and Other Stories Friday and Saturday, April 3-4. Featured will be Emily Moore and Katie St. Pierre, above, Mitch Thomas and Pablo Barajas. Several CMCC students and others will round out the cast. The free, one-hour show is […]

AUGUSTA – Residential windmills, solar energy alternatives, green home building instruction, geothermal heat sources and biofuel products will be featured April 9-11 at the Manchester Lions 36th annual home and garden show. Each year, the event includes hundreds of exhibitors from the home and garden industry such as home building, remodeling, decorating, landscaping, lighting, flooring […]

PORTLAND – “Playhouse Disney Live!,” the first live touring stage production featuring favorite characters from four shows in Disney Channel’s “Playhouse Disney” program block for preschoolers is coming to town. “Playhouse Disney Live!,” which debuted in September 2007, will be at the Cumberland Country Civic Center Thursday, April 9. The show spotlights characters from “Mickey […]

HALLOWELL – Gaslight Theater will present “The Ties That Bind,” a program of one-act plays twice on Sunday, April 5. The program of five short plays is a continuation of the capital campaign. The one-acts are in preparation for the MEACT One Act festival on April 25 in Auburn. The Gaslight Theater is doing three […]

CARTHAGE – New England Celtic Arts will host Maine fiddle legend Frank Ferrel at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 9, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. A preshow jam will start at 6:15. Audience members are encouraged to bring their instruments and jam for a few minutes with the artists. Widely regarded as a composer – […]

The Gray-New Gloucester Middle School drama club will present the musical “Krazy Kamp” as its spring show Friday and Saturday, April 10-11. The farce is about a fashionable girls-only camp, Camp Pocahontas, that agrees to host a group of boys in need from Camp John Smith. The only catch is, nobody can know the boys […]