Maine author Jan Elizabeth Watson will read from “Asta In The Wings” and sign copies of her first novel at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, 193 Broadway, Farmington. Watson has worked extensively as an editor and copywriter. She is currently adjunct creative writing professor at the University of Maine […]

GARDINER – The Zulu Leprechauns will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, as part of the Sounds Good! Music Live at Johnson Hall concert series. An eclectic folk-rock group that plays a unique mix of original and familiar music, the band incorporates styles from West African, rock ‘n’ roll, bluegrass and folk music.Within the […]

Residents in the vicinity of Spring, Summer and Winter streets Lewiston are indignant at what appears to them to be negligence on the part of the street department in collecting ashes and other waste in that section of the city. The regular day for collecting said waste is Saturday, and last week and at several […]

Friday, March 20, percussionist Matthias Kaul of Germany, above, will perform with Portland jazz band Mystic Outbop Review at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. Kaul started his career as a rock and jazz drummer and studied percussion in Hamburg. He has an advanced degree in solo performance, has been featured on many record labels […]

Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theater’s production of “Drood” opens tonight and continues March 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and 29. The play revolves around the Music Hall Royale, a loony Victorian musical troupe, that “puts on” its flamboyant rendition of an unfinished Charles Dickens mystery. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and […]

Thursday evening March 25 is the date for the next meeting of the Woman’s Literary Union. This is to be a stereopticon lecture and Dr. Estes Nichols of the Maine Sanitorium, at Hebron, is to be the speaker. Tuberculosis is the subject. Those who are interested in the work of preventing the spread of tuberculosis […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – CBS says it’s reached deals to keep the comedies “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” on the air for several more seasons. “Two and a Half Men,” TV’s top-rated sitcom, has been renewed for three more years, through the 2011-12 season. “The Big Bang Theory,” which has […]

NORWAY – The next Norway open-mic night will be held Friday, March 27, at the First Universalist Church, 479 Main St. Sign-up for singers, poets, comedians and dancers will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the open mic at around 7 o’clock.Admission is $3 at the door; refreshments will be available.For more information, call 935-4505 or […]

March 20: AUBURN, L/A Arts presents the Bruce Marshall Group at 7:30 p.m. at Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch. $24/$19 782-7228 March 20: LEWISTON, jazz performances will be held at 4 p.m. at Bates College’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. 786-6135 March 20: LEWISTON, the Saint Mary Schola ensemble will perform a program of early […]

AUBURN: Photos by Asherah Cinnamon will be featured through April 10 at Temple Shalom Synagogue Center, 74 Bradman St. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. 786-4201 AUGUSTA: Works by Dennis Pinette and Samuel Gelber will be displayed through April 30, all at the Maine State Museum, […]