AUBURN – Edward Little High School’s one-act team will present the comedy “How Does a Thing Like That Get Started” Saturday, March 21, at the Auburn Middle School auditorium.The team recently performed at the Regional One-Act Festival where it placed second to Skowhegan High School. In addition, the team was recognized with a commendation for […]

LEWISTON – Mystery for Hire will continue murder-mystery dinner theater at Marco’s Restaurant Saturday, March 28, with a repeat performance of “Murder at the Last Chance Pump & Grill.”The script, written by David Landau, takes place at the Last Chance Bar and Grill in a remote Southwestern roadside café. “The café is rather deserted ever […]

FARMINGTON – Saturday, March 28, the student improv group Lawn Chair Pirates will present a benefit for the Relay For Life of the University of Maine at Farmington.Admission is free, but donations are encouraged.The Lawn Chair Pirates puts on several outlandish performances each semester, always to packed houses. Also expected to appear is the Teachers’ […]

LEWISTON – The Saint Mary Schola, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of masterworks from the early music repertoire, will present “Death and Transfiguration,” a Lenten concert of reflection and consolation, Friday, March 20, at the Franco-American Center.Under the direction of Bruce Fithian, the ensemble features Maine singers, including soloists Michael Albert, Peter Allen, Christina […]

LEWISTON – Junot Díaz, whose novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, will give a lecture Friday, March 20, at Bates College.“Oscar Wao,” Díaz’s first novel, also won the National Book Critics Circle Award for best novel of 2007. The book tells the story of Oscar Wao […]

Those who attended the concert given by the Canadian Jubilee Singers and the Imperial Orchestra at the “Little Pine” fair in city hall last evening enjoyed every minute of the splendid program.Each number on the program was enthusiastically received and it seemed as if the audience could not be satisfied.Gerard Millar’s strong bass voice completely […]

Leavitt Area High School will host its ninth annual Arts Gala Thursday, March 19, when artwork created by students will be displayed throughout the hallways, and students will give visual performances as well as musical and theatrical presentations.The public is invited to the event from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Turner school.Last week, professionals […]

LEWISTON – Directed by John Corrie, the Bates College Choir will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” and Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem” Friday and Sunday, March 27 and 29, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.Admission is free, but tickets are required.Corrie is artistic director of the Maine Music Society and a member of the college’s […]

PORTLAND – For a concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique,” and other celebrated works, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will welcome guest conductor JoAnn Falletta, winner of two 2009 Grammy awards. Special guest will be violinist Michael Ludwig.The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Merrill Auditorium.Robert Schumann’s Overture to Manfred, Op. […]

Mike Cunningham is ready and willing to meet Kid Clark of Lawrence, Mass., here Friday night. Just because Clark was the first man to administer a knock-out to the Lewiston boy is no reason why he should be afraid of him. He is more than anxious to meet Clark again and show his local friends […]