“He’s Just Not That Into You” isn’t exactly a romantic comedy – at least, not in the most traditional sense. Yes, the characters work themselves into the same sorts of tizzies over falling in and out of love, or finding love in the first place, but mixed in with the fizziness is an unexpected seriousness, […]

CARTHAGE – Cape Breton fiddler Mairi Rankin will perform with Franco-American master fiddler Don Roy and pianist/step dancer Cindy Roy Sunday, Feb. 15, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center.The show presented by New England Celtic Arts will begin at 3 p.m. There will be a preshow jam at 2 p.m. when audience members can bring […]

A. L. Harmon, for two years proprietor of The Tavern, Main Street, Lewiston, has sold out his business and transferred the lease of the building to E. N. Billings of Auburn.Mr. and Mrs. Harmon will move to Old Orchard where a good business opening awaits Mr. Harmon. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harmon are well known […]

PORTLAND – Due to overwhelming demand, a second show has been added to Ray LaMontagne’s North American tour stop at Merrill Auditorium this spring.The tour is LaMontagne’s second in support of his latest album, “Gossip In The Grain,” which achieved the Maine singer-songwriter’s highest chart number, debuting at No. 3 on Billboard Charts its week […]

LEWISTON – Mac McHale and The Old-Time Radio Gang, which plays traditional country music from the days before it was called bluegrass, will give a concert Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Franco-American Heritage Center.These veteran musicians play and sing rousing renditions of classic melodies that recapture the mood of the 1930s and 1940s in America […]

PORTLAND – An all-new, Broadway national touring production of “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street” – starring University of Maine alumnus Merritt David Janes – will have its Maine premiere at Merrill Auditorium.Presented by PCA Great Performances, this new production of the legendary Broadway show will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday and […]

It was a particularly enjoyable occasion last evening, when one hundred and sixty club women and guests met at the DeWitt Hotel for the annual banquet, held under the auspices of the Women’s Literary Union of Androscoggin County. As each member of the Union had the privilege of inviting her husband or friend, there were […]

LISBON – Performances of “Goin’ Buggy” scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 -7, at Lisbon Community School have been postponed until Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28. Showtime is 6 p.m. Snow date is Sunday, March 1, at 1 p.m. For more information, call 754-0021 or e-mail [email protected].

Feb. 6: AUBURN, the Distributors will perform at 9 p.m. at Lavish Nightclub, 34 Court St. 891-9941Feb. 6, 7: AUBURN, Under the Covers will perform at 7 p.m. at Lost Valley Brookside Lounge. 784-1561Feb. 6: LEWISTON, the Auryn String Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell […]

Captive Elements has an ambitious schedule for 2009 beginning with Opening Night from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the Art House. Featured artists are John Cain, a newcomer to the gallery, and house artist Ray Fannin, whose untitled artwork is shown above. Captive Elements’ educational series titled “Masters, Movements and Contemporary Art” […]