LEWISTON – The Distributors, a fledgling trio of musicians who have performed throughout central Maine for many years, will perform at Lavish Nightclub and Bar from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday, Feb. 6.Formed last year, the band plays mainly blues-based rock with improvised jams, R&B and pop thrown into the mix.Making up the group are […]

Friday, Feb. 6, The Eric Green Party and Saturday, Feb. 7, Dana Gross, above, will perform blues at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. Drawing on music from the hills of Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta, Gross, who is based out of Portland, creates lyrical songs rich in imagery and heart. Both shows start at […]

LEWISTON – Violinist Mary Hunter, pianist James Parakilas and cellist Steve Witkin will perform piano trios by Maurice Ravel and Franz Schubert Sunday, Feb. 8, at Bates College.The concert is open to the public at no cost. It will begin at 3 p.m. in Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.The musicians will perform […]

LEWISTON – Katalin Vecsey, a member of the Bates College theater faculty, will read writings by Holocaust survivor Judith Magyar Isaacson Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Lewiston Public Library.The free event, featuring selections from Isaacson’s book, “Seed of Sarah: Memoirs of a Survivor,” and a soon-to-be published sequel, will begin at 7 p.m. in Callahan […]

LEWISTON – The band Vegetables by Day will play a mix of contemporary acoustic and classic rock at Little Dan’s BBQ restaurant Friday, Feb. 6. Saturday, Feb. 7, the David Mello Trio will entertain.Both will perform from 8:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. There is no cover charge.Making up Vegetables by Day are lead singer Don […]

Charles Lugren has been appointed manager of the Lewiston store of the Atherton Furniture Co. Mr. Lugren was formerly one of the salesmen in this store but more recently has been manager of the Brockton, Massachusetts store. Mr. Weed who has been acting as manager of both the Lewiston and the Waterville stores will in […]

LEWISTON – The ever-popular C’est Si Bon Band will play Friday, Feb. 13, at another Soiree Canadienne at the Franco-American Heritage Center.The evening of good old-fashioned toe-tapping music, complete with dancing and food, will begin at 5:30 p.m.Organized in the mid-1970s to provide music for the first Lewiston Franco-American Festival, L’orchestre C’est Si Bon was […]

FARMINGTON – The “Here to There” exhibit at the University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery features two separate yet subtly interconnected displays by Philadelphia artists Dana Hanmer and Travis Hanmer.Both artists are known for creating intelligently crafted objects that invite the viewer to consider the contradictions underlying contemporary consumerist culture.The gallery will host an […]

Imagine this: A group of your closest friends and colleagues volunteer to go on stage to be hypnotized. After only minutes, they fall deeply into what appears to be a state of profound sleep, only to awaken seconds later feeling refreshed and thoroughly convinced they are not on stage but lounging on a beach. Such […]

LEWISTON – Despite setbacks, not the least of which were a fire at Lewiston High School and site problems at Lewiston Middle School, LHS will present “Little Women the Musical” Feb. 19, 20 and 21.The venue: Schaeffer Theatre on the Bates College campus.Based on the classic best-selling novel by Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women” is […]