AUBURN – There’s something for everyone in Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre’s production of “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” It’s a look at love from many different viewpoints – young to old, comic to poignant – and the four-actor cast and two musicians do an excellent job throughout the production. This show’s vocal selections […]

BRUNSWICK – Thursday, Jan. 29, the Bowdoin College Museum will open an exhibition of 13 bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin, the most famous and controversial sculptor of the 19th century.On loan from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, these masterworks are related directly or indirectly to Rodin’s greatest project, “The Gates of Hell.”Born Francois-Auguste-René […]

NORWAY – Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association’s first play of its 25h year will be “Prisoner of Second Avenue,” a comic drama by Neil Simon.Auditions have been scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 2 and Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Rowe School Library on Main Street. (Please use back entrance and follow signs.)Performance […]

The Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers Improv Comedy Troupe will deliver its original brand of humor in its new show, “Brown & Serve” Thursday and Friday, Jan. 29-30, in Farmington. With little more than its own manic energy, the Curtain Raisers creates scenes and story lines from suggestions from the audience. The troupe has introduced some […]

AUBURN – Tim McIntire, whose latest comedy CD is called “Scatterbrain,” will headline the Saturday, Jan. 31, comedy show at The Fireside Inn & Suites. He will perform with Portland favorite Seth Bond Perry and Boston’s Chris Pennie.McIntire has been one of the most prolific comics in Boston for more a decade. He began his […]

Timothy Carrigan of Main Street, Auburn, was summoned to the Auburn Municipal Court Monday morning for habitually harboring truancy. It was learned that Mrs. Carrigan wasn’t satisfied with the schooling which her children were receiving and so kept them at home. Mr. Carrigan, however, promised the court that hereafter they should attend school.• Advertisement: SEE […]

BRIDGTON – When Kip Hemingway of Harrison looks up from his banjo these days, he sees something “absolutely awesome.”“All of a sudden, in the past two or three years, there’s been a surge in kids from 12 to 18 years old,” Hemingway says. “I look out in the audience and there are kids everywhere. And […]

FARMINGTON – The Farmington Public Library and Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers will hold an evening of poetry Thursday, Jan. 29, beginning at 7 p.m. Featured will be a dual book launch with readings and book signings by poets Jeffrey Thomson, University of Maine at Farmington professor, and Carey Salerno, acting director of Alice James […]

BRUNSWICK – Longfellow Days 2009, scheduled for Feb. 2-26, will examine how the nation’s foremost 19th-century poet promoted cross-cultural immersion – introducing American legends and traditions to European audiences, while exposing Americans to the literary heritage of Europe.“Longfellow: Citizen of the World” will include lectures and presentations by noted historians and community members, film screenings, […]

BETHEL – “Strangers Among Us,” a powerful award-winning play about the struggles of families facing Alzheimer’s disease, will be performed Sunday, Feb. 8 at the Bethel Congregational Church.Peg Gagnon, informational and outreach specialist with the Maine Alzheimer’s Association, will lead a discussion following the play.Lynn Arizzi, director of the Western Mountains Senior Players for the […]