Mike Cunningham, the Lewiston fistic debater, was the hero on the ice Saturday evening when he rescued a young lad from drowning. The boy skated into the hole where ice had recently been cut and was going down for the last time, it is said, when Cunningham’s trained muscle brought the little chap out. The […]

“We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land,” by Jimmy Carter; Simon & Schuster; 216 pages; $27Jimmy Carter poked into a hornet’s nest with his last book on the Middle East, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” It provoked comparisons of Palestinian treatment under Israeli occupation to racial oppression in 20th-century South Africa.The biggest question raised by […]

PORTLAND – Mark Bessire has been hired as the new director of the Portland Museum of Art. Since 2003, Bessire has been director of the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, best known for its Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection.Founded in 1882, the PMA is Maine’s oldest and largest public art institution.Bessire will begin his […]

On Friday, Jan. 30, The Swampdonkeys will once again bring its rich texture of instruments, three-part harmonies and plucky, playful songwriting to the Lodge at Black Mountain. Hailing from western Maine, The Swampdonkeys incorporates styles of old time, bluegrass, Canadian Maritime, Irish and modern rock. Making up this pub band are Ted Tibbitts, Michael Hayashida […]

After nine years of poring over blood stains, fingerprint samples and stinky corpses, Gil Grissom, the forensics whiz played by William Petersen on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” bids farewell in tonight’s episode.Apparently, some people aren’t very happy about it.“No Grissom, no interest,” wrote a disgruntled commentator on a fan blog. “CSI without Grissom is CSDEAD,” […]

LEWISTON – Friday, Jan. 16, delta bluesman Jesse Ray Carter of Roanoke, Va., will return to She Doesn’t Like Guthries.Saturday, Jan. 17, the restaurant/cafe will host a triple bill indie rock night with genres ranging from country-influenced rock to punk to powerpop. Portland bands Dead End Armory and Huak will join Orono band Wood Burning […]

BUCKFIELD – The evening performance by award-winning magician George Saterial Saturday, Jan. 17, at Oddfellow Theater has sold out, so a matinee show has been added.Tickets to the 2 p.m. matinee are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $4 for children.Saterial is the first and only magician in the world to receive magic’s highest […]

LEWISTON – “Collected Stories” is a thought-provoking play opening next week at The Public Theatre.From the pen of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donald Margulies, “Collected Stories” is about a famous writer and her adoring protégé. The plot has elements much like the classic 1950 film “All About Eve” starring Bette Davis.“It’s very funny. It’s very smart […]

From Down East folk to traditional maritime ballads, Schooner Fare has won critical praise for its rich harmonies and energetic stage presence peppered with Maine humor. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, the duo, Chuck and Steve Romanoff, will perform at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath. Tickets are $21/$24/$26. For tickets or more […]

Considerable interest is being expressed in the coming to Lewiston, Wednesday, of Miss Helen L. Coe of the Portland School of Gymnastics. Miss Coe will be at the Musical Union Studio, Lewiston, between one and three in the afternoon and from 7:30 till 8:30 in the evening to meet any women interested in the organization […]