Jan. 18: SOUTH PARIS, various cartoons will be shown at 5:30 p.m. and “The Princess Bride,” at 6 p.m. at the Paris Fire Station. 743-2501Jan. 19: GORHAM, “A Touch of Spice,” a Greek film, will be shown at 7 p.m. at USM Bailey Hall.Jan. 21: LEWISTON, “Cleophas and His Own,” will be shown at 7 […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Fresh from a 2-month stint in jail, DMX said Friday that he’ll release a new album, “Here We Go Again,” this summer.The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was released Dec. 30 from Rikers Island, where he served a 70-day sentence after pleading guilty to violating his parole following a […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Author Amy Tan, who wrote “The Joy Luck Club” and other best-selling books, has been named literary editor of West, the Los Angeles Times’ Sunday magazine.Tan, a California native who also wrote “Saving Fish from Drowning” and “The Hundred Secret Senses,” will help solicit fiction set in the Golden State for […]

Jan. 16: FREEPORT, children’s entertainer Rick Charette will perform at 10 a.m. and 1 and 2:30 p.m. at the Freeport Performing Arts Center. 865-1212Jan. 16: LEWISTON, New Orleans tenor Chauncey Packer will perform African American sacred music at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.Jan. 19: LEWISTON, L/A Arts presents Le Vent […]

Jan. 18: BANGOR, Roger George will speak on “Growing Up African American in Bangor,” at 7 p.m. at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. 947-8336Jan. 18: PORTLAND, Linda Roghaar, editor of “KnitLit the Third – We Spin More Yarns,” will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free 871-1710Jan. 19: BANGOR, Bethany […]

Jan. 16: FARMINGTON, WordPlay Theatre will present a reading at 7 p.m. at UMF Lincoln Auditorium. Free 778-4954Jan. 18, 25: PORTLAND, the Comedy Connection Improv Comedy will be held every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at the Comedy Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf. $6 774-2006Jan. 18: RANGELEY, a ladies breakfast will be held at 7 a.m. […]

Jan. 14: FARMINGTON, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church.Jan. 14: LEWISTON, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:45 to 6 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 59 Sabattus St. $6/$3Jan. 14: MEXICO, a turkey supper will be held […]

A newspaper correspondent sends out the information that the Young Women’s Christian association of Philadelphia has declared in a new rule that “girls” of 35 years or over are wise enough in the good and evil ways of the world to take care of themselves and must therefore withdraw from membership.We doubt the entire accuracy […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Robert Vaughn is cool.He’s cool enough to have prospered in show biz for the past 50 years and made it look easy. Cool enough to certify his coolness as “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” a generation ago, then to hold his own now with cool co-stars less than half his age on […]

New York Daily News NEW YORK – Turns out Howard Stern isn’t completely gone from terrestrial radio after all.Illegal pirate radio broadcasts of his Sirius Satellite program have been heard this week – for free – on broadcast radio, including 95.1 FM in Brooklyn and 101.5 FM in North Jersey.That presented a potentially startling situation […]