LEWISTON – Friday, Jan. 2, The Mutineers, a bluegrass band from Portland, will perform songs from its new and second CD, “Coal Creek,” at She Doesn’t Like Guthries. An acoustic music trio, The Mutineers has been involved in the traditionalist revival in southern Maine for several years.“Coal Creek” is a mix of traditional and original […]

The Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville street railway has tried hard for several weeks to operate successfully a half-hour schedule, or car service, between Lewiston and Crowley’s Junction, but there is not enough patronage of the cars in that vicinity to make this system a success. The car only took in a few dollars a day […]

WALES – Ryan J. Guay, a 2002 graduate of Oak Hill High School, was attending the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute in Orlando, Fla., when he was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in January of 2006. Each year, his family puts on a memorial performance and scholarship fundraiser benefiting a Maine high-school graduate pursuing Ryan’s dream […]

LONDON (AP) – Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber says the long-awaited sequel to “Phantom of the Opera” should be ready at the end of 2009, with a possible simultaneous opening on three continents.Lloyd Webber told The Times of London that he hopes the new musical, to be called “Phantom: Love Never Dies,” will open in New […]

LEWISTON – “Incomparable” and “legendary” are words often used to describe internationally acclaimed pianist Frank Glazer.Many call him “amazing.”The 93-year-old musician will present a solo recital at the Franco-American Heritage Center Saturday, Jan. 10. The program, which includes compositions by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin, is part of the 2008-2009 Piano Series season.Glazer had […]

‘Tis the season to promise our better selves that we’ll do better.And with TVs in the average U.S. household now on for a record eight hours, 18 minutes a day, according to Nielsen, a New Year’s resolution that involved a bit of shut-eye for one of our busiest appliances might not be a bad idea.Save […]

“The Maine Show,” Maine’s first and only statewide adventure show highlighting destinations and events in Maine, will premiere statewide in January. The first episode of “The Maine Show,” hosted by two Maine guides, is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 4, on Time Warner Cable.From Kittery to Fort Kent and Calais to Rangeley, “The Maine Show” explores […]

FREEPORT – National Book Award nominee Patricia Smith and Colin Sargent, founding editor and publisher of Portland Magazine, will take part in a public reading Friday, Jan. 9, at the Harraseeket Inn.The event, called “Stonecoast at the Harraseeket,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.Smith is a new member of the University of Southern […]

AUGUSTA – The Gerry Wright Trio will perform Friday, Jan. 16, as part of the Concerts at Jewett series put on by the University of Maine at Augusta.Known statewide and beyond for his talents at the piano, Wright was an educator/choral director at Messalonskee High School for many years and oversaw one of the most […]

PORTLAND – War rages between two countries while the fate of two lovers hangs in the balance in Giuseppe Verdi’s most powerful opera, “Aida,” to be presented Thursday, Jan. 15, at Merrill Auditorium.The noted European touring opera company Teatro Lirico d’Europa will stage a production of “Aida” that the Boston Globe calls “stylish and elegant,” […]