When you get right down to it, I’m very bat-like. I sleep all day and play all night. I prefer dark places and I will absolutely ruin your barbecue. No truth to the rumor that I’ll get stuck in your hair, though. It’s been tested and proven false. I’m a fan of bats and there […]
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Facetime: Bee Man Keith Kettelhut
Got bees? can help you out. By day, he drives a satellite truck for a TV news organization. In his free time, he’s not only a beekeeper but he enjoys helping out homeowners with infestations, crawling under porches or climbing hundreds of feet in the air to take on swarms of stinging things. Since we’re […]
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Scientist-funnyman bringing ‘horrors of puberty’ to Celebration Barn
Adam Ruben is a molecular biologist. A very funny one. The 33-year-old is the star of the one-man show “Please Don’t Beat Me Up: Stories and Artifacts of Surviving Adolescence,” where he lays bear his teen self. There’s audio, video and actual, old-school diary entries. For the last eight years Ruben has taught undergraduate stand-up […]
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Gushes Gripes My gripe is the print in the telephone directory. Unless you have a 20/20 vision or better, it is almost impossible to read the printed names. This is not very helpful for most senior citizens. Would it be too much for the telephone company to chose a bigger font? — Anonymous Still cursing […]
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Reporter query: Do you know of restaurants that have named dishes after Lewiston?
One Lewiston restaurant makes a “Lewiston Roll” — sushi with fried chicken strips. A restaurant in Portland makes a “Lewiston cheesesteak” with French herb cheese. Do you know of other restaurants who have named dishes after the distinctive city? Spread the word. Contact Sun Journal staff writer Tony Reaves at [email protected] or at 1-800-774-9228.
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Face time: Sabattus SPRQ-plug Kelli Gilzow
Kelli Gilzow’s journey from Sabattus back to Sabattus has been full of ups and downs. From it all, the owner of SPRQ Fitness Studio — now two years old — understands the true meaning of strength and endurance. Name: Kelli M. Gilzow Age: 29 Town: Sabattus CNNMoney.com and Huffington Post have both profiled you, focusing […]
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Superfoods flex muscle in class
Have you ever wished you could sit down and ask a professional chef — let’s say, for instance, Molly Basile, the executive chef at Marche bistro in Lewiston — for a few of her most favorite recipes and a little cooking advice? If so, you might want to check out one of Basile’s classes at […]
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Road Trip: Mashed potato wrestling anyone? Maine’s unusual festivals.
It’s summer! It’s Maine! It’s a Flamingo Festival? OK, so we’re not crazy — did you know there is a festival that celebrates the flamingo in Maine each year? Yup! And we’ll tell you where, but before that, do you know how summer festivals and fairs came into being? Maine communities were once few and […]
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Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: Chely Wright: Wish Me Away, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., […]