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Nightlife Calendar
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 Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight, Schemengee’s Bar and Grille, Lewiston […]
Face Time: Tim Ouillette — Filmmaker’s reach ranges from teaching media’s impact to Borat-meets-Emeril cooking series
Tim Ouillette is a filmmaker and film teacher to high school and college students, including those in the two-year Advanced Communications program at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The second year is spent with students making 7- to 12-minute films. This year’s students will have their films shown on May 14 at the Flagship Cinema […]
Eats: Thanksgiving zing! Three easy holiday desserts and a luscious lasagna for turkey leftovers
Georgieanna McArthur of Poland Spring does a great deal of baking. And plenty of cooking. Because she had so many recipes tucked up her sleeve — and because she was asked so many times over the years by friends and family to share them — she decided to gather her favorites and most-requested into a […]
Wanna fund ME? Mainers would make movies, create comics and start acting careers … if only you’d gift them a chance.
“I’ve got to hold myself back a little bit and pinch myself every once in a while that the response has been as good as it has been from the talent that we’ve asked to become involved with the project, that the response of the fundraiser has been so good. I’ve kind of got to […]
Talk of the town
While I was away You may have noticed that I was on vacation last week. Or maybe you didn’t. Who could blame you? My bosses didn’t realize I was gone, nor did my wife or probation officer. I really need to start making more of an impact. And while I was gone, I missed all […]
Go and Do: Miniature worlds — Young conductors and dreamers of any age welcome at ExTRAINaganza
Trains are easily my favorite way to travel, so much so that I have a never-ending length of railroad track tattooed around my wrist. I love trains in part because they’ve taken me to some fabulous places: across France from Paris to the Mediterranean, over the expanses of Mongolia on the Trans-Siberian. And I appreciate […]
Nightlife Calendar
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 Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight, Schemengee’s Bar and Grille, Lewiston […]
Face Time: Johnna Haskell — Ever-climbing Mainer to be among first to fly from Mount Kilimanjaro
In October 2012, pilots from around the world plan to climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and jump off in paragliders. Among the 200 will be Johnna Haskell of Carrabassett Valley. In part, she wants to help the people of Tanzania, where the 19,341-foot mountain is located. Together, the pilots will give $1 million […]
Getting Siri-ous: She’s hardly the perfect answerwoman, but the iPhone 4S still has some talking points (Lewiston creton and crackpots notwithstanding)
AUBURN — She is, we heard, remarkable. Astounding. Awe inspiring. So funny/insightful/delightful that you’ll want to chat with her for hours, forsaking all others to spend the evening discussing life, the universe and everything — With a computer. That’s how good Siri is supposed to be. The Siri craze began almost as soon as the […]