Jen Audette just wanted to find some way to help pay off some medical bills with a little job on the side. In three short years she’s done that . . . and traveled all over the country and beyond, networked with some great people and had fun too. All thanks to people’s love of […]
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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 Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight, Schemengee’s Bar and Grille, Lewiston […]
Nothing square about it — With pouf part of the past, and hip-hop and Latin on the turntable, this is not your grandpappy’s square dance.
Ask people what comes to mind when they hear the term “square dancing” and the typical response is “petticoats and patent leather shoes” or “string ties and cowboy boots.” Al Hipkins begs to differ. Hipkins is a longtime square dancer and up-and-coming caller who has just launched a square dance club here in Lewiston-Auburn that […]
Road Trip: Lovell and its Kezar Lake (a world-class lake, officially or not)
With under 1,000 residents, Lovell’s small size and quiet nature belies the wealth of things to do and beauty to be enjoyed here. Geography has a lot to do with that. The town’s Kezar Lake — 9 miles long, a mile wide and 155 feet deep, as well as the surrounding western Maine hills and […]
Talk of the town
There goes the neighborhood After 17 years in the area, I got my first tour Wednesday of Barker Mill Arms. It’s beautiful out there, with spacious back lawns and an unsullied view of the Little Androscoggin River. I’m totally moving in. Who wants to help me with this piano? Lewiston police beards The cops are […]
Face Time: A coast-to-coast adventure
AUBURN — Greg Merritt and Jason Parker biked from one L-A to the other in 49 days. Merritt, 21, is an Edward Little grad from the class of 2008 and a senior at Colby College. Parker, 22, graduated from St. Dom’s in 2007 and the University of Vermont in May. They left home June 1. […]
Eats: Jasmine Cafe — The special taste of massaman curry
Enticing aromas abound in the kitchen of Auburn’s newest Asian-fusion restaurant, Jasmine Cafe. I am trying to catch the action of the photographer/videographer as he films Somrudee Saengwong, the establishment’s matriarch and culinary guru, but I am having difficulty keeping my mind — and hands — off the dish of red curry that has just […]
Gripes
My gripe is that businesses (restaurants and clubs) that of course no longer allow smoking inside, yet when you leave the establishment, right outside the door is lined with smokers that form a cloud of smoke right out the door that chokes you till you get to your car. They should be asked to smoke […]