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 […]

When Bill Picard told friends he wanted to perform stand-up comedy, they said he was nuts. After all, how does a guy with cerebral palsy perform? He showed them. Picard, who has trouble speaking, survived the tense moments when he rolled onto the stage in an electric wheelchair, communicating with the use of a computer […]

A graffiti artist applies his paint with creativity and a positive mindset. A punk tagging a building is filled with anger, rage or revenge.  Both types have been applied by the same individual in some cases, but the majority of graffiti artists use a canvas where their artwork is public but not intrusive. The side […]

Guillermo Fuentes, the 36-year-old owner and manager of Hacienda el Patron, is a busy man. “I’m sorry,” he says, getting up from our interview to address a waiting delivery man. He pokes his head back into the kitchen and chats with the cook before returning to our table. It’s not for lack of help — […]

This past September, I packed my bags for my first solo trip since all three of my children were born. This may surprise some people since my eldest is now 7 years old. I had left my children overnight with their Grammy and Grampy before but had never been farther than 40 minutes away from […]

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 The Jimmy Herring Band with The Project, 7 p.m., Port […]

Shelby Dobransky, a senior at Lewiston High School, was recommended by a teacher to join the College for ME-Androscoggin effort and chatted recently with local kindergartners about the importance of literacy and college. The pick made a lot of sense. Through a program at LHS, Dobransky works with the first grade at Geiger Elementary. She’d […]

I have two gripes: The first and more important is the use of cloth bags for shopping, which is something I do, but the baggers need to know not to push them so full and heavy. When someone is using an electric cart to assist (and I am), you might know a 50-pound bag will […]