Bates College presents Chinese-style comedian Jesse Appell, a former Fulbright Scholar who performs humor in the Xiangsheng style, as well as bilingual improv and Chinese stand-up. He seeks to overcome cultural gaps by focusing on storytelling and character rather than surface differences and stereotypes. The show is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Benjamin Mays […]
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Comedian Juston McKinney coming to Fryeburg
FRYEBURG — Comedian Juston McKinney will be performing at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., to benefit the Fryeburg Academy Class of 2018 Project Graduation. McKinney grew up living on the border of New Hampshire and Maine. After earning an associates degree from Southern Maine […]
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Harold "Thomas" Nowland
RUMFORD — Harold “Thomas” Nowland, 72, of Congress Street in Rumford passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Rumford Hospital. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 10, 1944, a son of Clarence L. and Jean (Mischner) Nowland. Thomas married his college sweetheart, Sharon Chapman, on August 17, 1968, in Peru, Maine; together they have […]
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Working: Lewiston performer finds balance among day job, home and stand-up comedy
LEWISTON — Mark Turcotte felt neither sweaty palms nor wobbly knees. Instead, he waited and he paced. “I felt like a caged animal,” Turcotte said, remembering the moments before he climbed the stage, held the microphone and began his first comedy routine. “I couldn’t wait to get up there,” he said. The June 2012 routine […]