NORWAY — The 2019 Christmastide Community Vocal Choir begins rehearsals on Sunday, September 29, at 3 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church, UCC, 205 Main Street, Norway, Maine.  All voices and all ages, from high school and beyond, are encouraged to join the choir.  No memorization, no auditions and no church affiliations are required.  All […]

The “Fallen” series is one that’s hard to track in an alphabetical listing because it’s the first word that keeps changing with each new installment. That’s just one way in which this series is an inconvenience. Another is that 2013’s “Olympus Has Fallen” detracted from the superior White-House-in-turmoil actioner “White House Down,” which unjustly bombed […]

LOVELL — Formed as the inaugural act for the Bradley Backstage series at Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, the Bradley Jazz Collective is now celebrating five years of creative collaboration. For this year’s concert at the Lovell Brick Church for Performing Arts on September 5, some repertoire will be new to their […]

NORWAY — A “So You Think You Can Bob?” contest will be featured Thursday, August 29, at the Longley Square Summer Performance Series. Creative Norway is proud to announce the 2nd Annual “So You Think You Can Bob?”  contest featuring seven musicians vying for a $100 prize awarded to the best Bob Dylan impression. Interested performers should […]

R-rated coming-of-age comedies like “Good Boys” have tapered off in the past decade, at least in the mainstream. There have been a number of small-scale successes like “Lady Bird,” “Eighth Grade,” and this summer’s “Booksmart,” but those films fared better critically than commercially. I think it goes back to 2007’s “Superbad” and how that film […]

  NO. BRIDGTON — If you love to sing and want to make a joyful noise with fellow choral music lovers please join the members of the Lake Region Community Chorus for our Winter Session. This exciting singing group is made up of about 55 members from 14 surrounding towns in the Lake. We are […]

NORWAY — Main Street Art Gallery, 426 Main Street in Norway, continues its summer season with a First Friday Reception on September 6 from 5-7 PM.  Main Street Gallery exhibits the work of fine artists and artisans living and working in Western Maine. September’s featured artist is Jo Northrop Thomas.  Jo works with ripped paper […]