PARIS — Oxford Hills School/Community Broadway Musical has announced audition dates for “Seussical,” the Broadway smash hit that lovingly brings to life favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, and many others. The year 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the biennial Broadway production, which began in […]

HEBRON — Hebron Academy has announced that the Broadway smash “Guys and Dolls” will debut on Androscoggin Theater stage in February 2014. Now running more than 11 years strong, Hebron Academy’s All-School Musical is a perennial winter highlight for the entire school community and surrounding area. The show, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. […]

AUGUSTA — Horn was raised in Toledo, Ohio, by parents who fled the post-war poverty of Eastern Kentucky’s coal country along the very same Hillbilly Highway made famous in Dwight Yoakam’s song “Readin’, Rightin’, Route 23.” Horn took up the banjo in high school and was an eager student of the many great transplanted pickers […]

The University of Maine at Augusta’s Jazz on Tour will wind up Lithgow Public Library’s annual Holiday Concert Series on a festive note with a concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. The free concert will take place in the Reading Room. The repertoire includes a mix of jazz standards, arrangements of pop and rock […]

Since 2009 the Old South Church Fundraising Committee has partnered with the Farmington Area Ecumenical Ministries. All of the proceeds from the Christmas Carol Sing program benefit the ECU Heat Fund. The Carol Sing music program will include audience sing along of numerous Christmas carols. This year the program will include the InnerRhythm Drummers; Mt. […]

AUBURN — The Augusta Symphony Orchestra will present its 11th annual “Messiah” singalong on Saturday, Dec. 14, at High Street Congregational Church. Handel’s “Messiah” was completed in 1741, with composition beginning on Aug. 22 of that year and finishing a mere 24 days later on Sept. 14. Despite its swift creation, only minor errors were […]

The event is free and open to all. Traditional French Christmas carols and other holiday music will be featured. “This annual event is very popular,” said Collection Coordinator James Myall. “The chapel at D’Youville is a wonderful venue, and we are very grateful to St. Mary’s for allowing us to use it. The volunteers who […]

Love Came For Me is under the direction of Dot Lambert and Pam Bare of Kingfield and Brenna Cockerham of Freeman Township. Twenty-five people in the adult choir will sing seven songs. In addition to the musical performance, the WMBC Youth Group will present a skit written and directed by Kalista Staier of Freeman Township. […]

Paintings by Irene Duplissis and Melanie Ness are on display in the main lobby hallway near the 60 High Street CMMC entrance. Duplissis has been painting professionally for many years. She has devoted much time to teaching art locally, participating in workshops and developing her own talent. Her work, which frequently depicts the character of […]