She started singing in chorus in fourth grade, and performing in musical theater about the same time, but the stage bug bit even earlier. “I was in our kindergarten play and I always say it was love from there on out,” LaVerdiere said. Starting Friday, she’s in Community Little Theatre’s production of “Into the Woods” […]
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Face time: Tonya Bailey-Curry — working to change the face of social work
Lewiston social workers often mistook Tonya Bailey-Curry as a foster child, even in her own home. That’s because her stepfather, a foster parent, was white. And she was not. The workers’ assumptions — based on nothing more than her race — upset her. She vowed she’d become a social worker one day, and she would […]
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Face Time: Nicola Chin — Improv for play and work
At her Chicago high school, Nicola Chin had a choice: Get paid to learn circus arts or comedy improv. There wasn’t a contest. “I can’t do juggling to save my life,” she said. Going for laughs was a good call. She’s now a community organizer and coach with her company Up With Community and she just […]
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Face time: Jake Hodgdon, doing the DEW
Jake Hodgdon is part stand-up comedian. Part handyman. Part reality TV star. Part monkey victim. It’s a lot of parts, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. Well, except maybe for the part where he’s intimidated by Tanjo, a 12-pound spider monkey. But he’s working on that. As a seasonal handyman at DEW Haven […]
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Face Time: Martin Royle — from the British Army to a Maine state trooper
Martin Royle was born and raised in England and served 23-and-a-half years in the British Army. Along the way, he married a Mainer. In 2009, they bought a camp here as a seasonal retreat. “Every year we would come over in the summer, whenever we could really, it got harder and harder for me to […]
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Face time: TPT co-directors Christopher Schario and Janet Mitchko — unscripted
As co-artistic directors for The Public Theatre in Lewiston, Christopher Schario and Janet Mitchko run the show. Literally. They select, cast and direct plays. Hire the crew and administrative staff. Raise funds. Promote and market. They do it all. And over the past 22 years, they’ve brought lots and lots of performances to the stage. […]
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Face Time: Eagle Stick — Bates College jazz band flows free-form
LEWISTON — Eagle Stick formed last year, five Bates College students by day, jazz musicians by night. They had a regular gig at Marche over the winter. Their sound? As hard to pin down as their schedules. “More free-form jazz, atonal, music as sound, stream of consciousness, kind of,” said sophomore Divyamaan Sahoo. Rocking along […]
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Face time: Kurk Lalemand, business coach (no whistle required)
Kurk Lalemand is no stranger to business. He’s owned four of them. The White Crane School of Karate came first, then two consulting companies. Now he runs NEXT Level Business Coaching, where he helps other business owners figure out what they’re doing wrong. And doing right. He’s coached just over 200 business owners directly and […]
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Face Time: Leah Cross — If these dreads could talk . . .
There’s no missing Leah Cross. She’s friendly, quick to smile and she’s got a whirlwind of blond dreadlocks dancing down her back. For Christmas, she added green and red. She’s considering a follicular nod to spring next with purple, coral and green. Cross has been a hairdresser for almost nine years, now at All About […]
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Facetime: Triple threat Tony Morin
Insurance guy. Theater guy. Rock band guy. Tony Morin never has to worry about being bored. Though sometimes he has to worry about the length of his hair. Never one to shy away from either a microphone or a stage, Morin is the founding member of the band Farmhouse Project and the new Thread Theater. […]