LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center is offering a free Touch Drawing workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. The six-part series will take place Thursdays, May 12 through June 23, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at CMMC, 60 High St., in the Cardiac Rehab […]
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Maine Music Society will salute the Fab Four
LEWISTON — “All You Need Is Love” is the subtitle summing up the Maine Music Society’s theme for its “Beatles Retrospective” concert on May 20 and 22 at the Franco-American Heritage Center. The Androscoggin Chorale will present a program of about 15 Beatles songs, concluding with a short audience singalong. John Corrie, MMS artistic director, […]
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‘Beau Jest’ tickles the funny bone
LEWISTON — “Beau Jest” is pure fun. It’s a rollicking, laugh-a-minute play and the audience roared from beginning to end at The Public Theatre on opening night, May 6. There are six more performances of “Beau Jest” on May 12-15. Cliches about Jewish families and customs abound in “Beau Jest,” and that’s the play’s strong […]
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Public Theatre to mark 20th with Curtain Call Ball
LEWISTON — The Public Theatre will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a Curtain Call Ball on Saturday, June 4, in the newly created Bates Mill Atrium. Featured at the gala will be live entertainment and dancing to the Tony Boffa Band; Baxter Brewery beers produced in the Bates Mill; hors d’oeuvres, wines and desserts catered […]
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Public Theatre goes for giggles with ‘Jabberwocky’
LEWISTON — The Public Theatre will present the nationally acclaimed Crabgrass Puppet Theatre’s production of “Jabberwocky,” one of the best-known and silliest poems in children’s literature, later this month. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s famous nonsensical poem, “Jabberwocky” is the tale of a young boy who sets out on a quest to find the fierce Jabberwock […]
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Fate of Lewiston school budget in voters’ hands Tuesday
LEWISTON — The simple question at the polls Tuesday, asking voters to approve the schools’ budget, belies a more complex issue, according to Superintendent Bill Webster. “The fact is, state population is declining and it’s something local school districts have to deal with,” Webster said Thursday. “I think it’s an issue we’ll be dealing with […]
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Talk of the town
You have to be this tall There’s a dude riding around town in what appears to be some mutant vehicle, possibly from out of space. It’s not a car, because there are just two wheels and no doors. It’s not a scooter because there’s some sort of cap on the thing to shield the rider […]
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Killer apps: Buff up even your dumb phone with these popular add-ons
Lewiston’s Randy Link had a plumber working at his house a couple of weeks ago when he let slip that he designs software for mobile applications. “He called me back that night and said he’d be interested in an iPad app to manage his work orders and the work that he does,” said Link, owner […]