WATERVILLE — The Colby-Kennebec Choral Society invites all interested singers to join it for its fall program, “Canções D’Além Mar,” or “Songs from Across the Sea.” Rehearsals are scheduled to start on Tuesday, Sept. 12, and will continue on Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m., in the new Gordon Center for the Performing Arts at Colby College on […]
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Launch party for SICK magazine set for Sept. 9
WATERVILLE — A launch party for the fifth issue of SICK magazine is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Greene Block + Studios, 18 Main St. The afternoon will include readings, crafting, desserts and light refreshments. Readings are set for 3-3:30 p.m. from writers Calla King-Clements, Jennifer Lunden, and Arisa White. There also […]
Historical association’s Preservation Party to offer auction of desserts
DRESDEN — The Lincoln County Historical Association’s annual fundraiser dinner and auction of cakes by a veteran auctioneer, Kaja Veilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, is set for 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. The event will be held at Pownalborough Court House, 23 Court House Road, rain or shine. Each cake is displayed in a […]
Belfast Maskers set play auditions for Sept. 16, 17
The Belfast Maskers plan to hold auditions for “The Storm in the Barn,” a play adapted by Eric Coble from the graphic novel by Matt Phelan. The auditions will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16-17, at the Basil Burwell Community Theater, 17 Court St. in Belfast. The play will be […]
Augusta library to offer Affordable Connectivity Program class Sept. 18
AUGUSTA — The National Digital Equity Center, a nonprofit organization which provides digital literacy classes, plans to offer a class on how to apply for the Affordable Connectivity Program. The class is set for 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18, in the Community Meeting Room at Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St. The Federal Communications Commission […]
Augusta library to host free Android, email basics classes in September
AUGUSTA — The National Digital Equity Center, a nonprofit organization which provides digital literacy classes, plans to offer free Android basics and email basics classes in September in the Community Meeting Room at Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St. Android Basics Classes will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 6-8. This class can help one […]
Lingnau has all the right moves going and keeps a few cards hidden under her billowing skirts in ‘The Empress,’ J.P. Devine writes
Directors Florian Cossen and Katrin Gebbe give us an historical fantasy, full of diddling with that history, but still playing out in a glorious and glossy setting. Shot in Germany, where everything, outside of the big towns, is summer, verdant and lavish. “The Empress” is full of beautiful gardens, and people playing people who weren’t […]
Fairfield church names new pastor
Fairfield United Methodist Church welcomes Brenda E. Haskell as its pastor. Though she has always felt a calling for the ministry, she was told at an early age that women are not ministers. After graduating from Winthrop High School, she attended the University of Southern Maine for arts education. Several years later attended the University […]
Lincoln County Historical Association auction includes Italy trips
Trips to Italy included in Lincoln County Historical Association’s annual auction of experiences Lincoln County Historical Association’s Preservation Party dinner and auction is focused onall things Italian. The annual fundraiser is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 10 on the grounds of the historic Pownalborough Court House, 23 Courthouse Road in Dresden. It will feature a three-course […]
AwanaClubs children’s ministries to begin Sept. 6 in Waterville
WATERVILLE — AwanaClubs children’s ministries for ages 2 through sixth grade is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday beginning Sept. 6 at Kennebec Valley Baptist Church, 91 Marston Road. “Our Awana ministry trains the next generation to be lifelong disciples of Jesus. We do this under the philosophy that an effective disciple belongs in the […]