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‘Preposterous’ to be staged in South Paris

July 10, 2019July 8, 2019

Celebration Barn will present Happenstance Theater’s “Prepsterous!’ at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at 190 Stock Farm Road in South Paris. Described as a family-friendly but sophisticated take on the traditional circus, the production stars vintage clowns who play all of the roles in the circus. Tickets cost $16 for adults, $14 for seniors (60-plus), […]

Kennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Morning Sentinel

‘Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery’ to open at Cumston Hall

July 10, 2019July 8, 2019

“Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” by Ken Ludwig and directed by Matthew Arbour, will open Thursday, July 11, and play through Aug. 15, at The Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St. in Monmouth. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must solve the mystery before the Baskerville family curse dooms its next heir. Watch as […]

Food & Dining, Nation & World

Fresh from the lab: Startups make meat that avoids slaughter

by TERENCE CHEA Associated Press July 9, 2019July 9, 2019

As demand for meat grows, supporters say cell-based protein is more sustainable than traditional meat because it doesn’t require the land, water and crops needed to raise livestock – a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Life & Culture, Nation & World, News

A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit

by LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press July 9, 2019July 9, 2019

NIH scientists seek people willing to have their brains scanned as they try to kick opioids, to see how addiction medicines may help healing.

Auto, Business, Life & Culture, Nation & World

End of the road for Volkswagen Beetle

by DAVID McHUGH Associated Press July 9, 2019July 9, 2019

Production will stop for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning the eight decades since 1938.

Kennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Morning Sentinel

Tartan Terrors to perform July 12 in Phillips

July 9, 2019July 10, 2019

The Tartan Terrors will bring their hijinks, wild humor, and high energy Celtic music back to the Phillips Area Community Center for a 7 p.m. concert Friday, July 12, at 15 Depot St. in Phillips. Their music, Pam Matthews, event organizer, said in a news release, “is as lively as it gets and they put […]

Kennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Morning Sentinel

Atlantic Music Festival event planned at Colby College

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019

The Atlantic Music Festival returns to Colby College for its 11th summer, bringing together world-class musicians and rising talent to present groundbreaking world premieres and classical masterworks. A diverse group of composers, instrumentalists, vocalists and conductors will fill Colby College’s wooded campus with music through July 27. The Festival’s mission — to cultivate originality, independence […]