City Councilor Maureen AuCoin is challenging Mayor George Lapointe for the mayoral position, and longtime Councilor Michael Frett is vying with newcomer Hannah Barry to represent Ward 2.
2023
Great Falls Comedy Club features two nights of laughs
The Great Comedy Showcase, featuring a showcase of the area’s best stand-up comedy talents, returns at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. The one and only Johnny “Friggin’” Ater headlines a packed lineup at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Doors […]
UMF Art Gallery presents ‘Martha Miller: A Retrospective’
An opening reception for “Martha Miller: A Retrospective” will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the UMF Art Gallery on the campus of University of Maine at Farmington. It is free and open to the public. This vibrant retrospective exhibition documents the past 20 years of Martha Miller’s extraordinarily layered and nuanced human […]
‘Frasier’ returns to TV, but you don’t need to be a superfan of the original to laugh at its jokes
After two decades, Dr. Frasier Crane returns in a new sitcom, “Frasier,” set to debut Thursday on Paramount+.
Poet Jeri Theriault will give presentation at Bailey Public Library
Award-winning poet Jeri Theriault along with poet Kevin Sweeney will appear as part of the ongoing “Bookey Readings” poetry series at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at The Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. Theriault grew up in Waterville and graduated from Colby College, and earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her […]
Red Sox fire coaches Dave Bush, Carlos Febles
Bush has been Boston’s pitching coach since 2019, while Febles, a former Portland Sea Dogs manager, has been with the Red Sox since 2017.
Duo Mundi to present a two-piano program at the Franco Center
Duo Mundi is George Lopez, the Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College, and internationally acclaimed Chinese-American pianist Gulimina Mahamuti
U.S. delivers munitions to Israel as the American death toll rises to 11 in Hamas attacks
The State Department says an undetermined number of American citizens remain missing and unaccounted for.
James Taylor tribute artist to perform at the Franco Center
Known as “America’s No. 1 James Taylor tribute artist,” Bill Griese will perform his acclaimed Sweet Baby James show at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. “Join other James Taylor fans for the timeless music of the six-time Grammy winner, with a performance that needs to be heard,” said […]