Tucci is back. Our beloved Stanley Tucci, beautifully dressed and tanned, is back on CNN in season 3 of his tours of his native Italy, and we’re happy to see him eating again. So far we’ve watched one of our favorite actors prowling the streets of, (let me check my notes, and there are pages […]
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Ali McGuirk to make headlining debut at Portland venue Oct. 29
It’s always neat to interview someone for the very first time and Sept. 26 I got the opportunity to chat with singer-songwriter Ali McGuirk. Her publicist supplied a link to McGuirk’s Signature Sounds album, “Til It’s Gone” where I was introduced to her soulful R&B sound. Then found myself caught up in her cool, sultry […]
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Maine Children’s Cancer Program benefits from toy collections
The Skowhegan-Madison Elks No. 2531 recently received a donation of toys from New Balance, as well as toys from the community, to be delivered to the Barbara Bush Center in Scarborough. The Maine Children’s Cancer Program has been a major project of the Maine Elks Association for many years and works to provide toys for […]
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Slaid Cleaves concert planned at Stone Mountain Arts Center
A Slaid Cleaves concert is set for 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Hailing from Maine originally, this now Austin songwriter might as well have been born in the lone star state. He’s got the Austin-style songwriting reminiscent of Joe Ely or Townes Van Zandt, but […]
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UMF Art Gallery presents ‘Agreeable Nonsense’ exhibit Oct. 18-Nov. 20
FARMINGTON — The UMF Art Gallery plans to present “Agreeable Nonsense,” by multi-disciplinary artist Mike Libby as its next featured exhibit from Oct. 18 through Nov. 20, at 246 Main St. A public reception is set for 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. Libby turns his lens on the consumerist role of materials in ecological, architectural, […]
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Leeds society plans Oct. 23 program about corn shop
The Leeds Historical Society plans to host a program at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, in the Leeds Community Church gym, 123 Church Hill Road in Leeds. Paul Frederic will give a talk about Maine’s corn shops, including one in Leeds Center which ran until the 1960s. Frederic, professor emeritus of geography at the University […]
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Belgrade camp holds annual haunted woods event
BELGRADE — Ghouls, skeletons, princesses, dinosaurs, aliens and Imperial Storm Troopers gathered in the woods of Belgrade and around Great Pond Oct. 1 for the annual Haunted Woods program at Camp Bomazeen. “Haunted Woods is a lot of fun,” said Bomazeen Camp Director Julie McKenney of Belgrade, according to a news release from Chuck Mahaleris, […]
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Wreck of the Portland’ and ‘Muddled Through’
Journalist J. North Conway’s dramatic story of the 1898 storm that ravaged the New England coast, and the 10th book in the ‘Maine Clambake Mystery’ series
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Manchester club, members receive Spirit of America awards
The Manchester Lions Club recently hosted the 2021-22 Manchester Spirit of America Foundation Awards event. The club received the ongoing project award for its many drive-through suppers, and its support of many veteran, community, and senior needs through fundraising and volunteering, according to a news release from Diana Worthing of Manchester. Margaret Harrington received the […]
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Shocking secrets revealed in ‘Lou’
You remember Allison Janney, of course, you do.