AUBURN — Auditions for V-Day aUbUrn 2018’s “The Vagina Monologues” will be held on Sunday, Jan. 7, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Monday, Jan. 8, 6-7:30pm. To request an alternate audition time, contact (207) 783- 0461 or [email protected]. Audition material will be provided. Monologues will be read in the show, do not need to […]
2017
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River Arts Call to Artists for Black & White exhibition
DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting Maine artists to submit artwork for jurying in its upcoming exhibition, Black & White. Artists can submit up to three works in any medium including sculpture, photography, collage, painting, ceramics and fine craft — representational or abstract. Work can be delivered anytime during gallery hours until the […]
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Midcoast Community Chorus winter concert to provide ‘Safe Harbor’
ROCKPORT Midcoast Community Chorus will present their annual Winter Concert, “Safe Harbor,” on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 4 p.m., at the Strom Auditorium, Camden Hills Regional High School, Route 90, Rockport. Steven Weston, MCC’s artistic director, with Sean Fleming, assistant director, will lead the 160-member non-auditioned chorus and the 40-member auditioned chorale. They will perform […]
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Film review: ‘Molly’s Game’ makes for an enjoyable tumble
Aaron Sorkin has a knack for timing, and not just in the obvious way. The Oscar-winning writer of “The Social Network,” ‘’Moneyball” and other fast-talking, crackling scripts has been celebrated for his mile-a-minute wordplay. But he’s also been criticized for not exactly featuring complex, strong female characters in the male-centric worlds of his stories. In […]
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‘The Last Jedi’ collects almost $100M at holiday box office
LOS ANGELES “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” claimed the biggest Christmas haul over the four-day holiday weekend, adding almost $100 million to its coffers, according to box office figures released Tuesday. Four new releases couldn’t catch the intergalactic juggernaut. Of the new films, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” fared best. The Sony adventure debuted in […]
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Brunswick home destroyed by flames
BRUNSWICK Two people were hospitalized — including a firefighter — when a fire destroyed a house at 5 Maquiot Road in Brunswick late Friday morning. Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant said an occupant in the home was transported to Mid Coast Hospital, but wasn’t aware of the woman’s condition Friday afternoon. While attempting to extinguish […]
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Wyoming church pledges $100K for suicide prevention training
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — On a Sunday in September, morning light drifted through stained glass as churchgoers in Rock Springs raised their eyes to God. In Basin, a congregation joined voices to sing an opening hymn. In Thermopolis, they bowed their heads, opened their hearts and asked for mercy. Then the prayers — recited in […]
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Buyer Beware: The Value of Near-Death Accounts
Religious deception and hucksterism is certainly not a new phenomenon. From Sinclair Lewis’ Elmer Gantry to televangelist Jim Bakker to some proponents of the Prosperity Gospel, fictional and real life examples abound. So the revelation that Kevin Malarkey fabricated his six-year old son’s account of his near-death experience (NDE) in “The Boy Who Came Back […]
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Big Pharma’s blockbuster tax cuts
The biggest losers from the GOP tax plan will be the 87 million middle-class families facing higher taxes, plus the 13 million people who would lose their healthcare. The biggest winners? Millionaires and corporations, of course. Chief among those corporations: America’s top drug makers. Pharmaceutical firms will get tens of billions of dollars in tax […]
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Ellen M. McWha
SHAPLEIGH — Ellen M. McWha of Shapleigh, Maine died peacefully in her sleep Dec. 20, 2017 at the age of 76. Ellen is survived by her daughter Michelle Landry; son-in-law George Landry; daughter-in-law Susan Meggison; her grandchildren Kyle Sisson, Michael Vangelist and wife Kayla. Robert, Andrew, George and Matthew Landry; several great-grandchildren; her siblings Gerry Woodyard, William […]