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    • Art classes offered

      Apr 21, 2011 12:00 am

      NORWAY — Western Maine Art Group is ready to celebrate spring in a visible way. There are new collections at the gallery. The gallery will be open Thursday afternoon 2-4 p.m. for tea and cookies and a Gallery Talk. Featured will be an artist of the week  focusing on a new artist of this time or in history.

      April  is the start for several new classes to help with enjoying the first signs of spring. New teachers, Gail Rein and Brittany, join forces with Diana Hertz, Barbara Traficonte, Irina Kahn, Richard Varney and Melissa Fuller, already at Western Maine.

    • 'Emperor's New Clothes' at OHMS

      Apr 21, 2011 12:00 am

      SOUTH PARIS — On Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14, Oxford Hills Middle School will present "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Dave and Jean Perry at 6:30 p.m.

      The performance will be at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School auditorium. Tickets are on sale at Books-N-Things in Norway and at Oxford Hills Middle School main office. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

    • Renée Fleming sings at Fryeburg

      Apr 21, 2011 12:00 am

      FRYEBURG — As part of The Met: Live in HD series, "Capriccio" will be broadcast live at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $18 for students. Tickets may be ordered through the Box Office by calling 935-9232 or on-line at www.fryeburgacademy.org.

    • Documentary screening opens

      Apr 21, 2011 12:00 am

      FRYEBURG — "Beijing Taxi" will be screened on Friday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fryeburg Academy. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors (65+) and students. You many purchase tickets on-line at www.fryeburgacademy.org or by contacting the box office at 935-9232.

    • Wilton’s Academy Hill Class of 1952 holds 60th reunion

      Apr 21, 2011 12:00 am
       WILTON - The Class of 1952 from Wilton Academy held its 60th reunion at the Wilson lake home of Marie and Frank Young.
      Those in attendance included Edgar Beisaw, Bette Lou Clark, Richard Dyke, Lois Henry, Louise Lake, Terry Mayo, Cyndia Osgood, Phil Rafter, Lauren Rollins, Sherill Rollins, Janet Sylvester and Frank Young.
      The reunion meal was "surf and turf." The clams, two-pound lobsters and fixings were brought in by Richard Dyke in his new seven-seat helicopter, which his pilot landed on the top of a hill on the property of Rocky and Mary Jane Baker, on Route 2 and Lake Ro

    • China through the lens of Dirk MacKnight set

      Apr 21, 2011 12:00 am

      BETHEL — You won’t want to miss the next program in the Down Home Maine series sponsored by the Western Mountains Senior College. Dirk MacKnight has been creating images for over 35 years and continues to find photography rewarding and exciting. His commercial photographs have appeared in newspapers, magazines and textbooks around the world, and his fine art photographs are currently exhibited in private collections throughout the U.S., as well as in local art galleries.

    • Local musicians join for Tsunami relief

      Apr 18, 2011 11:45 am

      SOUTH PARIS — On Friday, April 29, Portland musician Zach Jones and Buckfield-based rockers SKOSH will be performing together for a Tsunami relief concert set to take place at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. All proceeds from the concert will benefit the American red Cross and their Tsunami relief efforts in Japan.

    • Arthur

      Apr 14, 2011 12:00 am

      This year marks the 30th anniversary of the romantic comedy classic Arthur, which starred Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, and Oscar-winner Sir John Gielgud (1981 Best Supporting Actor). Moore’s infectious performance as the drunken billionaire solidified the actor's status among the best in English comedy. Director Jason Winer has pulled off the remake, and his version of Arthur is as hilarious as the original.

    • Local family donates artifacts to museum

      Apr 14, 2011 12:00 am

      AUGUSTA — The family of the late P. Harold Kimball recently gathered at the Maine State Museum in Augusta to deliver and donate a special collection of 206 pre-historic artifacts.

      Jane Kimball presented the collection to the museum on behalf of the family. “My late husband Rodney Kimball, Harold’s son, took these artifacts to numerous meetings, events, and schools to show them and talk about Native American culture. It was his wish that they would someday be here at the museum for all to enjoy and study.”

    • Shakespeare in the park

      Apr 14, 2011 12:00 am

      AREA — If you like your Shakespeare vital, energetic, and outside, then the Poland Players' new venture into theatre will entertain and delight you. Starting with the idea that if one Shakespeare play is good, two would be better and that bringing theatre to the public as the Elizabethan players were wont to do, The Poland Players' versions of "The Tempest" and "The Merchant of Venice" will soon be available to visit a park, library or vacant lot in your area. Beginning in July, the Players would love to come and entertain in your community. And best of all, it is free.

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