LEWISTON — Present Company will provide the entertainment at the Gendron Franco Center’s monthly luncheon, La Rencontre, on Thursday, Jan. 9. The doors and bar will open at 10 a.m. and the meal will be served at 11:30. It will include chicken pot pie, veggie primavera, salad, dinner rolls and dessert. La Rencontre is not […]
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‘Les Troubadours’ to present musical show at next La Rencontre
LEWISTON — The next La Rencontre at the Gendron Franco Center will feature the popular women’s French-language singing group “Les Troubadours.” La Rencontre (the gathering) will begin at 11:25 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. La Rencontre is a multi-language event and not restricted to French-speakers or even those of Franco descent. All are welcome to attend […]
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Normand Gagnon and friends present musical show at La Rencontre
LEWISTON — Normand Gagnon, master French-Canadian button accordionist, will be featured at La Rencontre on Thursday, Sept. 13, at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center. La Rencontre is scheduled for 11:25 a.m. La Rencontre is a multi-language event and not restricted to French-speakers or those of Franco descent. All are welcome to attend this […]
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Jay High classmates reunite to present historical and musical show at next La Rencontre
LEWISTON — The next La Rencontre at the Gendron Franco Center will reunite 1980 Jay High School graduates, Wheaton College Professor Mark D. LeBlanc and Central Maine Community College Adjunct Professor Mitchell Clyde Thomas, for a unique show called “From Maine to France and Somehow Back Again: New England in World War I.” La Rencontre […]
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Nel Meservier, St. Pierre sisters to perform at next La Rencontre
LEWISTON — The next La Rencontre at the Gendron Franco Center will feature local performing artists, Lionel Meservier, and sisters, Debra St. Pierre Robitaille and Melissa St. Pierre Noel. La Rencontre is scheduled for Thursday, July 12, starting at 11:25 a.m. The cost of the meal and the programs is $12 per person. The doors and […]
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Nel Meservier and St. Pierre sisters to perform at next La Rencontre
LEWISTON — The next La Rencontre at Gendron Franco Center will feature local performing artists Lionel Meservier and sisters Debra St. Pierre Robitaille and Melissa St. Pierre Noel. La Rencontre (the gathering) starts at 11:25 a.m. Thursday, July 12. La Rencontre is a multi-language event and not restricted to French-speakers or those of Franco descent. […]
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Freeport High School Chamber Choir to perform at April La Rencontre
LEWISTON — The La Rencontre at the Gendron Franco Center will feature the 22-member Freeport High School Chamber Choir on Thursday, April 12. La Rencontre (“the gathering”) will start at 11:25 a.m. The cost of the meal and program is $12 a person. The doors and the bar will open at 10 a.m. Guests may […]
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Lewiston to celebrate Francophone Month with children's opera, film
LEWISTON — A film, food and children’s opera will highlight Francophone Month in Lewiston. More than 80 children, preschool through grade five, from L’Ecole Francaise du Maine in Freeport, will perform an opera, “Le Bonheur Selon Les E’Leves de L’E.S.D.M” (“Happiness according to the students of the French School of Maine”) on Thursday, March 15. […]
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Mitch Thomas to play and sing at next La Rencontre
LEWISTON — Singer, pianist and songwriter, Mitch Thomas, will perform at the next La Rencontre at the Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. La Rencontre, “the gathering,” is scheduled for Thursday, January 11, starting at 11:25 a.m. The cost of the meal and the programs is $12 per person. The doors and the bar open […]
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State AG Mills, Lorraine Ouellette Trio to be at next La Rencontre
LEWISTON — Local musicians, accordionist Lorraine Ouellette and guitarists Gerry Dube and Adrien Leclaire, will perform at the La Rencontre on Thursday, Dec. 14, at Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. The gathering will start at 11:25 a.m. The cost of the meal and the programs is $10 a person. The doors and the bar […]