So maybe you forgot to make that reservation for a Mother’s Day brunch or dinner and now you are out of luck. You did not want to re-do the chocolate box or flowers that you have done year after year. Maybe you are just looking to have a good time with friends or a partner and have run out of interesting ideas. Well… You can “Jump, Jive and Wail.” Join local musicians, dancers and a narrator and explore a period of American music when people routinely went out to see and dance to big bands and jazz combos who were creating the hippest, wildest sounds that were captivating the American music scene. At Auburn Public Theater tonight at 7 PM and tomorrow afternoon (Mother’s Day) at 3 PM, you can “party” and dance in your seat (and maybe even the aisles) to raging live music, exciting vocalists and dancers who can teach you how to really move!   Have a different Mother’s Day festivity, plus, the proceeds benefit the First Love M...

aaduna , Seward House Museum , First Friday of the spring season... bill berry came out of hibernation.  Shawnte Blyss Barr sprung forth to bring her gracefulness with other flowers destined to bloom.  Dick Ford further enhanced his reputation for eloquence as a pianist, musician and educator. bill ventured forward with new work and prose poetry that represented his years of writing and self-maintaining a non-public stance (except when he is promoting other creatives.)  Blyss was a poetic delight and easily established herself as a voice that needs to be presented and heard more in public settings. Dick taught the gathered audience a song (with group participation and movement no less;) held a round of singing around the piano with aficionados of “jazz/pop standards,) and in a genial manner provided the aura that made aaduna’s presence at the Museum more special. Billye Chabot , executive director of SHM an...