As expected, Christmas-themed shows dominate this week’s top selections on the performing arts roster, and the geographic range stretches from Brunswick to Biddeford. The Brunswick-based Oratorio Chorale has a pair of Christmas concerts coming up. “Sing We Noel” is slated for six performances in Brunswick and Falmouth. Falmouth-based St. Mary Schola has readied its annual […]
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Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82
Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.
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Out & About: Christmas season A&E in full swing
The decorations that are popping up all over – plus the early start of the 2019-20 snow season – are certainly ringing in the Christmas season. So, too, in the performing arts. Maine State Ballet opened its annual production of “The Nutcracker” on Thanksgiving weekend. As always, it’s a spectacular show, with scores of dancers […]
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Arts Calendar: Dec. 4-14
c cc Midcoast Film “The Polar Express,” 10 a.m., Dec. 7 and 14, Nordica Theatre in Freeport. Admission is food item and/or monetary donation for the Freeport Community Services food pantry. Ongoing Eveningstar Cinema, 149 Maine St., Brunswick, classically romantic environment for fantasy, pleasure, adventure and fun, eveningstarcinema.com. Frontier, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, independent, […]
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Audubon holds Holiday Bazaar in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon is holding a Handcrafted Holiday Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Nov. 30, at the Gilsland Farm headquarters off Route 1. The bazaar will feature handmade gifts by Maine artists as well as staff and volunteers. The Nature Store will be open and full of Maine and New England-made […]
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Deer Isle arts colony receives $4 million gift, the largest in its history
The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts received the money to establish an endowment to preserve its campus overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
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Arts Calendar: Nov. 27-Dec. 7
Greater Portland Exhibits/Galleries “Serenity – 2019,” Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island, paintings that evoke tranquility, through Nov. 30, richardboydartgallery.com. “Tall Tales and Short Stories” by Nancy Morgan Barnes, Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, to Nov. 30, greenhutgalleries.me. “Autumn,” featuring John Wilkinson at Hawk Ridge Farm, 90 Minot Road, Pownal, 1-4 […]
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Art Calendar: Nov. 20-30
Greater Portland Auditions Casa Valentina by Harvey Fierstein, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 22; 6-8:30 p.m. Nov. 23, Portland Players Theater, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland, portlandplayers.org. Exhibits/Galleries “Serenity – 2019,” Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island, paintings that evoke tranquility, through Nov. 30, richardboydartgallery.com. “Tall Tales and Short Stories” by Nancy Morgan Barnes, […]
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Arts Calendar: Sept. 11-21
Get Bach Greater Portland Exhibits “Visible Discourse from Maine’s Western Foothills,” Union of Maine Visual Artists, Portland Media Center, 516 Congress St., works by Diana Arcadipone, Don Best, Nikki Millonzi and Judith Schneider, to Sept. 28. Thursday 9/12 Louisa Wickard Paintings, artist’s reception 5:30 p.m. Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, to Nov. 9. […]
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Partnership designed to inspire artists of color
Grant funding will help connect Maine College of Art students with professional artists from around the world.