Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 7/24 “Treasure Hunter’s Handbook,” Lisa Gardner Walsh, reading for children, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 707, childrens@portland.lib.me.us. Monday 7/28 “The Fog of Forgetting,” G.A. Morgan, author talk and book signing, 5-7 p.m., Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St., Portland, 846-3344, islandportpress.com. Galleries “Making […]

Musical offerings dominate this week’s picks of the tix, and it’s a diverse lot. The biggest draw will be PORTopera’s upcoming production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” Artistic director Dona Vaughn has chosen a new look for the famous tale of love and revenge, keeping the action in Mantua, Italy, but setting the timeframe in the […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Saturday 7/12 “Mirror Image” book signing with first-time Maine author, Clinton C. Smith, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books and Stationery, 128 Main St., Freeport, 869-9000. Monday 7/14 “Finding Your Inner Moose: Ida LeClair’s Guide to Livin’ the Good Life,” reading and signing with Susan Poulin, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 […]

As mid-July approaches, Maine residents and visitors alike can enjoy the crescendo of our state’s hectic summer schedule of arts and entertainment. During the summer months, most activity takes place outside Portland. In Harrison, the 42nd annual edition of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival starts on July 15. Arundel Barn Playhouse, an archetype of summer […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Tuesday 7/8 “Euphoria” author discussion with Lily King, 6:30 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351. Saturday 7/12 “Mirror Image” book signing with first-time Maine author, Clinton C. Smith, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books and Stationery, 128 Main St., Freeport, 869-9000. Monday 7/14 “Finding Your Inner Moose: Ida LeClair’s […]

Two anchor producers of southern Maine’s busy and eclectic summer season of performing arts are launching their 2014 offerings. The crown jewel of Maine’s classical music festivals turns 50 this year. The Bowdoin International Music Festival, by far the state’s biggest, gives about 50-60 concerts every summer in half a dozen different series. BIMF starts […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Monday 6/30 “Voyage of Albatross” with author Judith Silva, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Calls for Art The Artisans Collective is currently accepting applications for Associate Membership in the Collective. To apply, please visit artisanscollective.org and download Associate Member Application. Currently looking for photographers, contemporary […]

Maine has a very busy summer of classical music festivals, and the first of them opens June 25. The Maine Festival of American Music is in its ninth year, hosted by the Portland String Quartet. The setting is iconically American: The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester. In keeping with the ongoing observances of […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Library Book Sale, Friends of Scarborough Library, June 20 and 21 10 a.m.-5 p.m., June 22, 1-5 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, 883-4723. Wednesday 6/18 “America’s Romance with the English Garden,” author talk with Thomas Mickey, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Calls for […]

“Docu-musical” might not be a real word, but it ought to be. It’s a simple, accurate description of a stage musical that tells a real-life story. That’s what’s happening this June, as Maine State Music Theatre and Mad Horse Theatre Company present docu-musicals with diametrically opposed aesthetic viewpoints. In Brunswick, Maine State Music Theatre is […]