Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Wednesday 6/26 “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” open casting, 6:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, celeste.m.green@gmail.com. Books & Authors Wednesday 6/26 Brown Bag Lecture Series: EB White on Dogs, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723, free. Friday 6/28 Neil Rolde, author […]

Three traditional folk ensembles, representing geographically distant and culturally disparate traditions, will be playing north of Portland this coming week. Hailing from Texas is the Carper Family, performing at the Chocolate Church in Bath on Saturday. This is a must-do event if you like old-fashioned country music written and performed beautifully. Also on Saturday, Alhan […]

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Monday 6/24 “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” open casting, 6:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, celeste.m.green@gmail.com. Books & Authors Thursday 6/20 Author Talk with Julia Munroe Martin, 7 p.m., Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, 846-6259, free. Wednesday 6/26 Brown Bag Lecture Series: EB White […]

Three music festivals are slated for summer’s opening week. The first is the three-day International Piano Festival. Under the aegis of the Portland Conservatory of Music, IPF runs this weekend in the Port City. That’s followed a few days later by the Maine Festival of American Music, which is among the state’s most intimate. Produced […]

Summer won’t be here for more than a week, but the season is already under way in the arts and entertainment world. Summer-only playhouses are a sure sign of the season, and Maine State Music Theatre opened last week for its 55th year of summer stock in Brunswick with a superb professional production of “Dreamgirls,” […]

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Monday 6/24 “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” open casting, 6:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, celeste.m.green@gmail.com. Books & Authors Wednesday 6/12 Brown Bag Lecture: Kathryn Miles, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723, free. USM LGBT collection open house, 5-7 p.m., Glickman […]

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Auditions for Indoor/Outdoor, Sunday 6/2 and Monday 6/3, 6:30-8 p.m., Freeport High School Library, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, 865-2220, roles for four adults (two women, two men). Benefits Zemya world a capella, 7 p.m., benefit for Catholic Charities Maine Refugee and Immigration Services Mentoring Program, suggested donation $16, Talbot Hall, […]

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Auditions for Indoor/Outdoor, Sunday 6/2 and Monday 6/3, 6:30-8 p.m., Freeport High School Library, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, 865-2220, roles for four adults (two women, two men). Books & Authors Thursday 5/23 Author talk with Gail Rowe, 2 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215, free. Theron Humphrey, […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 5/15 Eva Murray, author of “Island Schoolhouse,” 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, free. Thursday 5/16 Barbara Walsh, author of “August Gale,” 12 p.m., Abplanalp Library, University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, 221-4375, free. Kieran Shields, author of “A Study in Revenge,” 7 […]