Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Sunday 3/3 Portland School of Ballet CORPS Program, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Portland Ballet Studios, 517 Forest Ave., Portland, 772-9671, $20 audition fee. Books & Authors Thursday 2/28 Reader’s Circle Book Discussion: “The Year of Magical Thinking,” by Joan Didion, 7 p.m., Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-2422. Friday 3/1 […]

A classic musical comedy from the middle of the 20th century takes center stage this week in the arts and entertainment calendar. Lyric Music Theater’s current community production of “Once Upon a Mattress” is a very funny and very tuneful fairy tale for adults. It’s based on the classic yarn of “The Princess and the […]

The 85th Academy Awards ceremonies will be happening this Sunday. If your invitation to the Hollywood extravaganza was lost in the mail, you might want to celebrate instead by attending a symphonic concert based on favorite movie themes over the decades. That’s the plan for the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s concerts this Saturday and Sunday. The […]

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Sunday 3/3 Portland School of Ballet CORPS Program, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Portland Ballet Studios, 517 Forest Ave., Portland, 772-9671, $20 audition fee. Books & Authors Friday 2/22 Friday Local Author Series: Rick H… Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Sunday 3/3 Portland School of Ballet CORPS Program, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Portland Ballet Studios, […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 2/22 Friday Local Author Series: Rick Halpern, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723.  Film Wednesday 2/13 Health/Care Film Series: “The Waiting Room,” 7:30 p.m., SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, Space538.org.  Galleries Precision miniature paintings by Jeffrey Hayes, Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, open […]

Portland Ovations, which has been presenting stellar touring acts since 1931, is hosting two of the most intriguing concerts on southern Maine’s performing arts calendar this weekend. First up is this Saturday, when French-Canadian classical pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin performs an eclectic program at an unusual afternoon concert. The next day Portland Ovations hosts The Bad […]

With Groundhog Day now past, we’re on the down-slope of winter. What better way to accelerate the ride toward spring than a rollicking good comedy? That’s what “Death by Design” is all about: a wonderfully funny comedy – with a murder thrown into the mix. Two great musical events vie for attention this Friday. In Portland, […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 2/6 Brown Bag Lecture Series: “Life Among Giants,” Bill Roorbach, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq., Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723. Saturday 2/9 Josh Pahigian reading and book signing, 2 p.m., Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, 799-1720. Film Thursday 2/7 Free Thursday Midday Movies: “The Long, Hot Summer,” […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 1/31 Brown Bag Lecture Series: “The Words I Chose: A Memoir of Family and Poetry,” 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Reader’s Circle discussion of “Let the Great World Spin,” Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763. Friday 2/1 Former Rep. Tom Allen presents […]

The second letter of the alphabet provides the common theme for four of this week’s picks of the tix. Otherwise, it’s a fairly disparate lineup. Fiddler Erica Brown is riding at the top of the Pine Tree State’s traditional music scene these days. The Maine Arts Commission has dubbed her a “Master Artist of Traditional […]