Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is looking for submissions for “Paint for Preservation 2012,” its annual juried wet paint auction. Deadline for submissions is March 28; samples should be submitted on CD or via e-mail; form/instructions at capelandtrust.org/paintforpreservation/2012. Saturday 3/17 “Our Town,” auditions, 1 p.m., callbacks on 3/18 at 6 […]

Choral music and musical theater dominate this week’s picks of the tix. On the musical side of the ledger, Canada’s top choral ensemble is visiting Portland on Sunday. The Vancouver Chamber Choir is about 40 years old and has won many awards and released about 40 records and CDs over that time. They’ll sing in […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is looking for submissions for “Paint for Preservation 2012,” its annual juried wet paint auction. Deadline for submissions is March 28; samples should be submitted on CD or via e-mail; form/instructions at capelandtrust.org/paintforpreservation/2012. Books & Authors Friday 3/2 “Raising Rufus” Book Talk with author Carla […]

There’s quite a wide range of very interesting music available this weekend and the coming week in a territory that spans Portland to Brunswick. The interesting music starts Friday at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, where Henry Lebedinsky will play an all-Russian program on the clavichord, one of the modern piano’s predecessors. The Portland Symphony Orchestra […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is looking for submissions for “Paint for Preservation 2012,” its annual juried wet paint auction. Deadline for submissions is March 28; samples should be submitted on CD or via e-mail; form/instructions at capelandtrust.org/paintforpreservation/2012. Books & Authors Wednesday 2/22 “A Finished Heart” with Eliot Cherry, 6 […]

The upcoming week’s music calendar seems to be dominated by exotic fare, even when the performers are locals. The parade starts Friday in Portland, when Primo Cubano, Maine’s own Cuban Son-and-Salsa band, plays One Longfellow Square. Top event of the weekend, also at One Longfellow Square, is Saturday’s CD release party for Inanna, Sisters in […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Ajkun Ballet Theater, New York City-based dance company, holding auditions in February and March 2012 in New York City; FMI visit ajkunbt.org. Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is looking for submissions for “Paint for Preservation 2012,” its annual juried wet paint auction. Deadline for submissions is March 28; samples should […]

Romance is in the air as St. Valentine’s Day approaches. Two fine concerts with themes centered on love invite you to celebrate the day musically. Two classical musicians, pianist Laura Kargul and violinist Ron Lantz, will partner for a concert of Romantic favorites on Saturday in Boothbay Harbor and Sunday in Gorham. The biggest is […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Ajkun Ballet Theater, New York City-based dance company, holding auditions in February and March 2012 in New York City; FMI visit ajkunbt.org. Books & Authors Wednesday 2/8 Brock Clarke Book Discussion, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Thursday 2/9 “Naked Shakespeare:” A presentation of sonnets, […]