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. Saturday 2/4 “The Who’s Tommy” auditions, 2-5 p.m., also on Feb. 5, 2-5 p.m., The Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland, dcruse73@hotmail.com; prepare a rock ballad […]

One of New England’s most impressive singer-songwriters and her band are motoring into Portland’s One Longfellow Square on Friday. Liz Frame and the Kickers, who can be roughly classified as alt-country or Americana, recently released their first CD and now they’re making the rounds to promote it. Also Friday, University of Southern Maine School of […]

Two genres of music dominate the arts and entertainment calendar for this weekend: singer-songwriter and classical. One Longfellow Square is Portland’s premier venue for singer-songwriters, and a pair of acts will perform on Friday and Saturday. Tracy Grammer and Dan Navarro frequently perform as a duo, and the pair will motor into One Longfellow Square […]

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. Saturday 2/4 “The Who’s Tommy” auditions, 2-5 p.m., also on Feb. 5, 2-5 p.m., The Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland, dcruse73@hotmail.com; prepare a rock ballad […]

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. Saturday 2/4 “The Who’s Tommy” auditions, 2-5 p.m., also on Feb. 5, 2-5 p.m., The Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland, dcruse73@hotmail.com. Those interested must prepare […]

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 Friday 1/20 Brown Bag Lecture with Crash Berry, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 or crashberry.com. Wednesday 1/11 McKay Jenkins […]

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. Wednesday 1/4 Musica de Filia Girls’ and Women’s Chorus, 6-7:30 p.m., musicadefilia.com or 807-2158. Southern Maine Children’s Chorus, auditions, 5-7 p.m., open to children 12 and under, […]

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. Wednesday 1/4 Musica de Filia Girls’ and Women’s Chorus, 6-7:30 p.m., musicadefilia.com or 807-2158. Southern Maine Children’s Chorus, auditions, 5-7 p.m., open to children 12 and under, […]

Winter arrives, astronomically speaking, at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, and the post-holiday hiatus in performing arts and entertainment arrives with Christmas. But 2011 still offers one big, outstanding event before giving way to 2012. For the 14th consecutive year, the Phyzgig Festival, a five-day celebration of “physical theater,” fills the once-yawning A&E gap between […]