Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Wednesday 8/31 Musica de Filia’s Fall 2011 Auditions, 6 p.m. Wednesday, and 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, Musica de Filia studio, 550 Forest Ave., Portland, call Cyndy for appointment, 807-2158, musicadefilia.com. Saturday 9/3 Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, auditions for fall shows, “The Jungle Book,” “Youth Voices on […]

From the North Yarmouth Town Office near the junction of Route 9 and Route 115 in North Yarmouth, four trails connect to provide a peaceful four-mile round-trip walk through a beautiful forest landscape. Plan for a three-hour walk if you bring your binoculars and are intent on enjoying a wide variety of bird sightings as […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Sunday 8/21 Snowlion Repertory Company, auditions for holiday musical “The Christmas Bride” seeking varied musical theatre performers ages 18+, 5-8 p.m. auditions at Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland, showtimes Dec. 15-21 at Lucid Stage in Portland, must call 518-9305 for audition appointment, FMI, snowlionrep.org. Books, Authors Wednesday […]

Fields of yellow goldenrod and white Queen Anne’s lace herald the end of the summer season, and that’s exactly what’s happening in Brunswick and Portland. In the former, Maine State Music Theatre opened its final show of 2011 last weekend: “The Wiz,” the seven-time Tony Award-winner of 1975, is a re-telling of “The Wonderful Wizard […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Sunday 8/14 Freeport Factory Stage Auditions for comedy “ART,” seeking three mature male actors who are risk takers, adventurers and team players, 7 p.m., cold readings from script, performance dates Sept. 15-Oct. 2, Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St., Freeport, 865-5505. Freeport Family Performing Arts, auditions for Family Film […]

During the summer months, the center of gravity of Maine’s music and theater moves out of Portland and disperses along the seacoast and far into the exterior. One especially notable exception to that seasonal exodus is the Portland Chamber Music Festival, which starts its four-concert main series on Thursday, Aug. 11. There have been some […]

Thanks to the vagaries of theatrical scheduling, no fewer than three professional productions of musical comedies opened last week in a trio of communities north and south of Portland. They represent three very different theatrical settings. North of the city in Brunswick, theatergoers can visit “Xanadu.” As depicted on stage, Xanadu is the idyllic retreat […]

Greater Portland Books, Authors  Wednesday 7/27 Laura Harrington, author of “Alice Bliss,” 7 p.m., Peaks Island Branch of the Portland Public Library, 129 Island Ave., Peaks Island, 766-5540.  Mariam Kobras, author of “The Distant Shore,” 6:30 p.m., Meet the Author series, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Dr., Freeport 865-3307, freeportlibrary.com. William Andrews, author of “Breaking […]

Greater Portland Books, Authors   Wednesday 7/20 Simon Van Booy, author of “Everything Beautiful Began After,” 12 p.m., Brown Bag Lecture Series, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, portlandlibrary.com. Wednesday 7/27 Mariam Kobras, author of “The Distant Shore,” 6:30 p.m. Meet the Author series, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Dr., Freeport 865-3307, freeportlibrary.com. Saturday 7/30 […]