Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Wednesday 9/16 Musica de Filia, choir auditions for girls and women, Sept. 16; and Sept. 21-23; 550 Forest Ave., Portland, call Cyndy, 807-2158 for appointment, www.musicadefilia.com.  Monday 9/21 Auditions for “Miss Julie,” a winterblue theatre production for Nov. 27-29; auditions for Miss Julie (25ish), Jean (male, 30ish), Christine (35-ish) […]

The Bowdoinham area is one of our favorite places to explore by bicycle. From the center of town, sparsely traveled roads lead in all directions. This month we are riding from Bowdoinham up to Richmond and Dresden to visit the historic 1761 Pownalborough Courthouse. Bowdoinham is easy to reach via Exit 37 on Interstate 295, […]

The Roman orator Cicero was once quoted as saying, “Experience is a tough teacher because she often gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” To that end, here are 10 valuable lessons I’ve learned from my unemployment experience: 1 – The economy doesn’t discriminate. These days, nobody’s job is recession-proof. Companies big and small are […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Thursday 9/10 Open Auditions for The Nutcracker, a Maine State Ballet performance, 4-4:45 p.m. ages 7-8; 5:15-6 p.m. ages 9-10; 6:30-7:15 p.m. ages 11-12, $10 audition fee, girls should wear ballet slippers, black leotard with pink tights, Maine State Ballet studio, 348 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, www.mainestateballet.org, 781-7672. Photo […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Acorn Productions is accepting submissions for their annual Maine Playwrights Festival and Phyzgig vaudeville festival, Phyzgig application deadline is Sept. 15, ‘playwright’ full-length script deadline, Sept. 1; one-act, short plays deadline is Dec. 1, guidelines at www.acorn-productions.org.  Call to Artists, for juried craft show hosted by The Maine Crafts […]

They’re back. Tomatoes. Real tomatoes. Spicy, sweet, tart, tangy, juicy, red, home-grown summer tomatoes are waiting for us to take up our knives and forks – or linguine or baguettes – and dig in. If you didn’t grow your own, buy some vine-ripened beefsteaks, big boys, big girls, Roma, sweet 100s or whatever you like […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Acorn Productions is accepting submissions for their annual Maine Playwrights Festival and Phyzgig vaudeville festival, Phyzgig application deadline is Sept. 15, ‘playwright’ full-length script deadline, Sept. 1; one-act, short plays deadline is Dec. 1, guidelines at www.acorn-productions.org.  Call to Artists, for juried craft show hosted by The Maine Crafts […]

With a moniker like The Forecaster, you ought to see forecasts on this page, at least occasionally. So let’s try two. Weather forecast: Expect daily downpours through Sept. 12 in Ogunquit. Business forecast: Expect sold-out houses through Sept. 12 for Ogunquit Playhouse’s latest offering, a splendid – and very wet – production of “Singin’ in the Rain,” […]

On Sunday, June 14, after nine long months of waiting and worrying – especially knowing we’ve got a child on the way and I’m still out of work – my wife, Ali, gave birth to our second son, Will. A beautiful moment for sure, but it was also unexpectedly short-lived. Will was having trouble breathing. As the […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Acorn Productions is accepting submissions for their annual Maine Playwrights Festival and Phyzgig vaudeville festival, Phyzgig application deadline is Sept. 15, ‘playwright’ full-length script deadline, Sept. 1; one-act, short plays deadline is Dec. 1, guidelines at www.acorn-productions.org.  Call for Art, for juried craft show hosted by The Maine Crafts […]