Nearly every summer theater schedule these days includes at least one “jukebox musical,” and one of the best of the genre just opened at Ogunquit Playhouse. The venerable playhouse currently offers “Shout,” a musical that celebrates 1960s-era British female pop singers and mod fashions. But “Shout” is a lot more than 30 catchy tunes sung […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Call for Art, for juried craft show hosted by The Maine Crafts Guild held Sept. 19-20 at Portland East End School, apply at www.mainecraftsguild.com, or Joelle, portland.show@mainecraftsguild.com. “Go Fish,” Call for Art Work, of any media on themes of fish, fishing, gear, folk, fable and fancy, for summer exhibit […]

Summer arrives, astronomically speaking, this weekend, and there’s no place in Maine so redolent of summer stock than Adrienne Wilson Grant’s Arundel Barn Playhouse, a modern reincarnation of a 19th-century farm. I was there 11 years ago this month when Grant opened the barn doors for her playhouse, and ever since then she’s been producing […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Call for Art, for juried craft show hosted by The Maine Crafts Guild held Sept. 19-20 at Portland East End School, apply at www.mainecraftsguild.com, or Joelle, portland.show@mainecraftsguild.com. “Go Fish,” Call for Art Work, of any media on themes of fish, fishing, gear, folk, fable and fancy, for summer exhibit […]

We’re still more than a week away from the “official” start of summer, but southern Maine’s arts and entertainment organizations aren’t waiting for the solstice. For them, summer is already here. Maine State Music Theatre, one of the pillars of our summer cultural scene, opened its 2009 season with an extraordinarily moving production of “The […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Call for Artists: Paint for Preservation, second annual wet paint auction held Aug. 30 to benefit the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, must submit two samples (slides or digital images on CD) of original paintings in any medium for juried consideration, send to CELT Paint for Preservation, c/o Cape Elizabeth […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Call for Artists: Paint for Preservation, second annual wet paint auction held Aug. 30 to benefit the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, must submit two samples (slides or digital images on CD) of original paintings in any medium for juried consideration, send to CELT Paint for Preservation, c/o Cape Elizabeth […]

With a variety of never-ending yard chores and home repair projects on tap, it is hard to make a guilt-free getaway up into the western Maine mountains for a day of wilderness solitude. Wilderness is nearby, however, in most southern Maine towns on a network of under-utilized trails that most people know nothing about.  Celebrate […]

Early June marks the finales of the fall-winter-spring programs at a few of southern Maine’s arts producers and presenters, and simultaneously represents the start of the summer season at some others. This week’s pick of the tix reflects that seasonal shift. Portland Symphony Orchestra wraps up the inaugural season of maestro Robert Moody on June […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Wednesday 5/27 Auditions for USM Youth Ensembles 2009-2010 season, for local high school seniors or younger, Corthell Hall, USM Gorham campus, audition reservations with Binney Brackett, 780-5003, audition times, strings 5/26-5/28; flute, oboe, bassoon 5/27; brass, percussion 5/28; clarinet, saxophone, piano, harp 5/29; audition form at usm.maine.edu/music/youthensembles. Monday 6/1 […]