Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Monday 5/25 Portland’s Choral Art Society Auditions, for CAS Singers and CAS Camerata, 7-9 p.m., open audition, Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland, to schedule audition, Michael Bachem, manager@choralart.org, details, choralart.org, 828-0043. Tuesday 5/26 Auditions for USM Youth Ensembles 2009-2010 season, for local high school seniors […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Monday 5/18 Portland’s Choral Art Society Auditions, for CAS Singers and CAS Camerata, 5:30-9 p.m. May 18, tenors and basses; 7-9 p.m. May 25, open audition, Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland, to schedule audition, Michael Bachem, manager@choralart.org, details, choralart.org, 828-0043. Ongoing Auditions for the Westcustogo […]

Two of southern Maine’s finest community-based musical ensembles wrap up their 2008-2009 seasons this weekend with concerts north of Portland. And both programs will be presented twice. The Oratorio Chorale tackles Franz Joseph Haydn’s monumental “The Seasons” in Topsham on Saturday and Freeport on Sunday. Peter Frewen will conduct and the ensemble will be joined […]

Mark Bittman, cookbook author, ood columnist for The New York Times and star of the 2005 television series “Bittman Takes on America’s Chefs,” is a self-taught cook who teaches us how to cook simply and to feed ourselves well in his latest book, “Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating,” published by Simon & Schuster. […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Saturday 5/9 Portland Ballet is seeking submissions from local choreographers for the eighth annual Portland Dances! – New Works Showcase, held Aug. 14-15, May 9 deadline for submissions; details, Vanessa Beyland, vbeyland@portlandballet.org, 772-9671 or portlandballet.org. Monday 5/11 Portland’s Choral Art Society Auditions, for CAS Singers and CAS Camerata, 5:30-9 […]

The fall-winter-spring seasons for most of southern Maine’s performing arts producers and presenters have either closed or are wrapping up right now. Among them is The Public Theatre of Lewiston-Auburn, which opened the last production of its 2008-2009 subscription season last weekend. “Last Mass at St. Casimir’s” is also the last in the series of […]

This is a wonderful time of year to be in the woods. Spring wildflowers are starting to appear in earnest, with new ones blossoming each week throughout May. One of the outstanding places to go to enjoy the bounty of spring is the Blackstrap Hill Preserve in Falmouth. Like a hike in the Grand Canyon […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Friday 5/1 Nominations for Portland Poet Laureate, accepted through May 1, nomination forms at Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland, or Dennis Camire, bioluminescing@yahoo.com. Monday 5/4 Portland’s Choral Art Society Auditions, for CAS Singers and CAS Camerata, 5:30-9 p.m. May 4, sopranos; 5:30-9 p.m. May 11, altos; 5:30-9 p.m. […]

The weather is heating up as we hit the midpoint of spring; ditto the pace of arts and entertainment. This week’s picks of the tix number five quality acts representing diverse countries and cultures. Let’s start in Berlin in 1929, the setting for “Cabaret,” the celebrated 1967 Broadway musical. Lyric Music Theater in South Portland […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Nominations for Portland Poet Laureate, accepted through May 1, nomination forms at Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland, or Dennis Camire, bioluminescing@yahoo.com. Student Film submissions are being accepted from Maine students in grades K-12 now through June 1 for the 32nd Annual Maine Student Film and Video Festival. Visit […]