Greater Portland Exhibits “Clear Blue Morning,” Tessa O’Brien, Elizabeth Moss Galleries, U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, to Feb. 9. Photos of the Year, curated by Press Herald photojournalists, Portland Public Library, bit.ly/2COqwqX, to Feb. 23. “Making Meaning,” Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, art by members of the Maine Art Education Association, to March 2. “Off the […]

The halfway point of winter occurs this weekend, and a few hot choices for theater and music beckon. At The Public Theatre of Lewiston-Auburn, “Human Error” is a comedy that threads a delicate line between satire and think piece, between social commentary and goofball farce. Voctave, an a cappella singing group from central Florida, is […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “If I Had Known,” Margo Halverson, USM Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave., Portland, to Jan. 27, bit.ly/2PS4FSr. Photos of the Year, curated by Press Herald photojournalists, Portland Public Library, bit.ly/2COqwqX, to Feb. 23. Cia Holiday Show, 72 Ocean St., Knightville, S. Portland, four local artists in a wide range of mediums, to Jan. 31. “Drawing Now,” Institute […]

Eckart Preu, the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s new music director, will make his first appearance this weekend, leading a program that includes a newly commissioned work co-produced with a Portland literary arts organization. Just in case you missed it the first time – a few millennium ago – God reprises (and rethinks) her work on the Creation and […]

Greater Portland Auditions Saturday 1/20 Maine’s Got Talent Open Auditions for Maine-based singers, bands and musicians, 1-4 p.m., Empire, 575 Congress St., 2nd floor, Portland. Maine’s Got Talent Facebook page or 782-2150 for details. Exhibits “If I Had Known,” Margo Halverson, USM Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave., Portland, to Jan. 27, bit.ly/2PS4FSr. Photos of the Year, curated by […]

The Christmas break and early January doldrums are over for southern Maine’s arts producers, performers and presenters. The result is a spate of dates on the calendar with a variety of concerts, plus an exciting dance showcase coming to brighten these dark midwinter days. “Women Rock” is the title of the Portland Symphony’s next Pops! […]

BRUNSWICK — Two residents have stepped in and added a unique twist to a historic venue, reopening a bowling alley that closed last year following almost 80 years in business. Bolos, previously the Bowling Bowl on Dunlap Street, was reopened on Jan.1 by Joe O’Neil and Michael Jerome, co-owners of the neighboring Portland Pie on Maine […]

Greater Portland Auditions Boy Singers of Maine, Jan. 10-17 for ages 5-16, contact paulschnell@Portlandconservatoryofmusic.org or call 775-3356 for a time. FMI, portlandconservatoryofmusic.org. Sunday 1/13 Greater Freeport Community Chorus, registration 6-6:30 p.m., followed by rehearsal for spring concerts, Freeport Performing Arts Center at Freeport High School, 30 Holbrook St. Experience not needed, but tenors and basses are; dues […]

Greater Portland Auditions “The Light in the Piazza,” City Theater in Biddeford is casting four men, four women and ensemble for Tony Award-winning musical, 6:30 p.m. Jan 7 & 8, 282-0849, citytheater.org/auditions. Sunday 1/13 Greater Freeport Community Chorus, registration 6-6:30 p.m., followed by rehearsal for spring concerts, Freeport Performing Arts Center at Freeport High School, 30 Holbrook […]