We’re heading into the last week of spring, but the performing arts calendar has already flipped to summer. The third of 2018’s summertime classical music events, the Bach Virtuoso Festival, starts this Sunday, and it runs through the following Sunday in Portland. Maine State Music Theatre opened its 60th season of summertime Broadway shows last […]

We’re heading into the last week of spring, but the performing arts calendar has already flipped to summer. The third of 2018’s summertime classical music events, the Bach Virtuoso Festival, starts this Sunday, and it runs through the following Sunday in Portland. Maine State Music Theatre opened its 60th season of summertime Broadway shows last […]

We’re heading into the last week of spring, but the performing arts calendar has already flipped to summer. The third of 2018’s summertime classical music events, the Bach Virtuoso Festival, starts this Sunday, and it runs through the following Sunday in Portland. Maine State Music Theatre opened its 60th season of summertime Broadway shows last […]

Greater Portland Auditions “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” June 11 & 12, 7-9 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, see lyricmusictheater.org. Exhibits Acrylic Landscapes by Freeport resident Jan Brackett, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, through June. “Blacksmiths & Storekeepers: Freeport Village, Crossroads of Change, 1770-1920,” Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., […]

Greater Portland Auditions “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” June 11 & 12, 7-9 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, see lyricmusictheater.org. Exhibits Acrylic Landscapes by Freeport resident Jan Brackett, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, through June. “Blacksmiths & Storekeepers: Freeport Village, Crossroads of Change, 1770-1920,” Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., […]

Greater Portland Auditions “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” June 11 & 12, 7-9 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, see lyricmusictheater.org. Exhibits Acrylic Landscapes by Freeport resident Jan Brackett, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, through June. “Blacksmiths & Storekeepers: Freeport Village, Crossroads of Change, 1770-1920,” Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., […]

Poll any number of professional classical musicians on the question of “greatest composer in history” and you’ll likely get a majority answering “Johann Sebastian Bach.” The 18th-century German was the dominant composer of his era and many of his works are considered masterpieces, beloved by audiences, performers and music scholars. This Friday marks the inaugural […]

Greater Portland Exhibits Acrylic Landscapes by Freeport resident Jan Brackett, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, through June. “I Am More: Facing Stigma,” black and white photo exhibit, ThinkTank Coworking, Congress Street, Portland. Part of the Yellow Tulip Project’s mission to support people struggling with mental illness, theyellowtulipproject.org, to June 30. “Working Waterfront,” new photos by David Wade, […]

Greater Portland Auditions  Tuesday 5/29  Vivid Motion Dance, 7-8:30 p.m., Drouin Dance Center, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook, for “Constellation” Aug. 3-5, ages 9 to adult trained in any style, see vividmotion.org/auditions. Exhibits Colorful and Whimsical Labrador Retrievers by Cape Elizabeth artist Jim Williams, Thomas Memorial Library, 67 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, to May 31. “I Am More: […]

Greater Portland Auditions  Tuesday 5/29  Vivid Motion Dance, 7-8:30 p.m., Drouin Dance Center, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook, for “Constellation” Aug. 3-5, ages 9 to adult trained in any style, see vividmotion.org/auditions. Exhibits Colorful and Whimsical Labrador Retrievers by Cape Elizabeth artist Jim Williams, Thomas Memorial Library, 67 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, to May 31. “I Am More: […]