Several cultural milestones represent the top choices among the performing arts in the coming week. Most interesting to Broadway aficionados is City Theater’s current production of “Company,” the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical that marked a major turning point in Broadway history. This fine community troupe has mounted a spirited production of this 1970 cultural landmark, […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “The Summit Project’s Honor Case,” 6 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland, honors Maine veterans who died since 9/11. Features engraved stones of fallen service members, through March 24. “Maine Birds: Watercolors by Michele Clamp,” Gilsland Farm Gallery, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, through March.  “Moments of Reflection – Paintings by Kerrin Parkinson and Patricia Ritzo,”  Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 […]

A powerful nine-man a cappella vocal group from South Africa is the headline act among this weekend’s performing arts choices. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a five-time Grammy Award-winning ensemble that has been dazzling worldwide audiences for half a century, visits Portland’s Merrill Auditorium on Saturday. A pair of unrelated early music acts are slated for Friday […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “The Summit Project’s Honor Case,” 6 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland, honors Maine veterans who died since 9/11. Features engraved stones of fallen service members, through March 24. “Maine Birds: Watercolors by Michele Clamp,” Gilsland Farm Gallery, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, through March.  “Moments of Reflection – Paintings by Kerrin Parkinson and Patricia Ritzo,”  Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 […]

There’s quite a variety of music coming up in and around Portland. The biggest item, both in terms of ticket sales and ultimate significance, will be the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Sunday Classical concert. The program entirely comprises works from the German-speaking world, and the conductor, German-born Eckart Preu, is one of the finalists for appointment […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “The Summit Project’s Honor Case,” 6 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland, honors Maine veterans who died since 9/11. Features engraved stones of fallen service members, through March 24. “Maine Birds: Watercolors by Michele Clamp,” Gilsland Farm Gallery, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, through March.  “Moments of Reflection – Paintings by Kerrin Parkinson and Patricia Ritzo,”  Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 […]

Two seems to be the magic number that links this weekend’s picks of the tix. On Friday in Gorham, the University of Southern Maine School of Music’s Faculty Concert series resumes with a program comprising multiple duos. The common thread is cellist William Rounds, who has created an intriguing program that features a number of […]

PORTLAND — Some people have their noses out of joint because the 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial (through May 30) prominently features minority artists and a lot of socially engaged art. But contemporary art is a progressive cultural force, so it should come as no surprise that the art community in Maine, like the […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “The Summit Project’s Honor Case,” 6 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland, honors Maine veterans who died since 9/11. Features engraved stones of fallen service members, through March 24. “Maine Birds: Watercolors by Michele Clamp,” Gilsland Farm Gallery, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, through March.  “Moments of Reflection – Paintings by Kerrin Parkinson and Patricia Ritzo,”  Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “The Summit Project’s Honor Case,” 6 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland, honors Maine veterans who died since 9/11. Features engraved stones of fallen service members, through March 24. “Maine Birds: Watercolors by Michele Clamp,” Gilsland Farm Gallery, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, through March.  “Moments of Reflection – Paintings by Kerrin Parkinson and Patricia Ritzo,”  Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 […]