Greater Portland Auditions “Nutcracker” treble choir auditions, Sept. 23 & 25,  Maine State Ballet studios, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth, mainestateballet.org. Exhibits “Southgate Faces: Faces and Voices from an American Shipyard,“ Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, in conjunction with Maine Maritime Museum, to Sept. 22. “Keep Me Posted,” Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., showcases stories captured in mid-19th […]

Greater Portland Auditions Sunday 9/10 Greater Freeport Community Chorus begins rehearsals for winter concerts , Freeport Performing Arts Center at Freeport High School, 30 Holbrook St. Registration 6-6:30 p.m., with rehearsal to follow.  Maine State Ballet, “The Nutcracker,” Sept. 8 & 9, Maine State Ballet studios, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth, www.mainestateballet.org, 781-7672. Saturday 9/9 Nutcracker Burlesque, 10 […]

For the past three decades, the biggest event on the arts and entertainment calendar for Labor Day weekend has been the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick. Sadly, it didn’t happen in 2016, due to the death of its beloved founder and director. But the festival is back for 2017 under the direction of […]

Greater Portland Auditions Maine State Ballet, “The Nutcracker,” Sept. 8 & 9, Maine State Ballet studios, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth, www.mainestateballet.org, 781-7672. Saturday 8/9 Nutcracker Burlesque, 10 a.m.-noon, Drouin Dance Center, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook by Vivid Motion of Portland, vividmotion.org. Portland Youth Dance, 2017-18 season, 1-3:30 p.m., Casco Bay Movers Dance Studio, 517 Forest Ave., […]

An email arrived Friday that was going to be tabled because I had already started pecking away about Jenna, a college roommate who pole-danced her way through higher education. A free-spirited cowgirl from Montana, Jenna worked at a “gentleman’s club” on weekends, graduated summa cum laude and, in four years, paid off her new car. […]

Greater Portland Auditions “A Christmas Carol,” 6:30 p.m., Aug 25 & 27, Lyric Music Theater, South Portland, details at http://bit.ly/2vH5PcP. Exhibits “Southgate Faces: Faces and Voices from an American Shipyard,“ Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, in conjunction with Maine Maritime Museum, to Sept. 22. “Paper and Metal,” by Sarah Clifford and “Hard Pics,” by Cristy Heckler, CIA Café, 72 Ocean […]

Multiple genres of music are represented on southern Maine’s concert schedule during these waning days of the summer performing arts season. All feature Maine companies and/or Maine artists. The top offering is Maine State Music Theatre’s season-ending show, “The All Night Strut,” a tuneful and nostalgic look back on a golden age of American popular […]

Breaking up with a favorite restaurant can be painful. Always the ”go-to” place when other restaurants are unappealing or inaccessible, having a favorite spot or two is the answer to the age-old question: “Where do you want to go Saturday night?” For most couples, mutually agreed upon fall-back destinations help fend off appetite-spoiling squabbles. They […]

Greater Portland Auditions Boy Singers of Maine at the Portland Conservatory of Music is accepting singers from age 7 to high school seniors. Auditions through paulschnell@portlandconservatoryofmusic.org.  Portland Community Chorus 2017-18 season auditions, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Aug. 22-23, Episcopal Church of St. Mary, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Schedule at portlandcommunitychorus.org. Renaissance Voices, Portland’s classical a capella concert choir, openings for experienced […]

As August’s midpoint passes, the summertime arts and entertainment schedule decelerates. Three southern Maine producers and presenters are offering their final shows of the summer. Maine State Music Theatre is closing its 2017 season in Brunswick with “Newsies,” a rousing Disney show about economic turmoil in the newspaper business –more than 100 years ago. Deertrees […]