TOPSHAM — On Saturday, July 29, Topsham Public Library wants to show off the qualities that make the library, and Maine in general, a great place to hang out on summer days. The free-of-charge, all-ages Staycation 2017 program runs throughout the day at the 25 Foreside Road library. The event was the idea of library […]

Greater Portland Auditions Renaissance Voices, Portland’s classical a capella concert choir, has openings for experienced choral singers. Contact Harold Stover at harold@haroldstover.com. Call for Artists Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is accepting submissions for the 2018 Common Ground Fair poster until Aug. 4. Guidelines at mofga.org/TheFair/Poster/tabid/107/Default.aspx. Exhibits “Now & Then: Portland Public Library’s Collection Reconfigured,” artistic works in honor […]

Giuseppe Verdi is opera’s most popular composer and “La Traviata” is his most popular work. That’s according to an online data resource that tracks such recondite statistics. And Verdi’s masterpiece is what’s coming up next week as Opera Maine presents its 23rd mainstage production in Portland. Paul Bisaccia is a pianist with a passion for […]

Greater Portland Auditions Renaissance Voices, Portland’s classical a capella concert choir, has openings for experienced choral singers. Contact Harold Stover at harold@haroldstover.com. Call for Artists Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is accepting submissions for the 2018 Common Ground Fair poster until Aug. 4. Guidelines at mofga.org/TheFair/Poster/tabid/107/Default.aspx. Exhibits “Now & Then: Portland Public Library’s Collection Reconfigured,” artistic works in […]

Mid-July is the hottest part of the summer, according to the folks who keep Maine’s weather stats. It’s also the hottest part of the summer performing arts season. Want proof? Try this Friday’s concert at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, where superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers will solo in Felix Mendelssohn’s famous Violin […]

Greater Portland Call for Artists Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is accepting submissions for the 2018 Common Ground Fair poster until Aug. 4. Guidelines at mofga.org/TheFair/Poster/tabid/107/Default.aspx. Exhibits Marguerite Lawler, New Works in Oils, Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, to June 30.  “Selvedge,” Able Baker, 29 Forest Ave., Portland, contemporary textiles seen through the lens […]

No Broadway show more perfectly epitomizes the golden age of American musical theater than Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls,” which debuted in 1950. Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick is currently running a brilliant professional production of this masterpiece. Two music festivals get underway within the coming week. One is a movable musical feast, while […]

No Broadway show more perfectly epitomizes the golden age of American musical theater than Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls,” which debuted in 1950. Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick is currently running a brilliant professional production of this masterpiece. Two music festivals get underway within the coming week. One is a movable musical feast, while […]

Greater Portland Call for Artists Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is accepting submissions for the 2018 Common Ground Fair poster until Aug. 4. Guidelines at mofga.org/TheFair/Poster/tabid/107/Default.aspx. Exhibits Marguerite Lawler, New Works in Oils, Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, to June 30.  “Selvedge,” Able Baker, 29 Forest Ave., Portland, contemporary textiles seen through the lens […]