TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library will host students of the Bowdoin International Music Festival in a free concert on Saturday at 2 p.m. The festival’s community concert series presents classical musicians from around the world performing solo and chamber music in non-traditional venues. The performers are conservatory and graduate students who attend the festival’s summer […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre will hold a panel discussion — Peek Behind the Curtain: Beauty and the Beast — on July 11 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public. The discussion, part of a series […]

LAS VEGAS Video clips of reality TV figure Richard Harrison played in a Las Vegas funeral home where the patriarch of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop empire was remembered as a Navy veteran, husband, father and sometimes cranky character. One showed a “ Pawn Stars” episode where he prepared to drive through an obstacle […]

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BOOTHBAY On Saturday, the Boothbay Railway Village will host a meeting of antique engines and other early mechanical devices in partnership with the Maine Antique Power Association and Pine Tree Boating Club, the Maine chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club International. Engine buffs and lovers of all things mechanical will enjoy this opportunity to […]

LOS ANGELES When Oprah Winfrey saluted unheralded #MeToo crusaders at the Golden Globes last January, she chose a rape victim from 1940s Alabama to drive home her point. “Recy Taylor, a name I know, and I think you should know, too,” Winfrey said, sketching the outlines of the African-American woman’s assault by six white youths […]

BRUNSWICK In a large Victorian a block off of Bowdoin’s campus, a bedroom becomes a practice room for Almita Vamos and her violin. It’s her home for the next two weeks, while she attends the Bowdoin International Music Festival as a member of the faculty. As a performer and an instructor, she has been recognized […]

Make no mistake, Maine State Music Theatre’s production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” based on the 1991 animated film, is big. Big numbers, big sets, big performances. Amongst the dance, acrobatics, lavish costumes and sets, the character Belle could have easily been at risk of fading into the background, like so much disused flatware. […]

HARSPWELL Some of Maine’s finest musicians will grace the stage at the Harpswell Bandstand by the Sea in July. The month’s performances kick off Thursday with Freeport- based Coastal Winds, led by Brendan Krueger, a 35-member group of woodwind, brass and percussion instrumentalists who play a variety of music from classical to show tunes to […]

FREEPORT Artist Jon Byrer will display his poured enamel paint landscapes at Freeport Community Library for the month of July. A graduate of Maine College of Art with a degree in photography and the fine arts, Byrer creates enamel oil paintings, experimental photography, and watercolor illustrations for a children’s book series. He has been living […]