THE “POSTCARDS OF MAINE” QUILT, featuring 12 distinct blocks that together form a mosaic of beloved Maine scenes

ARIES – MAR 21/APR 20 Aries, when everything is going your way, you are absolutely glowing. But if things don’t come naturally to you, frustration may set in. Find a balance between the two. TAURUS – APR 21/MAY 21 Taurus, planning stages are over and now you’re about to turn your goals into reality. Just […]

Leading off the second week of music at the Bowdoin International Music Festivial will be the Ying Quartet, heavy on Italian works. The 7:30 p.m. show at Studzinski Recital Hall on Monday will open with one of Mendelssohn’s early quartets, Then the ensemble travels to Italy, first bringing to life one of Puccini’s rare chamber […]

We treat photography as an accepted form of expression in the fine arts these days, but two just-opened exhibitions in southern Maine remind us that pioneers are required to establish customs and norms, and the role of the camera in the evolution of art in America has deep roots in Maine. This summer, the Bowdoin […]

BATH The Air National Guard Band of the Northeast will present a concert of wind band favorites Tuesday at the Library Park Gazebo. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. The Air National Guard Band of the Northeast, a premier military band from within the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, has played throughout the United […]

BRUNSWICK Kicking off Monday, the Bowdoin International Music Festival will begin its 54th season of presenting premier classical music. Founded in 1964, the Festival engages exceptional students and enthusiastic audiences through world-class education and performances. After a highly competitive admissions process, 250 students are invited to attend the Festival and study with distinguished faculty and […]

ARIES – MAR 21/APR 20 Opportunity is knocking, Aries. You must tune in and listen to it this week. Stay passionate in your endeavors, but exercise a little caution as well. TAURUS – APR 21/MAY 21 Taurus, honesty may be the best policy, but you may have to temper how much information you reveal at […]

BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center announces open auditions for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” — music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice and by arrangement with The Musical Company — at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 7, and 1 p.m. Sunday, July 8. Auditions will be conducted on the CCAC main stage […]

WISCASSET The first Wiscasset Art Walk of the 2018 season — known by regulars as its Love Fest event — will take place from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Balmy weather is firmly ensconced, the bulk of garden work is done, and, for many, this is the community’s first social event that celebrates the abundant riches […]

BRUNSWICK For Chris Ferguson, director of the all-women Royal River Chorus, barbershop is a family affair: Laura Abraham, the choreographer of the group as well as one of the tenors, is her daughter, and Lily Sands, her granddaughter, is also in the chorus. “It just kind of made sense, seeing them do it my whole […]