DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting Maine artists to submit artwork for jurying in its upcoming exhibition, Black & White. Artists can submit up to three works in any medium including sculpture, photography, collage, painting, ceramics and fine craft — representational or abstract. Work can be delivered anytime during gallery hours until the […]

AUBURN — Auditions for V-Day aUbUrn 2018’s “The Vagina Monologues” will be held on Sunday, Jan. 7, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Monday, Jan. 8, 6-7:30pm. To request an alternate audition time, contact (207) 783- 0461 or office@auburnuu.org. Audition material will be provided. Monologues will be read in the show, do not need to […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor and PSO Music Director finalist Ken-David Masur, presents the first PSO Pops! concerts of 2018, titled Oscar’s Biggest Hits, features a broad variety of well-known music from the movies ranging from The Pink Panther to James Bond to Star Wars. This is Masur’s second time […]

YARMOUTH — On Jan. 19 from 5:30-7:00 p.m., celebrate the opening of the Stonewall Gallery’s winter show featuring recent paintings by Yarmouth artist Robert Delaney displayed alongside works by his great-grandfather C.H. Moor (1876-1949). Wine, cheese, and light refreshments will be served at this free opening reception. The two-artist exhibition spans generations as Delaney’s recent […]

BRUNSWICK — On Saturday at 11 a.m., Phyllis Fuchs, Al Miller and Brad Terry will offer their annual storytelling and music for families at The Theater Project in Brunswick. Fuchs is the former children’s librarian in Brunswick and she and Miller have been telling holiday stories for many years. In recent years they have been […]

BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center announces auditions for William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Auditions will be held at the Patten Free Library, located at 33 Summer St. in Bath, in the upstairs community room on Friday evening Jan. 19, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan. 20 from 1-4 p.m. Monologues of […]

PORTLAND The first weekend in 2018 brings Acorn Productions’ annual homage to the creative process in which six brand new plays that have not even been written are assembled over the course of one 24-hour period. The event begins on Friday night, Jan. 5 when six playwrights receive their writing prompts: a prop, line of […]

ARIES – MAR 21/APR 20 Expressing yourself authentically is proving difficult, Aries. But this will pass shortly. Eventually, your persistence will pay off, and others will see that your intentions are genuine. TAURUS – APR 21/MAY 21 If your dreams are within reason, there is no reason why they can’t come to fruition, Taurus. You […]

BATH — Clarinetist Brad Terry will kick off the Chocolate Church Arts Center’s 2018 Kill The Chill Winter Concert Series on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Terry will be joined by guitarist Peter Herman in the Chocolate Church Annex, located at 804 Washington St., for this jazz instrumental concert that begins at 7:30pm. “I have been […]

They made music that inspired legions of fans. Rock ‘n’ roll founding father Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, rockers Tom Petty and Greg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, country superstar Glen Campbell and jazz great Al Jarreau were among the notable figures who died in 2017, leaving a void in virtually every genre of music. […]