DAMARISCOTTA — Local artists’ work is on display at The Little Holiday Show. The art show, hosted by Kefauver Studio & Gallery, will run through Jan. 2, 2018. The gallery is located at 144 Bristol Road in Damariscotta. Among the highlights of the show are watercolors by Wiscasset painter Cindy Spencer; contemporary realist paintings by […]

BRUNSWICK Award-winning author James L. Nelson has turned his story-telling skills toward the unique history of the Viking raids and settlements in medieval Ireland, the influence that the Norsemen had on Irish culture, and vice versa. His novel, “Fin Gall” – which means “White Strangers” in Gaelic, the Irish term for the Norwegian Vikings – […]

AUBURN The Lewiston/Auburn Community Little Theatre has announced audition times for those interested in being a part of its production of “Urinetown: The Musical,” which will take the stage in April 2018. The show is a satirical comedy musical that premiered in 2001. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, […]

FREEPORT Freeport Community Library will highlight the digital paintings and illustrations of Zach Cunningham in a January 2018 art exhibit. Cunningham, who sometimes works under the anagram moniker Chaz the Bug, is an illustrator, comics artist and graphic designer living in Portland, Maine. His lines are bold, bulbous, erratic, sharp. Cunningham’s work is visible all […]

BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center is putting a Newfoundland spin on New Year’s Eve — and it’s getting some help from Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensation in the celebration. “We chose to look to our friends in the Newfoundland timezone for a unique twist to New Year’s Eve,” said Jennifer DeChant, executive director […]

A welcome disturbance in the Force, Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi” is, by wide measure, the trippiest, scrappiest and most rule-breaking “Star Wars” adventure yet. Not the exercise in nostalgia that was J.J. Abrams’ “The Force Awakens,” Johnson’s Episode VIII takes George Lucas’ space opera in new, often thrilling, and sometimes erratic directions while finding […]

NEW YORK With glowing reviews from critics and $450.8 million of worldwide box office in the first three days of release of “The Last Jedi,” all would seem to be right in the “Star Wars” universe. But some audience reaction metrics suggest not all Star Wars fans are so thrilled with Rian Johnson’s eighth episode […]

BATH The 42nd Annual Sing! It’s Christmas community singalong is coming to the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Monday. The annual event, which takes place the Monday before Christmas, will see people gather at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for open seating. In addition to the community sing-along for seasonal favorites, there are […]

BRUNSWICK Maine Stage Music Theatre’s 2018 season may not start until June, but the subscriptions are available now. MSMT has announced subscriptions and gift cards for its four main stage shows — “Million Dollar Quartet,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “ Saturday Night Fever” and “Singin’ in the Rain” — are on sale now. In addition, […]

PHIPPSBURG Acts as varied as a bluegrass duo and a Celtic harpist will celebrate Christmas in “Twas On A Night Like This: A Christmas Concert” on Saturday at the Phippsburg Congregational Church. The program of traditional and original songs will be performed by bluegrass duo April & Bill Jubett, Celtic harpist Danielle Paus and award-winning […]