The DaPonte String Quartet continues its 25th Summer Season with “Then and Now,” a seven-concert series that runs through classical music from its earliest foundations to a fresh, contemporary work. The program includes a world premier commissioned by the DaPonte String Quartet and works by Bach, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. It will be performed from July […]

NEWCASTLE The Frances Perkins Center will host guided tours of the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark in Newcastle on Sunday at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The Frances Perkins Homestead, named a National Historic Landmark by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell in 2014, is the ancestral home of Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of […]

ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Aries, this week you will get a strong sense of what you have to do to solidify a relationship. Build off of what you and your significant other have in common. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Employ flattery more in your daily conversations, Taurus. You attract more flies […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival is now in the fifth week of its 52nd season. Program highlights to come will include Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms; works by contemporary composer Joan Tower; and performances by Douglas Humpherys, Liz Freivogel, Yong Hi Moon, Stewart Rose, and the JACK and Jupiter Quartets. The season finale will feature […]

MONMOUTH The Theater at Monmouth recently began its production of “ Barber of Seville,” a classic work by playwright Pierre Beaumarchais, and it is not one to be missed. The play centers on Count Almaviva ( Tim Kopacz) who arrives in Seville seeking the love of a young woman named Rosina (Kelsey Burke). Unfortunately things […]

BRUNSWICK In his 38th year as a working actor, Bill Nolte is showing no signs of letting up. Why would he? He continues to score leading roles in theaters across the country, only deepening his rapport for the stage, which includes multiple stints on Broadway and a Connecticut Critic Circle Award for best actor in […]

BATH The Mustard Seed Bookstore will host career journalist and author Douglas Rooks on July 21 at 6 p.m. Rooks will speak on his new book, “The Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible,” which was released by Down East Books this spring. Books will be available for purchase and signing, and the […]

BATH Christina Boyington and Lynne Otto, a pair of fashion consultants with women’s clothing line LuLaRoe, are conducting a fundraising sale to support the Chocolate Church Arts Center’s upcoming production of “ The Pirates of Penzance” on Sunday from 2-5 p.m. Boyington and Otto will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Chocolate Church. […]

DAMARISCOTTA “The Tempest,” Williams Shakespeare’s final play, will be performed in Damariscotta’s Poe Theater beginning Friday and running through July 23. On the cusp of leaving London and the world of theater, Shakespeare penned “The Tempest” just before entering another reality — the world of home and family. “The Tempest” mirrors Shakespeare’s journey at this […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick artist Maria Castellano Usery continues her work of “art philanthropy for the budget-conscious,” as she calls it, on Friday at Cool As A Moose in Brunswick. Castellano-Usery will set up her easel in the front window of Cool As A Moose and have a day-long “ Paint- a- Thon” during business hours (roughly […]