LEWISTON Tri-County Mental Health Service’s Inspired Voices benefit concert will take place on Saturday at the Gendron Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston. The evening begins with a light reception at 6 p.m. followed by the performances at 7 p.m. The night will be a celebration of hope and recovery with music, poetry, paintings and individual […]

HALLOWELL Gaslight Theater has announced that auditions for their next production, “Black Coffee” by Agatha Christie, will take place on June 19 and June 20 at 6 p.m. on both evenings. Auditions will be held at Hallowell City Hall, and will be cold readings from the script. “Black Coffee” was the first appearance on stage […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival has announced the schedule for the 2016 season, beginning in just one week and running through Aug. 6. The Monday Showcase series features string quartet based programs played by resident and guest ensembles including the Ariel, JACK, Jupiter, Shanghai, and Ying Quartets. Wednesday Upbeat! concerts fill intimate Studzinski Recital […]

FREEPORT Freeport Players has teamed up with local businesses for buy local concessions in 2016. Audiences can purchase products from local vendors Vintage Maine Kitchens, SPüN, Wicked Whoopies and Coffee By Design during intermissions at the Players’ main stage productions this season. According to Managing/Artistic Director Elizabeth Guffey, there has been interest in all-local concessions […]

DAMARISCOTTA The fourth year of the Damariscotta-Newcastle Art- Walk begins Friday. From 4-7 p.m., local galleries, studios, craft stores, restaurants and more keep their doors open for shopping and browsing. The Damariscotta-Newcastle Art Walk is a free, self-guided event held on the third Friday on the month from June to October. In addition to a […]

BATH Bath’s first 3rd Friday Art Walk of the season will take place Friday from 4-7 p.m. With more than 30 artists in street-level and upper-level studios, art walkers will get to explore Bath’s award-winning downtown while meeting local artists. All venues can be found on the Art Walk map, which is available at various […]

All shows take place at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College Campus, located at 1 Bath Road in Brunswick, unless otherwise noted. Call (207) 725- 8769 for tickets. “GHOST THE MUSICAL,” June 17-18 and June 21-25 at 7:30p.m., and June 16, 19, 21, 23 and 24 at 2p.m. “JACK AND THE BEANSTALK,” June 18 […]

On Monday, Maine State Music Theatre presents two performances of “A Grand Night for Singing,” Walter Bobbie’s musical revue showcasing the songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Directed/ choreographed by Curt Dale Clark with additional choreography by Raymond Marc Dumont, the evening features a 16- member cast of young professionals drawn from the intern company and […]

BRUNSWICK Young Jasiah Taylor and his mother, Tracy Gregoire, got a special sensory-friendly preview of Maine State Music Theatre’s “Jack and the Beanstalk, which will play at the Pickard Theater next Wednesday and Saturday as part of the company’s newly enhanced Young Audiences Series. Because Jasiah Taylor is autistic, he is very is sensitive to […]

LEWISTON / AUBURN L/A Arts has announced that Maine Writes poetry students from Edward Little High School are participating in a live poetry slam competition in the Bronx, New York City. The students are part of a class that has received a free, full-year, 30- week poetry residency from L/A Arts. Arts educator Joshua Vink […]