BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College Museum Art will present a solo exhibition by New York-based new media artist R. Luke DuBois, featuring a new portrait commissioned by BCMA of Black Lives Matter and Campaign Zero activist DeRay Mckesson, who is a Bowdoin College alumnus. DuBois’s simultaneous work as a composer, computer programmer, filmmaker and installation artist […]

LEWISTON/AUBURN The Public Theatre, Lewiston/Auburn’s Professional Theatre, is now accepting applications for its 2016 Professional Theatre Training Program for Young Actors ages 11 to 16, happening July 11-29. The program is for experienced young performers and “raw talent” alike. This three week program, offered July 11-29, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., […]

ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Expect quite a few opportunities to have fun this week. However, don’t ignore personal responsibilities in the process. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 An energy is growing between you and another person who recently entered your life. Others will soon begin to notice the sparks are flying. GEMINI […]

BATH Professional henna artist Genevieve Levin will offer a demonstration and individual hand adornments for teen participants at Patten Free Library on Friday at 3:30 p.m. The workshop is free, open to teens in grade seven and up, and will be held in the Library’s Community Room. Pre-registration is required, as space is limited. “This […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival has announced that Kippy Rudy, BIMF’s Director of Development for the past three years, will soon leave the Festival to become the new Deputy Director of MASS Creative. “I have loved working at the Festival, the staff has been a second family to me for the last three years, […]

DAMARISCOTTA Savory Maine Restaurant in Damariscotta is hosting Friendship artist Pam Cabañas in a solo exhibition through May 2, with an opening reception April 1 from 3-5 p.m. Cabañas works in pastel, charcoal, and ink wash, and is a dedicated painter both in the studio and en plein air. Loading her skiff with camera, easels […]

TOPSHAM Everything from fiddles and flutes to banjos and ukes will rattle the rafters at Mount Ararat Middle School and the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham when the 26th Annual DownEast Country Dance Festival takes place from 7:30 p.m. to midnight Friday and 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday. “The mainstay of the festival is […]

BRUNSWICK The Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association, a non-profit organization that promotes creative and constructive non-political interactions with the people of Brunswick’s sister community in Trinidad, is presenting Cuba Week March 28 to April 3 in Brunswick. Cuba Week celebrates the diverse cultures and commonalities of both Brunswick and Trinidad, Cuba, and this year’s Cuba Week […]

TOPSHAM Mainely Improv is presenting a comedy show in Topsham Friday. The comedy troupe will perform at the Orion Performing Arts Center, 66 Republic Ave., Topsham on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Comedic situations are based entirely on the audience’s suggestions, making every show different. Mainely Improv performs in the style of TV’s “Whose Line is […]

BATH Twenty students from the Hyde-Bath, Hyde-Woodstock, and Morse High School wrote songs and performed them to a sold out crowd at the Chocolate Church on Feb. 27. The students did not go it alone, getting some professional help from facilitators of the 12th annual Singer Songwriters Workshop. Grammy award Winner Michael McDonald, his son […]