HALLOWELL Returning for the 5th year on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17 from 7-8:30 p.m., area musicians return for a free Irish music performance at the Harlow Gallery at 160 Water St. in Hallowell. This all-ages concert is free and open to the public. Local musicians Adam Soosman, William Fahy, Karen Mosher, Bryce Bragdon and […]

WEEK OF SUN, MARCH 13 ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 A recent development may bring you luck. If financial deals seem lucrative, go ahead and trust your instincts to move ahead. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Maintaining a long-distance relationship or friendship can be challenging, but you have what it takes to make […]

BATH After a break in February, The Bath Antiques Show and Sale continues its 27th season at the Bath Middle School in Bath on Sunday. The March show will have 50 dealers of furniture, textiles, glass, china, prints, ephemera and more. Paul’s Café will be offering entrees and desserts with a dedicated seating area. Doors […]

FREEPORT The 2015 Maine Drama Festival’s one-act play competition regionals were held on March 4 and 5 at nine locations around the state, and two Midcoast schools will advance to the next round. Freeport High School and Lisbon High School will compete in the Class B one-act play state finals scheduled for March 18 and […]

We’ve spent the past few weeks exploring the lives and inspirations of various musicians from all corners of the globe. But what happens when the student becomes the instructor? This week we sat down with a former student and now instructor, violinist Boris Abramov, to analyze that very question. Abramov was born in Azerbaijan in […]

BRUNSWICK “Bye Bye Birdie” tells the story of a rock and roll singer, Conrad Birdie, who is about to be inducted into the army. Albert Peterson, Conrad’s agent, and Albert’s faithful secretary Rose Alvarez concoct one final national publicity stunt before Conrad’s induction. Conrad will bid a typical American teenage girl goodbye with a kiss. […]

LEWISTON Now in its 19th season, the Maine Jewish Film Festival kicks off on Saturday and this year includes Bates College among its Maine venues, along with sites in Portland, Waterville and Brunswick. Since 1998, the Maine Jewish Film Festival has screened more than 375 films and brought more than 125 guest artists from across […]

BRUNSWICK The following events take place at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art throughout the month of March. • Lecture: Sebastian Smee: “Manet Slash Degas: Friendship, Rivalry, and Marriage in Ninteenth- Century Paris” March 4, 4:30-6 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. Sebastian Smee will speak about friendships between artists, the theme of his current […]

AUGUSTA The Maine Arts Commission is presenting the 2016 Maine State Finals for Poetry Out Loud, a National Poetry Recitation Contest, on March 15 at 3 p.m. at the Waterville Opera House. The competition, presented in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, is free and open to the public. […]

TOPSHAM This month’s exhibit in the Crooker Gallery, Highlands Room and main library at Topsham Public Library is a trilogy of art. The show features works by rug maker Sue Perless, fiber artist Catherine Worthington and potter Harold Roberts. The show will run through March 29. Additionally, the annual juried photography show “Joy of the […]