BRUNSWICK The Oratorio Chorale winter 2016 concert, “Dvorák Mass in D,” featuring organist Ray Cornils, will take place in two Brunswick performances on Sunday. The program will also include “Bright Mass with Canons” by contemporary composer Nico Muhly, whose work includes commissions from Carnegie Hall, the Tallis Scholars, and the Metropolitan Opera. Both works were […]

DAMARISCOTTA Savory Maine Dining and Provisions, 11 Water St., Damariscotta, will host its monthly open mic on March 9 from 6:15-8:30 p.m. In case of snow, open mic will move a week to March 16 at the same times. Savory Maine open mics are held on the second Wednesday of each month. Doors will open […]

BRUNSWICK The Rotary Club of Brunswick is searching for local talent for the fifth annual “Midcoast Maine’s Got Talent!” The program will be held on April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Crooker Theatre in Brunswick. All ages and all types of talent are welcome to apply with no entry fee. Cash prizes will be […]

ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Without your knowledge, you have made it to the top of a very influential person’s list. This can only mean good things for your future, Aries. Be proud of yourself. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Friends and family who seem meddlesome may have more noble motives, Taurus. Give […]

FREEPORT The Freeport Community Library is hosting a first-time exhibit by underwater photographer Stephen Karpiak of Dive H2O Photo. Karpiak is an experienced research diver, specializing in underwater photography and videography and finding lost articles and fishing gear. Over the years, he’s provided dive work for Friends of Casco Bay, The Lobster Conservancy, Bowdoin College, […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival has announced Katherine Lehman as its new executive director. For the past six years, Lehman has served as the Director of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, a teaching festival held on the campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. She has a long record of successful […]

Every week we continue to dive deeper and deeper into what drives a person to a life of music. This week we spoke with cellist and five time festival participant, Alexa Ciciretti. An avid advocate for Baroque and contemporary music, Ciciretti has performed with the Oberlin Baroque Orchestra, Eastman Collegium Musicum, Rochester Christ Church Consort […]

HALLOWELL In celebration of Youth Art Month, the Kennebec Valley Art Association is presenting “Higher Forms of Art,” an exhibition of artwork by students from area high schools for the 10th consecutive year. Higher Forms of Art is being presented in partnership with the University of Maine at Augusta at the Richmond Gallery, in UMA’s […]

PORTLAND Creative works from Maine art students in grades K-12 will be on display during the month of March at Portland Museum of Art. The multi-media exhibit, sponsored by Maine Art Education Association, highlights Youth Art Month, a national celebration sponsored by Council for Art Education. The annual celebration, which typically takes place in March, […]

LEWISTON The Bates College Museum of Art is hosting a family printmaking workshop from 3-5 p.m. on March 7. Working together under the guidance of museum staff, parents and children will sample various approaches to relief printmaking and make artworks to take home. Participants can also view the museum’s current exhibitions, including the print-oriented “The […]