NEWCASTLE — Thirty Mid-coast students, grades 3 to 8, are spending their winter afternoons in rehearsal for a one-act version of “The Neverending Story,” based on the novel by Michael Ende, adapted by David S. Craig. Co-Directors Griff Braley (Heartwood AD) and Heidi Kopishke (Great Salt Bay Teacher) are leading this 2nd annual Heartwood / […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Midcoast Printmakers are offering classes in creating monotypes using plants, found objects, and cut-outs. Monotype classes are being offered every Monday night 6-9 in January and February and Friday mornings 9- 12 January 23 and 30. All classes are held at the Studio at 648 Main St. Damariscotta. $40 includes 3 hours of […]

LEWISTON — “Pay 2 Play: Democracy’s High Stakes,” a fun and inspiring film about money in politics and its effect on our democracy, will be screened at Bates College at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Olin Arts Center, Room 104, 75 Russell St. Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates, the […]

GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center on Water Street in Gardiner to present The Early Evening Show with Mike Miclon on Saturday February 7 at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $16 for Adults, $14 for Seniors and $5 for Young People 17 and under. Looking for a laugh-outloud funny show […]

BRUNSWICK As they say – come to the Cabaret, old chum…the Winter Cabaret that is! The Theater Project Professional Ensemble is pleased to once again present their mostlyannual WINTER CABARET, running January 23 – February 1. This year’s Cabaret features all new sketches written by local authors, taking an upside-down look at the history you […]

Growing up in Austria, young Theo Bikel dreamt of performing. He would achieve that goal, and more. “I was 19 when I first performed professionally on stage, and now I’m 90,” said Bikel from Los Angeles. But that long career might never have happened, had his family not fled their homeland in 1938. “That’s when […]

DAMARISCOTTA This upcoming Sunday January 25 is celebrated world-wide as the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns. the Scottish poet. In his honor and as a benefit for 15 local non-profits and Maine charities, the St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is presenting an evening of songs, poetry and instrumental music at Newcastle’s Second Congregational Church, […]

BRUNSWICK Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who was both a student and professor at Bowdoin College, is best known for his warmhearted and prolific poetry. However, his range and output were broader than this. It includes essays, poetic-dramatic compositions and a novel, Kavanagh, that met with mixed success – although his contemporaries Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, […]

BRUNSWICK — Ted DeMille will perform his special brand of original acoustic live in concert at the Frontier Café on January 31 at 8 pm. Ted writes with authority and performs with an accessible, understated passion. His music is decidedly left-handed and draws influence from Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Greg Brown, and Bill Monroe. Ted’s […]

BATH — On Tuesday, February 3 at 6:30pm Patten Free Library will screen the first of four Cary Grant films, The Awful Truth. Irene Dunne and Ralph Bellamy co-star with Grant in this screwball romantic comedy released in 1937. The film was directed by Leo McCarey (who won the Academy Award for Best Director) In […]