PORTLAND — Seventeen actors, 12 playwrights, 4 directors, 1 delicious theme — FOOD! The Maine Dish: A Feast of Plays about Food will have its world premiere at the Portland Ballet Studio Theater running March 5 through 8 during Maine Restaurant Week. Snowlion Rep has teamed up with Maine Restaurant Week to present this unique […]

BRUNSWICK The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College has determined that a chart donated to the museum is the one on which ice captain Robert A. Bartlett recorded the disastrous 1914 Arctic expedition of the Karluk ship. The Karluk was carrying scientists and explorers along the north coast of Alaska when it became trapped in […]

BATH Telemachus Clay isn’t a spectacle for the eyes … it’s a festival for the ears. Described as a “Collage for Voices”, the New York Times called said of the premiere that “The effect is that of an orchestra” that “takes on a choral depth and insists on magnetizing attention.” The playwright is Lewis John […]

PORTLAND — Portland Ovations brings pianist Alexandre Tharaud to Hannaford Hall on the USM Portland campus for a recital Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 7:30pm. Alexandre Tharaud is a French pianist who has an international reputation as an artist of unique vision and originality. Tharaud is heralded for his brilliantly conceived programs and bestselling recordings […]

BATH Centre St Arts Gallery, LLC, is pleased to announce the opening of the first art show of 2015 with a reception on Friday, Jan. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 11 Centre St., Bath. The Gallery welcomes oil painter Eric Glass as guest artist through March 7. Eric is a regular instructor of […]

FREEPORT The Thos. Moser Gallery in Freeport, Maine is pleased to announce its winter 2015 art exhibition, Figures and Landscapes: Tina Ingraham and Kate Emlen. The public is invited to an artists’ opening reception on Jan. 22, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The group exhibition highlights figures and landscapes from prominent Maine artists. The […]

The Hadacol Bouncers will warm a winter’s evening when they perform in concert at the Phippsburg Congregational Church on Friday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Featuring songs from such musical legends as Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and James P. Johnson, the ensemble will play a program of New Orleans jazz, Chicago- style jazz, novelty songs […]

Jean Arthur (1900-1991) was a popular 1930s comedic actress largely remembered today for spirited performances in Frank Capra’s classics, such as “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and “You Can’t Take it with You.” Her career began in the silent era, with appearances in more than 50 films during the 1920s, but by 1944 she had […]

BATH On Sunday, January 11, Whitefield resident Sheila Knowles, a collector of antique dolls and sewing equipment, will give a demonstration of antique sewing machines at the Bath Antique Show and Sale. Sheila has many machines in her collection and she will have several on hand at the show, including a selection of machines from […]

BRUNSWICK On Saturday, January 17, at 7:30 p.m., the Oratorio Chorale will sponsor a recital of German song by soprano and artist-in-residence, Mary Sullivan, in a program to include works by Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and more. In “Night of Beauty, Night of Song: A Recital of German Lieder:” Sullivan will also perform selections from Alban […]