BATH FRIDAY CHOCOLATE CHURCH FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m., This concert features the sensational Lauren Crosby with two opening acts, Abby Dunn and Jesse Gardner. These local musicians are under age 23 – so do not miss this showcase of local talent. Buy Local/Listen Local. $10 adults, $7 students. Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath. Downtown Holiday Open […]

BATH On Saturday, the Chocolate Church presented “An Irish Christmas In America”, featuring Lumiere, an angelic female duet consisting of Pauline Scanlon and Eilis Kennedy, along with guitarist Donogh Hennessy. The group was joined by Seamus Begley on button accordion and vocals (Ireland’s 2013 traditional singer of the year and teller of tall tales), Sean […]

FARMINGTON — UMF student writers in Maine’s only Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program read from their original work at the University of Maine at Farmington fall 2013 Creative Writing Senior Reading. The reading took place at 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 12, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. Held twice […]

NEWCASTLE — The DaPonte String Quartet is offering the Midcoast a free Christmas concert as its way of thanking the community for its support over the last 22 years. The concert will consist of music by Randall Thompson, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, and Antonin Dvorak. The performance is Sunday, Dec. 15 at 3 pm in […]

PORTLAND In “The Snow Queen,” Portland Stage has collected all the earthly delights of the holiday season — and some of the heavenly, too. The Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale first published in 1845 centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda. The story […]

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BRUNSWICK People Plus hosts Frank Connors as he speaks about his new book, a compilation of the first decade of his columns written for People Plus News. The talk will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. at People Plus, 35 Union St. As editor of the People Plus News, a […]

Even without snow on the ground, there’s plenty to do with the kids this weekend. If you need a break from the rounds of Santa visits and tree lightings, and you’re looking to make a special holiday memory, here are two suggestions. This week we feature a perennial holiday favorite, “The Snow Queen,” and a […]