FREEPORT — Freeport Community Library is celebrating National Jazz Appreciation and National Poetry Month Friday, April 26, at 7 p.m. The evening’s festivities will kick off with a great mix of sultry and foot-thumpin’ jazz, a news release said. The musicians providing the jam to this sweet evening include: Nancy Bowker with her soulful, smooth […]

BRUNSWICK A s usually happens for poets and artists, Robert P. Tristram Coffin’s latest bit of fame has arrived posthumously. The Brunswick poet and former Bowdoin College professor’s burial plot in Cundy’s Harbor has made the Top 15 U.S. Poets’ Graves list compiled by Walter Skold, a Freeport poet and generally colorful local character. Though […]

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. They’ve been larger-thanlife performers for decades, but now Steven Tyler and Joe Perry’s songwriting skills are getting the attention. The Aerosmith veterans will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June and will receive the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ Founders Award next week. Rocking out in long […]

GARDINER — Tilbury House Publishers was sold on March 22 by longtime owner Neil Rolde to book-publishing veterans and Maine natives Jonathan Eaton and Tristram Coburn, founders of Cadent Publishing, who plan to grow both imprints. Jon Eaton has 30 years of experience as a book editor and publisher, including 25 as publisher of the […]

PHIPPSBURG — Autoharpist and folksinger Adam Miller will perform in concert today, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Phippsburg Congregational Church. A news release describes Miller’s work as follows: According to a news release, Miller is one of the premier autoharpists in the world as well as a renowned American folksinger and storyteller. He […]

LISBON — Members of the Lisbon High School Class of 2013 are hosting a spring fashion show on Saturday, April 13. The class is dressing up for the Prom Fashion Show/Dress Sale event to be held at Lisbon High School Gymnasium, 2 Sugg Drive, Lisbon Falls starting at 2 p.m. “Some of the gorgeous dresses […]

PORTLAND — This spring, Vivid Motion Inc. will present “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad,” a dance show of original choreography that tells one of the most treasured tales of the 1,001 Arabian Nights. Running April 18 through 20 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 at 2:30 p.m., this show is performed at the historic St. […]

BATH — The Bath Antiques Show will conclude its 24th season on Sunday, April 14, at Bath Middle School. The show has by tradition ended in April to make way for the numerous summertime antique shows along the Mid-coast. In this case, however, last is not least, a news release said. Many dealers have been […]

GRAY — Maine Wildlife Park, located on Route 26, will open for the 2013 season on Saturday, April 13, at 9:30 a.m., just in time for school vacation. The Wildlife Park has a variety of new events planned for weekends beginning Saturday, May 4, with a live wildlife exhibit and demonstration from the W.I.L.D. Center […]

BATH — Patten Free Library and the Union of Maine Visual Artists have partnered to offer a lineup of art programs during National Library Week, April 16 through 19. Each afternoon a different artist will be featured with the screening of a DVD from the Maine Masters collection, followed by a panel discussion. This free […]