BRUNSWICK — Arts are Elementary has issued its annual Call for Proposals for Artists-in-Residence for the 2013-14 academic year. All residencies will take place during the school day in Brunswick’s public elementary schools and in St. John’s Catholic School. Applicants are encouraged to tie their proposals to the Brunswick School Department curriculum as much as […]

BRUNSWICK — Squidge Davis, one of the last two Arts Are Elementary artists-in-residence for the year, began working with Brunswick’s second grade students on Monday. Using clay and nature imagery, Davis sought to guide students as they experienced clay in silence, using the same techniques and gestures as their ancient ancestors. At the end of […]

BRUNSWICK — A cast of 28 actors portray 70 characters in The Theater Project’s adaptation of “Les Miserables,” opening March 15. The Theater Project’s version, adapted by director Al Miller, “is a rendering of Victor Hugo’s novel without music, although the story itself still sings, 151 years after it was first published,” notes a news […]

BRUNSWICK — William Cullina, director of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, will speak about native plants at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant St. Admission is $10 and proceeds will benefit the Tom Settlemire Community Garden, opened by the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust (BTLT) in May 2012. […]

LEWISTON — The recent Broadway hit, “Time Stands Still,” makes its Maine premiere March 15 through 24, at The Public Theatre, Lewiston/Auburn’s Professional Theatre. Intelligent, witty and thought-provoking, “Time Stands Still” explores the romantic and professional relationship of a photojournalist and a war correspondent hoping to make a difference in the world by traveling to […]

BATH — On Tuesday, March 12, the Patten Free Library will host a panel of self-published authors who will share their expertise on how to write, publish and market books (both print and eBooks). The free public program will be held in the library’s second floor Community Room beginning at 4:30 p.m. No pre-registration is […]

RICHMOND — The Richmond High School Drama Club will present it’s annual spring musical, “Lucky Stiff,” tonight and Saturday at the Marcia Buker Elementary School. Both performances begin at 7 p.m. A news release describes the play as follows: Harry (Julien Leavitt), a mild-mannered British shoe salesman, stands to inherit $6 million from a dead […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Community Library will present “Peddling Your Wares: A Look at Itinerant Merchants in Early 19th Century New England” along with a rum tasting on Sunday, March 10, at 1:30 p.m. Tom Kelleher, curator of Historic Trades, Mills, and Mechanical Arts at Old Sturbridge Village, will present. A brief Q&A session will be […]

TOPSHAM — Zemya, World A Cappella Ensemble, will perform two concerts on Saturday. Thefirstwillbea2p.m. performance at Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. The second will at 7:30 p.m. at Pownal Town Hall, 429 Hallowell Road. For more information, contact director Deborah Gordon at 219-2247, or greenpointdesign.net@gmail.com. “Zemya, a women’s ensemble based in southern and Mid-coast […]

BRUNSWICK — The deadline to apply for funds from the Laureen Swanson Music For Youth Funds is March 29. Funds can be used to assist, enhance and encourage appreciation and growth of music and are now available from the music departments of Brunswick High School, Mt. Ararat High School, Brunswick Junior High School and the […]