DAMARISCOTTA — The Dam Blues Festival, in it’s fifth year, starts the weekend off on Friday, Aug. 3, with what organizers “like to call a ‘Blues Warmer Day’ with some of the artists playing their wares in the streets, on the corners and at several of the local lunch spots,” according to a news release. […]

PHIPPSBURG — Friends of Seguin Island Lighthouse is hosting its first Seguin Island Art Exhibit at the island’s museum attached to Maine’s tallest and second oldest lighthouse. There will be an opening event on Saturday, Aug. 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibit and sale will run through the annual Maine Open Lighthouse […]

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin International Music Festival will feature Shanghai Quartet during its Festival Fridays concert today. The quartet will perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15 in their first 2012 Bowdoin Festival appearance. The program will also feature faculty ensembles led by Renee Jolles and Muneko Otani. The concert takes place at Crooker Theater, Brunswick High […]

Ten women move across and within the tiles of the open room in the home of Bernarda Alba in the Heartwood Regional Theater’s moving production of Federico García Lorca’s “The House of Bernarda Alba.” Within moments we are blessed to feel and empathize with the reality of their lives. “The House of Bernarda Alba” tells […]

LEWISTON — Paranoid Social Club will play in concert this evening in the Bates Mill Fountain Courtyard, midway between Baxter Brewing, 130 Mill St., and DaVinci’s restaurant, 150 Mill St. Tickets to the 21-plus show cost $10 and can be purchased through www.baxterbrewing.com/concertseries or in person at the Baxter Brewing Co. tasting room and retail […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Skidompha Public Library on Main Street invites local artists to apply to exhibit their work at its new Carey Art Gallery, which will be dedicated in the fall. Works displayed at the Carey Gallery will include paintings, photography and crafts, with preference given to local artists. The gallery will offer exhibits year-round, with […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Historical Society in Portland now offers walking tours of the historic Old Port section of the city. Formerly offered through Greater Portland Landmarks, these 90-minute tours are conducted by trained guides from the Maine Historical Society Museum and Store at 489 Congress St. “The walking tours will cover the scope of […]

DAMARISCOTTA — The Lincoln Theater in downtown Damariscotta will screen “Love Never Dies,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera,” at 7 p.m. Thursday. The broadcast features a cast of 36, including Ben Lewis as Phantom and Anna O’Byrne as Christine Daaé, from a performance at The Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. […]