PORTLAND — Lanyard Theatre Company will present “Whale Watch,” an original short by Linda Giuliano, as part of the first PortFringe 2012 theater festival at 6 p.m. Saturday. The cast includes former Topsham resident Christopher Reiling and Bath native Elizabeth Lardie. Lardie’s fellow Lanyard co-artistic director, Joseph Barbarino, directs. Performances of “Whale Watch” will be […]

PEAKS ISLAND — Beginning Saturday, artists on Peaks Island will host open studios for art walks from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month throughout the summer. In addition to Saturday’s event, art walks will take place on July 28 and Aug. 25. For more information, visit www.peaksisland- artwalks.org. For […]

WESTBROOK — Hot Tuna, made up of bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, will perform an acoustic concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. Mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff will accompany Hot Tuna. Darol Anger and Emy Phelps, former Portland residents, will open for Hot Tuna. In the late 1960s, as members […]

SOUTH PARIS — Brothers Matt and Jason Tardy, performing as AudioBody, will bring their wild and crazy mix of contortionist antics and music to the Celebration Barn at 8 p.m. Saturday. The brothers, veterans of Oddfellow Theater productions, “bring the audience on a hap-hazard adventure of sibling rivalry, technological mishaps, physical comedy, LED light-shows, and […]

BRUNSWICK — The Music on the Mall continues in downtown Brunswick through Aug. 29. Concerts run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Wednesday at the gazebo on the Brunswick Mall. In the case of inclement weather, rain date performances will be held on Thursdays when available. The lineup is as follows: — July 4: […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival’s Festival Fridays concert series opens this evening with a star-studded roster of musicians performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, Debussy’s String Quartet in G Minor, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. The program begins with violist Paul Neubauer of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center leading a faculty ensemble in […]

LISBON — The Lisbon Recreation Department and the Moxie Festival Committee plan to bring back the Moxie Car Show after a more than 10-year hiatus to the Moxie Festival weekend. Proceeds will benefit the Sunshine Hill Neighbor’s Senior Citizen Program. Applications for the 2012 Moxie Car Show, which will run from 8 a.m. to 1 […]

BRUNSWICK — Kelly Strout now leads art and fine craft classes at Sun Tide Studios in Fort Andross, 14 Maine St. For more information, call 423-0440 or visit www.Sun- TideStudios.com.