DAMARISCOTTA — Paintings, sculptures, boat trips, dinners, jewelry, theater tickets, garden items and pet supplies are among the items up for bid in Heartwood Theater’s silent auction, which runs through May 19 Skidompha Public Library. Joseph Fiore and John Whalley are among 10 Midcoast artists to be featured in the auction, along with a gift […]

TOPSHAM — For the grand finale of its 20th anniversary season, the DaPonte String Quartet will perform a program titled “The Passions of Youth,” featuring the early music of three young composers. A release from the quartet describes the concert as follows: Beethoven wrote his String Quartet in BFlat Op. 18 No. 6 in 1802. […]

LEWISTON — Three Maine poets, Megan Grumbling, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, and Chris Seid, will participate in a program called “The Poet As Art: A Poetry Series” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Callahan Hall at Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. The series is a new collaboration between the library and L/A Arts. “The goal of the […]

BATH — An art exhibit titled “Signs of Spring II” is on view at Roy Farmer Associates/ The Carleton Group, 99 Commercial St., Bath, through May 18. Participants in the Third Friday Artwalk will be able to view the exhibit between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. May 18. “Signs of Spring II,” an invitational exhibit […]

TOPSHAM — The Coastal Youth Orchestra (CYO), under the direction of Karla Kelley and Nancy Roderick, will perform its 10th annual spring concert at 7 p.m. Monday at the Orion Performing Arts Center. The orchestra’s three ensembles, the Fiddleheads, the Coastal String Ensemble and the Coastal Chamber Orchestra, will perform a varied selection of music. Kelley […]

Mud boots glam fest benefits Chocolate Church BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center’s Mud Boots & Black Tie Fundraiser kicks off at 6 p.m. Saturday at 804 Washington St. “This year’s theme is ‘Hollywood Style,’ and will feature not only a real red carpet, but dazzling hors d’oeuvres, decadent desserts, a cash bar and […]

TOPSHAM — The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of music director Rohan Smith, will perform its final concert of the 2011-12 season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Franco American Heritage Center in Lewiston and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham. John Ferrillo, principal oboe for the Boston […]