FREEPORT — The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will present its spring concerts, “Simple Gifts: American Musical Innovation,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport, and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Church, 326 Main St., Yarmouth. The program features the music of American composers Aaron Copland, Stephen Foster, Charles […]
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Art walks return with a parade
BRUNSWICK More than 70 artists will be showcased from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 11 as Brunswick’s Second Friday ArtWalk kicks off its 2012 season. Organized by Five Rivers Arts Alliance, ArtWalk is a free, self-guided once-a-month tour of area art galleries, private artists’ studios, art museums, local businesses that exhibit artwork, and other […]
Go ‘See How They Run’
DAMARISCOTTA Been hankering for a chance to relax, to enjoy an evening out and to have a chance to laugh? Then take your weary self to join in Heartwood Theater’s production of the mad cap comedy, “See How They Run.” It’s a chance to step back into the early 1940s when our conventions of propriety […]
Concerts evoke ‘Death and Heaven’
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin Chorus and Mozart Mentors Orchestra, under the direction of Anthony Antolini, will present the New England premiere of Karl Jenkins’ Requiem at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and May 4 in Studzinski Recital Hall on the Bowdoin College campus. The concerts are free, and no tickets are required. The theme of the concert […]
‘Scoot!’ for healthier living
BATH — A self-guided StoryWalk based on Maine children’s author and illustrator Cathryn Falwell’s “Scoot!” will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in City Park. “A StoryWalk is an innovative way to combine physical activity and reading and is appropriate for all ages,” a Mid Coast Hospital release states. […]
Camera club’s exhibit set to open May 4
BRUNSWICK — The First Light Camera Club’s annual exhibit opens May 4, with a reception from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive. The exhibit will continue through May 24. “Established in 1990 in Brunswick, the club now has 54 members and attracts those who share a […]
Public Theatre staging ‘On Golden Pond’
LEWISTON — The Public Theatre’s production of “On Golden Pond” premieres at 7:30 p.m. May 4 at 31 Maple St. The show runs through May 13. The cast features real-life couple Ellen Crawford and Mike Genovese, from NBC’s “E.R.” A Public Theatre release describes the production as follows: The loons are back on Golden Pond, […]
‘See How They Run’ at Heartwood
NEWCASTLE Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s presentation of the British farce, “See How They Run,” by Philip King, opens May 4 in the Parker Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy. “See How They Run” is set in a British vicarage at the end of World War II. A Heartwood release describes the play as follows: Abounding with […]
Works by Saila, Asselyn featured at Thornton Oaks
BRUNSWICK — Artist Karl Saila and woodturner Peter Asselyn will open an exhibit Thursday at Thornton Oaks, 25 Thornton Way. Saila of Brunswick and Asselyn of Durham will discuss their work between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. A reception for the artists will run from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Both retired, the pair “have […]