BRUNSWICK — Hot Country Nights, an evening of music and country-style laughs, will hit the Crooker Theater Stage at Brunswick High School at 7 p.m. today and Saturday Tickets cost $8 for adults or $5 for students and seniors. Proceeds benefit Brunswick High School staff member Mary Norbert, who has been on medical leave for […]
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Pianist George Winston to perform in Chocolate Church
BATH — Solo pianist George Winston will perform a solo piano concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. This solo piano concert will feature selections from Winston’s melodic piano recordings, as well as R&B piano, stride piano, Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts C pieces, and more. Winston also plans to […]
‘25 Years of Rock’ benefits Studio Theatre
NORTH YARMOUTH — Studio Theatre of Bath will present “ 25 Years of Rock: Billboard Hits ’55-’79” at 7 p.m. April 21 at Harmony Hall in North Yarmouth. Doors open at 6 p.m. Vince Shatto, channeling Sonny Bono, and April Purinton, doing her best Cher impersonation, will host the musical journey, which chronicles 25 years […]
Gonna eat? Might as well try Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Downtown Association’s first Eat • Brunswick Week will run from April 9 through April 15. “Brunswick’s many wonderful restaurants and culinary businesses are true assets to the region and have helped to make our downtown a destination,” Stephanie Slocum, Brunswick Downtown Association (BDA) executive director, said in a release about the […]
Fuel for the feet
TOPSHAM — The 22nd annual DownEast Country Dance Festival takes place today and Saturday at the Orion Performing Arts Center at Mt. Ararat Middle School. A release from organizers describes the festival as follows: Everything from fiddles and foot percussion to banjos and mandolins will rattle the rafters at … the Orion Performing Arts Center. While […]
‘Hausmusik’ bolsters Oratorio Chorale
FALMOUTH — The Oratorio Chorale will present “Hausmusik,” a benefit concert of vocal solos, duets and quartets at 3 p.m. April 1 at Falmouth Congregational Church. Soprano Christina Astrachan and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Hansen will be joined by Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and John D. Adams, bass, all of whom perform regularly with the Oratorio Chorale. Noted […]
‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ opens tonight
BRUNSWICK The Theater Project’s multi-generational production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens tonight at 14 School St. Performances run through April 1. The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p. m. on Sundays. This marks The Theater Project’s third production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” “It’s hard to resist,” […]
Stage camps returning
NEWCASTLE — Heartwood Theater Company will again offer summer camp sessions for children in first through 12th grade. The camp will run from June 26 through July 13 at Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy. Four camps run concurrently during these three weeks. This year’s offerings are: Sprouts Camp (one week); Fabulous Kids’ Camp (two weeks); […]
Heartwood plans auditions for ‘Legend of Jim Cullen’
NEWCASTLE — Heartwood Regional Theater Company will hold auditions for the premiere production of “The Legend of Jim Cullen” from noon to 3 p.m. March 31. “This full length play with music tells the story of the only lynching to happen in New England, in the spring of 1873 in Mapleton, Aroostook County, Maine,” a […]
‘Habitat’ is newest Spindleworks focus
BRUNSWICK — Artists at the Spindleworks Art Center are embarking on a new creative adventure this spring. In collaboration with local artist Matt Anderson, they will transform a studio space in Fort Andross into a multimedia art installation exploring the theme of “habitat.” Beginning this month, the artists will meet weekly in the space, creating […]