WISCASSET — Wiscasset High School drama students will perform Barton Bishop’s dark comedy “Things Fall (Meanwhile)” in a regional competition at 7: 30 p.m. March 9 at Freeport High School “ Things Fall ( Meanwhile),” directed by WHS drama teacher Jean Phillips, is a darkly funny, yet dramatic piece about two young women who inadvertently […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine Authors Publishing of Rockland plans to sponsor a February Blues Book Bash on Saturday at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St. Independent authors will read, sign and sell their works, and offer information about writing and self-publishing, according to a release from the publishing company. “Fiction, memoir, poetry, children’s stories, and good old […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Johnny Cash is still cool. Like Elvis or Hank Williams, Cash retains a certain cachet in current popular culture even in death. More proof of his enduring legend is on the way as plans to celebrate what would have been the American icon’s 80th birthday unfold later this month and year. There will […]

BRUNSWICK — Few people expect that a rabbi in Maine might be a thoughtful collector of Canadian Inuit art. Rabbi Harry Sky, rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth El in Portland, is such a man. After he was given a piece of Inuit art as a gift, Sky discovered that many Inuit carvings and prints depicting transformations […]

LISBON — In preparation for the annual Maine Principals Association One Act Play Festival, Lisbon High School Drama Club will stage “The Boor,” by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. “This short farce written in 1888 shows the characteristics of the genre in its rapid-fire dialogue, extreme emotions, chaotic arguments and surprising reversals,” a release from the […]

BOWDOINHAM — An afternoon of live jazz featuring Leila Percy and Friends on Sunday, March 4, will benefit the Bowdoinham Heating Assistance Program. The jazz performance is scheduled to run from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Bowdoinham Town Hall on School Street. Tickets cost $10 per person. In addition to live music, refreshments and […]

BRUNSWICK — The sixth annual Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival, a juried fine arts and fine crafts show, is now accepting applications from artists, crafters and artisans who would like to participate. Sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association, the Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, […]

TOPSHAM — The Oratorio Chorale will hold an open rehearsal from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 4 at the Mid Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St. Visitors can sing with chorale members as they rehearse music by Bach, Vivaldi and Handel for their March 17 and 18 concerts. All voice parts are welcome. For […]

BRUNSWICK — Tom Mueller, a graduate student in organ at Eastman School of Music, will perform works of Franck, Bach/Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Reger and others at a free concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 2 in the Bowdoin Chapel.