BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre recently announced that it received a $10,000 matching grant from the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust. The grant will be used to continue an upgrade to the theater’s sound equipment. The grant matches awards received last year from the Fisher Charitable Trust and the Davis Family Foundation, also used […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) plans to host a dance workshop on Feb. 18 that will provide dance training related to MSMT’s upcoming 2012 season. Participants will learn part of the original choreography of the musical “A Chorus Line” and a tap combination from “42nd Street.” The workshop will be taught by Ray […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Factory Stage’s first production of the 2012 season, Tennessee Williams’ drama, “ The Glass Menagerie,” plays through Feb. 25. A release from the theater company describes the production as follows: Set in pre-World War II, when Americans were just beginning to get back to work after a long depression, this is a memory […]

FALMOUTH — Maine State Ballet has received two major grants that will help the dance company present the legendary ballet “Swan Lake” at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium on March 31 and April 1. Two local foundations, the Sam L. Cohen Foundation and the Davis Family Foundation, each contributed $7,500. The funds will be used to offset […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Lincoln Theater will screen a film about the United Kingdom National Gallery exhibition titled “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan,” at 2 p.m. Feb. 18, 7 p.m. Feb. 19 and 1 p.m. Feb. 22. “In a first for movie audiences, the bigscreen presentation of ‘Leonardo Live’ gives art lovers the […]

NEW YORK There ain’t too many of us left. For Nils Lofgren, who’s using the familiar refrain as a song title, it’s both a call to arms for old friends like Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sam Moore — and a goodbye to lost brothers like sax player Clarence Clemons. What it’s most definitely […]

FREEPORT — Jan Zimmerman will tell stories and make music for an hour, beginning at 10 a.m. Monday at Freeport Community Library. “A storyteller, musician, teacher and artist, Jan uses her love of the arts and words to weave stories that will capture your attention and imagination,” a Freeport Community Library release states. “Her many […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Family Performing Arts will hold auditions for its production of “Pinocchio” from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Tim Ryan will direct the play, which is based on the 1883 children’s book, “The Adventures of Pinocchio,” […]

LOS ANGELES — Grammy show producer Ken Ehrlich had considered putting dancing/electronica music into the ceremony in the past, but could never quite figure out how to incorporate the high-energy club feel in front of a sometimes staid audience. He thinks he’s figured it out this year. For the first time, the Grammy show will put […]

PORTLAND — Local Muscle, a moving company, will host the Local Love Muscle Valentine’s Day Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Geno’s Rock Club, 625 Congress St. Admission is free. “Instead of trying to make romantic small talk for hours at a restaurant, surrounded by public displays of affection, come to Geno’s on Valentine’s […]