FREEPORT — The Ladies of Flame — Elizabeth Guffey, Lisa Bossi, Janie Downey Maxwell and Hannah DeGrandpre — will perform torch songs, Broadway tunes and pop standards at 6 p.m. Feb. 3 at Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Pianist David Watts will provide accompaniment. A dinner will follow at 7 p.m. Admission costs $15. […]

BATH — New England Regional Theater Company will present a musical revue of “Les Miserables” on Feb. 3 and Feb. 10 at the Winter Street Center, 888 Washington St. Described as “a Parisian cabaret-style evening of captivating performance and culinary delights,” the revue will serve as a fundraiser to build a new theater. Cocktails and […]

BATH — Fred and Sally’s “Winter Sucks” party, a fundraiser for the Bath Area Food Bank, will run from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 807 Middle St. The Knights of Columbus will provide a cash bar with their “legendary strong drinks for short money for a charitable cause,” […]

BATH — Winter Words for Women, a Christian community book club, kicks off its first reading in February with “Kisses from Katie,” a contemporary memoir by Katie Davis, a young woman from Tennessee who gave up a life of privilege to serve Uganda’s neediest children. Women who want to participate are encouraged to purchase the […]

BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library’s “Film Noir for Dark Nights” series concludes this evening with a screening of “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang,” a 2005 film starring Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. The film offers a modern take on the classic “film noir” style murder mystery, with a rich infusion of dark humor to lighten […]

BRUNSWICK — Singer-songwriter Catie Curtis from Saco will perform a benefit concert for Safe Passage at Bowdoin College’s Pickard Theater at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Admission costs $20. Advance tickets are on sale at any Bull Moose Music store or online at safepassage.org/concert. Curtis often champions social justice organizations, and her concert at Bowdoin will […]

BRUNSWICK The ninth annual Longfellow Days celebration will kick off in Brunswick on Feb. 4. Longfellow Days 2012, scheduled to run from Feb. 4 through Feb. 26, is a “ celebration inspired by the life and works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Bowdoin College class of 1825, professor of modern languages and librarian 1829-35),” according to […]

BATH A celebration of Japanese culture and Bath’s sister-city relationship to Tsugaru City in Japan will run from Thursday through Feb. 5 at various venues throughout the city. Many events are free or pay what you wish, and all are open to the public. Events start Thursday with a free drop-in sake tasting from 5 […]

PORTLAND T hese are heady times for musician Joe Gallant. Consider the release of his first CD, “My Own Divide,” in late October, and an appearance this week on WCSHTV’s “207” with Kathleen Shannon. Mid-coast region music aficionados will get to hear Gallant’s work at the Frontier Café in Fort Andross during a show with […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Creative Arts Creativity Conversation is scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 30 at Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Steve Milligan, technology associate from the Maine Arts Commission, will lead a workshop about online artist portfolios. The workshop aims to familiarize attendees with common web terms and […]