TOPSHAM — The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra plans to perform concerts at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston and at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Orion Performing Arts Center at Mt. Ararat Middle School. The orchestra will perform works by Shostakovich, Mahler, Dvorak and Dukas. Tickets cost $17 for adults. […]

WALDOBORO — Tickets are now on sale for Tim Sample’s Jan. 15 Cabin Fever Relief benefit performance at Medomak Valley High School, 320 Manktown Road. Doors open at 1 p.m. Sample is scheduled to take the stage at 2 p.m. The event is sponsored by American Legion Charles C. Lilly Post 149, with proceeds going […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Bonnie Raitt is releasing a new album in 2012, her first in seven years. “Slipstream,” out April 10, follows a long break from studio work for the Grammywinning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member. She lost her parents, her brother and her best friend. “I hadn’t stopped moving in a very long […]

ROCKPORT — Down East Singers will begin its spring semester at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Nativity Lutheran Church, 179 Old County Road. Registration and voiceplacement checks for new singers start at 6:15 p.m. Anthony Antolini of Cushing is the group’s artistic director, having served in that position since 1991. Jennifer McIvor of Wiscasset is the […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Actors from Heartwood Theater will read “Freud’s Last Session,” by Mark St. Germain, at 7 p.m. Thursday in the atrium at Skidompha Library on Main Street. “This smartly written twoman script imagines a meeting between the legendary 83- year- old psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, a staunch atheist just days from taking his own […]

MONMOUTH — The Friends of Cumston Hall will present a concert by the Augusta Symphony Orchestra, directed by Paul Ross, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at Cumston Hall. The performance will feature works by Sullivan, Rossini, Webber, Bach, Mozart and Enescu. Admission costs $15 for adults in advance or $20 at the door. Students get […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Academy of Modern Music will host an adult rock camp Jan. 13, 14 and 15 at the Breakwater School, 856 Brighton Ave. The camp is open to participants age 18 and older. It includes studio tours, master classes, live perfor- mances, songwriting workshops, instrument clinics, opportunities to meet music professionals and […]

BRUNSWICK — Painters Priscilla Myer McKeith and David McKeith, both of Brunswick, will offer a joint exhibit with the theme “New Visions of New England” from now through Jan. 27 at Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St. Their oil paintings focus on the seacoast, on lakes and hills in the rugged North Country, and on views […]

FREEPORT — The Cumberland and Sagadahoc County domestic violence prevention agency Family Crisis Services will host a special photo and poetry exhibit at the Freeport Community Library during the month of January. The exhibit “More than a Rap Sheet: The Real Stories of Incarcerated Women,” will be on display through Jan. 30. It features poems […]