The 1940s musical will open the summer show season in June, highlighting themes of love and racism against the backdrop of war.
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Midcoast Symphony showcases concerto competition finalists
Five student musicians will perform for the public during a judged event to determine the winner of the biennial prize offered by the community orchestra
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Concerts for a Cause presents love songs to keep you swooning
Renaissance Voices will perform at the Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, as part of the Concerts for a Cause series. All proceeds will be donated to Oasis Free Clinics and Midcoast New Mainers Group. Renaissance Voices is a Portland-based a cappella chorus singing music from the Middle Ages to […]
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From the Chocolate Church: One Beat brings global music to gazebo and Chocolate Church
Twenty musicians from around the world will gather at the Gazebo in Bath’s Library Park Friday at 1 p.m. for a free preview of their 7 p.m. performance at the Chocolate Church Arts Center. CCAC’s Artistic and Executive Director Matthew Glassman heard this extraordinary group of musicians perform Sunday night as part of their two-week […]
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Her ‘American Idol’ run has ended, but ‘it’s just the beginning’ for Julia Gagnon
The 22-year-old from Cumberland was voted out of the competition Sunday but will keep singing and could perform once more on the show on May 19.
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Bowdoin’s Arctic Museum debuts ‘Northern Nightmares’ exhibit
On May 7, gather your courage and join Arctic Museum staff as they open their newest exhibit, “Northern Nightmares: Monsters in Inuit Art,” opening at 7 p.m. in the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum’s new home, the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies on the Bowdoin College campus. “Northern Nightmares” celebrates artworks by Inuit artists […]
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From the Chocolate Church: Next weekend brings multicultural music followed by the Fab Four
The weekend of May 10 and 11 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center offers “an exhilarating musical escapade” on Friday and a Beatles tribute show on Saturday. There are no shows the weekend of May 3 and 4. On May 10, OneBeat, a fellowship of 19 musicians from around the world, takes the stage for […]
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra caps 34th season with range of emotions
The May concerts at the Franco Center in Lewiston and the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham consist of pieces by Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, and a symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Portland musician Samuel James shares the Black American folk tradition any way he can
In addition to performing around the world, the singer, songwriter and storyteller has a column, a podcast and now a school program.
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Portland Museum of Art hangs its future on fate of neighboring building
On May 6, the City Council will take up the question of whether the former Children’s Museum at 142 Free St. can be demolished. Working toward an ambitious expansion, the PMA hasn’t said what it will do if the structure can’t be torn down.