Get a load of Dueling Pianos in Lewiston

LEWISTON — The Franco Center will be the scene of laughing, dancing and music when Dueling Pianos takes the stage Saturday, Jan. 24, from 7-9 p.m.

Taking place in the downstairs bar and lounge, pianists Amy Thomason and Billy Ward will bring their talents and on-stage personalities to entertain the audience. 

“Two pianists battling through a lot of high-energy songs, requests, and playful banter, creating an unforgettable, fun-filled audience experience,” say organizers.

Doors open at 6 p.m. with a cash bar. Concert starts at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $25 advance; at the door $30. For tickets, go to app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=304301

For more information, go to francocenter.org or call 207-689-2000.

The Franco Center is at 46 Cedar St.

Kids paint a snowy scene in Lewiston

LEWISTON —The Lewiston Public Library will host a painting class called “Let It Snow!” on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 11 a.m. led by artist Nicole Ann.

“Come learn how to paint a snowy scene with step-by-step instruction,” say organizers. “Get creative by painting a winter sunset using acrylic paints on canvas panels. All materials are provided.”

Held in the second-floor Idea Lab, the class is recommended for children 7-14 years old. The program is free, open to the public, and no registration is required.

The Lewiston Public Library is downtown at 200 Lisbon St. at the corner of Pine Street.

More information on this program is available by contacting the library at 207-513-3133 or [email protected], or going to lplonline.org.

Hear Ryan Montbleau in Farmington

FARMINGTON — Narrow Gauge Cinemas will present singer-songwriter Ryan Montbleau on Saturday, Jan. 24, starting at 7:30 p.m.

Called “a relentless road warrior and masterful wordsmith,” Montbleau has “spent the better part of 30 years cultivating a devoted audience on the strength of his ecstatic live shows and exhilarating sonic versatility,” say organizers. He’s collaborated and shared the stage with a host of groups and musical artists, and racked up more than 150 million streams on Spotify.

NPR’s Mountain Stage compared his “eloquent, soulful songwriting” to Bill Withers and James Taylor, Relix celebrated his “poetic Americana,” and The Boston Herald said he’s “he’s made a career of confident, danceable positivity.”

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Contact narrowgaugecinema.net for more.

The venue is at 123 Narrow Gauge Square.

‘Shterna & The Lost Voice’ in Bath

BATH — On Friday, Jan. 23, the Chocolate Church Arts Center will host the Magid Ensemble’s presentation of “Shterna & The Lost Voice.”

According to organizers, the theatrical debut will transport audiences into the rich world of Yiddish folklore. Developed through rigorous research on Eastern-European Jewish folklore, “the immersive storytelling production follows Shterna on an epic hero’s journey, through the living world, the underworld, and the immortal world, in order to retrieve the lost voice of her friend,” say organizers.

The narration unfolds alongside a papercut crankie (a long scroll wound onto two spools that illustrates the story as it unwinds) and is accompanied by a live original klezmer music score.

The 50-minute storytelling performance is suitable for all ages.

On Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Adam Groppman, who has been teaching improvisation in Portland since the fall of 2022, will present Get Up & Go Improv at the Chocolate Church Arts Center. He has assembled some of his longest-studying students into the group Invasive Species, and they plan to present “a night of fun, lively improvisation, doing some dynamic scene variations and taking suggestions from the audience,” say organizers.

Groppman graduated from the Second City Conservatory in LA and studied at San Francisco’s Bay Area Theater Sports and LA’s Bang! Studio.

For tickets and more information to either show, call 207-442-8455, email [email protected] or go to chocolatechurcharts.org.

The center is at 804 Washington St.

Enjoy Eberhardt, Gorka, Kaplansky and Larkin in Gardiner

GARDINER — Johnson Hall Opera House will present “On A Winter’s Night” featuring Cliff Eberhardt, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky and Patty Larkin, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, from 7:30-9:30 p.m.

According to organizers, this reunion tour features “veteran singer-songwriters that remain among the brightest stars of the singer/songwriter movement for the past three decades.

“In 1994 Christine Lavin gathered them together, along with folk and Americana artists to showcase music of the winter season on the now-classic “On A Winter’s Night” CD, followed by several years of touring collaborations. These artists have released dozens of recordings and toured steadily through the decades, with fond memories of their touring days together.”

For tickets and more information go to www.johnsonhall.org or call 207-582-7144.

Johnson Hall is at 280 Water St.

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