The University of Maine at Farmington music faculty members plan to perform several spring piano concerts in the Performance Space in the Emery Community Arts Center on Main Street in Farmington on March 29 and 30, and April 14. The events are free and open to the public. A Performance of Piano Technologies: Strings, Hammers […]
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Eileen Ivers plans Bath concert
The Chocolate Church Arts Center plans to host Eileen Ivers at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the center, 804 Washington St. in Bath. The Grammy-Awarded and Emmy-nominated musician continues to push the fiddling tradition boundaries from a folk music staple to a fiercely fresh, powerfully beautiful, intensely driving world stage experience. Ivers’ recording credits […]
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Looking Back on March 25
100 Years Ago: 1922 The TMTM Corp of Girl Reserves held a party last night at the Blue Triangle Rooms, to which the girls invited their boy friends. The club rooms were decorated in blue and gold, the corps colors. Dancing and games were enjoyed, and ice cream, and cookies were enjoyed for refreshments. 50 […]
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Live music at Mixers this weekend
Stone Broke is set to play Friday, March 25, at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. Four talented musicians from four separate decades produce a unique blend of rock, country and blues covering songs by Dwight Yoakam to Ted Nugent and everything in between. And on Saturday, March 26, The Veggies return to play hits […]
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The Heather Pierson Trio to play at One Longfellow Square
The Heather Pierson Trio will perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at One Longfellow Square in Portland. Based in New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Valley, Heather Pierson is a pianist, singer/songwriter, and nationally touring performer whose inspiring live performances and growing catalog of releases delve into Americana, blues, New Orleans jazz, vocal chants, instrumental […]
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Waterville Opera House to stage ‘Tuck Everlasting’
“Tuck Everlasting the Musical” will be staged April 1-10 at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. April 1, 2 and 8; and 2 p.m. April 3, 9 and 10. Based on the best-selling children’s classic by Natalie Babbitt, music by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, produced […]
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Looking Back on March 24
100 Years Ago: 1922 Mrs. L.H. Morrell of Webster Street, Lewiston, cooked the first dandelion greens of the season Wednesday. 50 Years Ago: 1972 At the Wednesday evening meeting of the Community Little Theater Association three Bates College students, Sarah Jo Pearson, of Connecticut, George Papageorgiou of Greece, and Alan Dunham of Carver, Mass. presented […]
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MSMT plans to hold its second round of adult, children’s auditions
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre plans to hold open call local auditions for children and teens aged 5-18 for the productions of The Sound of Music, Frozen, Jr., Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Kinky Boots from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at 22 Elm St. The theatre also will also […]
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The Wailin’ Jennys plan Brownfield show
The Wailin’ Jennys plan to take the stage at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, at Sone Mountain Music Center, 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Having three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound, The Wailin’ Jennys began as a happy accident of solo singer-songwriters getting together for a one-time-only performance at a […]
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Looking Back on March 23
100 Years Ago: 1922 When patrons of the new Strand Theater in South Paris entered that delightful amusement for the first time on Monday night they found something different which no other picture house in Maine has and which met instant approval from one and all. This was the aisle lights which eliminate the stumbling […]