Camden on Canvas is set for return this year to support the Camden Public Library. Twenty artists will be selected by jury to paint Maine’s picturesque midcoast during the weekend of July 29-31, culminating in an auction of one new painting per artist on the evening of Sunday, July 31. Artists receive 50% of the […]
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L/A Community Little Theatre to stage ‘Let It Be’
L/A Community Little Theatre plans to will open it’s 82nd season with the Maine premier of “Let It Be,” a story of love, loss, family and hope told through the music of the Beatles. The play will opens Friday, Jan. 13, under the direction of Jennifer Groover and musical direction of Steven Barter. The show […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 6
100 Years Ago: 1921 Such fun as the Shrine Club had at their Kid Party last night, when between 400 and 800 “grave and reverend seniors” as the old college songbook puts it, dressed up to look like their sons and daughters and nieces and nephews — and maybe grandsons and granddaughters — and a […]
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Tony King photos on display through Feb. 28 at CMMC gallery
In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary, The Woman’s Hospital Association (WHA) Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center, at 300 Main St. in Lewiston, is displaying the work of acclaimed photographer, Tony King. “Honoring Trees” will be on display from Jan. 1 through Feb. 28. King (1934-2017) was a businessman, […]
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CANCELED: State Theatre to feature Brian Fallon and The Howling Weather
A Brian Fallon and The Howling Weather concert is planned for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at State Theatre, at 609 Congress St., in Portland. Singer-songwriter Brian Fallon is known as the singer and rhythm guitarist from rock band The Gaslight Anthem, but he also has four solo albums to his name. “Local Honey” was […]
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Monmouth theater group to hold auditions for ‘Addams Family’
Monmouth Community Players plans to hold auditions next month for its first musical of the 2022 season, “The Addams Family.” Auditions are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Feb. 6 and 7, in the lower level of Cumston Hall at 796 Main St. Auditions start with a closed singing audition, followed by […]
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Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show planned in Portland
Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show is scheduled for 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at Aura, 121 Center St., Portland. For more than two decades Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show has been starting audiences up with shows that are an absolute gas. Wild horses couldn’t drag them away from their commitment to recreating Rolling […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 3
100 Years Ago: 1921 North Auburn Grange will have a home cooked food sale at North Auburn Grange Hall next Saturday at 2 o’clock under the auspices of the dramatic committee. A great variety of food will be especially welcome. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Lewiston Auburn New Years Baby, David Clarence Fickett Jr., son of […]
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Castlebay plans Camden concert
Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, from the stage of the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. in Camden. The Castlebay concert will feature Lane on celtic harp and Gosbee on 12-string guitar, fiddle and woodwinds will treat the audience to music collected across the state from coastal […]
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Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers plan Portland show
A Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers concert is set for 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. “When I listen to the blues, it makes me want to cry — it’s a part of me — but before making this album, I felt I was neglecting the […]