VIENNA – For the 26th consecutive year, the Vienna Historical Society will present three humorous plays that take audiences back to the days when life was simpler and neighbors knew each other’s business.The shows – “Professor Perkins’ Singing Lessons,” “Romance in Vienny,” and “The Buzz” – will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, […]

LEWISTON – Not everyone dresses in black. No one wears a beret. Smoke and booze are nowhere to be found. But jazz, good jazz at that, wafts, dances and vibrates through the intimate setting of The Maple Room on Monday nights. And, it’s free.An eclectic ensemble of youthful instrumentalists and a weathered and wry poet, […]

POLAND – The Mollyocket Chorus, a group of women singers from southwestern Maine, will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, July 21, at the All Souls Chapel, as part of the Poland Spring Preservation Society’s summer concert series.A chapter of Sweet Adelines International, the Mollyocket Chorus sings barbershop-style a cappella harmony in four parts: tenor, lead, […]

PARIS – Karen Montanaro, winner of the 2008 Maine Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship Award, is not your usual mime – and her show is not your usual show. One moment an old gunslinger reminisces about his youth, the next an entire baseball game is played out with Montanaro as the avid baseball fan, the […]

• It was a pleasure to the inmates of the Old Ladies Home a few days ago to listen to a half-hour of song by Miss Louise E. Walsh, Lewiston High School, ’08. Miss Walsh has a sweet soprano voice of good range and is a pupil of Mr. Horne.• The annual field day of […]

LEWISTON – Gillen & Turk of Hudson Valley, N.Y., will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, July 18, at She Doesn’t Like Guthries. During the last five years, Fred Gillen Jr. and Matt Turk have engaged audiences and refined their art in the Hudson Valley of New York City. On numerous occasions the two performers shared […]

ABBA songs are, of course, evil in musical form.Just try getting “Dancing Queen” out of your head once it’s burrowed its way in there. “Waterloo,” too, is especially pesky. But “Mamma Mia” might be the most tenacious tune in the 1970s Swedish pop group’s canon.The insanely catchy hit inspired a hugely successful Broadway musical a […]

KINGFIELD – The Farm Cottage Gallery at the Mountain Village Farm B&B will celebrate its grand opening from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 19.The gallery features a collection of raised relief prints; metal sculptures of welded steel and glass; colorful mobiles; handmade baskets of all sizes, designs and utility; an array of clay sculptures; […]

July 17-Aug. 2: FRYEBURG, “Music for Summer Evenings” will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Fryeburg Academy. $12/$6 603-367-8661 July 17: AUBURN, Salt River will perform from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Auburn Mall at center court. 786-2977 July 17, 24, 31: AUBURN, Mary Murphy will perform jazz […]

Down East humorist Tim Sample will bring his wicked good stories to Deertrees Theatre in Harrison Thursday, July 17. Tickets are $18. On Friday, July 18, Tree by Leaf, a band known for its harmonies and textured guitar and piano playing, will perform a mix of country, folk and indie. Tickets are $14. On Saturday, […]