AUBURN – UU Theater will present “Looking for Normal” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 18-19, at the First Universalist Church. The show, written by Jane Anderson, is about a mid-Western factory worker who stuns his wife of 25 years by revealing he wishes to change gender.Roy’s wife (played by Jackie Oliveri) initially wants […]

Grammy-winning singer Kathy Mattea will bring her acoustic country music to Discovery Park in Freeport, as part of the L.L. Bean 2008 Summer Concert Series. The outdoor concert is free and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Bring a lawn chair.

AUBURN – This summer on the third Friday of each month, the Auburn Public Library invites singer/songwriters, instrumental musicians, stand-up comedians and spoken-word poets ages 13 to 18 to step up to the microphone.Performers sign up on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5 p.m. Teen open mic begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Androscoggin […]

BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin International Music Festival has scheduled EuroFest, concerts held in a variety of venues throughout the midcoast area, for July 17-20.All performances are free and open to the public.“This is a way for us to share the wonderful talents of our faculty and students with a wider public,” said festival director Lewis […]

LEWISTON – Auditions for King’s Bridge Theatre’s production of “Rehearsal For Murder” scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 18-19, have been postponed.Those interested in auditioning are encouraged to check the theater’s Web site, www.kingsbridgetheatre.org.

FRYEBURG – The International Musical Arts Institute invites all those who are curious to learn more about what goes into making music at IMAI to its Monday evenings of “Music in the Making…” Listen in on a rehearsal, a master class, a discussion or whatever may be happening at the Bion Cram Library at Fryeburg […]

• Those who attended the formal opening of the children’s playground in the yard of the Franklin School on Pine Street, Auburn, Monday afternoon, doubted not that the benefit which will be derived from the sand boxes and swings will be a thousand-fold greater than the expenditure. About 75 boys and girls romped and played […]

NEW GLOUCESTER – Two-hundred-year-old American sacred songbooks might not be the obvious place to look for guidance on how to find balance in today’s fast-paced, multicultural, high-tech, war-torn, money-driven, political world.But Kindling Stone members Chris Moore and Mark Wingate found just that in a bounty of wise words and powerful melodies from two early-American musical […]

LEWISTON – A ballroom dance will be put on by the Southern Maine USA Dance club from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at the Knights of Columbus hall.Beginners are welcome. Partners are not necessary. Singles and couples are welcome. Refreshments and light snacks will be offered.Cost is $12 for nonmembers, $10 for members. […]

LEWISTON – “Dance,” a show of photographic images from the Bates Dance Festival, will open Monday, July 14, and remain on view until Aug. 9 at Chase Hall Gallery.The images in “Dance” are the work of Arthur Fink, who has photographed dancers for almost two decades. He has spent the last three summers as a […]