BRUNSWICK – Newcastle native Lisa Graf will sing in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Bowdoin International Music Festival orchestra under the baton of Lewis Kaplan on the Fourth of July.“Schiller’s Ode to Joy, which is quoted in the last movement, speaks of the ‘brotherhood of man,’ which I find directly analogous to the statement in […]

LEWISTON – In an unusual combination of artists and genres, three virtuosi of traditional ethnic flutes will present a concert of Klezmer, Irish and Japanese music Friday, June 27, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.The 7 p.m. event is open to the public free of charge.Performing will be the World Flute Trio consisting […]

MECHANIC FALLS – The Down East Country Music Association will present western division competitions beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 29, at the Silver Spur on Route 121.Youth and adult categories will be offered in country, gospel, bluegrass and folk.Admission for spectators is $6 for nonmembers, $5 for members. There will be a food concession.

POLAND – Alexz Wight and Bryant Cyr are hoping to bring Shakespeare to the masses this summer.The two 19-year-olds from Poland are creating a traveling troupe called the Poland Players, which will roam the state performing pieces from “Macbeth” and “Taming of the Shrew.”Wight and Cyr graduated from Poland Regional High School in 2007 and […]

KINGFIELD – The summer exhibition series at Stadler Gallery will continue with work by Shawn O’Connor of Ithaca, N.Y., and Ellen Roberts of Farmington.Currently enrolled in the master of fine arts program at Syracuse University, O’Connor will show his recent ceramic work. Having lived in rural Maine all his life, he has developed a strong […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Audiences still get Maxwell Smart.Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway’s “Get Smart,” the Warner Bros. big screen update of the 1960s spy sitcom, raked in $39.2 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend movie, according to studio estimates Sunday.But movie-goers did not get Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru,” the weekend’s other […]

RiverVision Press has once again teamed up with award-winning Maine author Jim Baumer to deliver a hearty slice of Americana – this time capturing the history and culture of Moxie. Baumer wrote a book on Maine town team and semi-pro baseball in 2005. This time, he explores the magic behind America’s oldest continually marketed soft […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce’s third tour – but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those […]

NORWAY – Patricia Probert Gott of Paris, author of five books, will be at Books N Things from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, June 27, for a book signing. “Cowgirl Days,” recently released by PublishAmerica, is the second book in Gott’s “Cowgirl” series. The book takes readers to the next season where the lady […]

Maine natives Ron and Nancy Chase of Topsham have hiked for more than 30 years in New England and have trekked through eastern Canada, Scotland, France, Switzerland and Costa Rica. They also kayak, canoe, cycle and ski – and recently wrote “Mountains for Mortals: New England.”Every New England state is represented in the guidebook. Many […]