PARIS – Jerome Preisler of Bath, co-author of “All Hands Down, The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion,” will speak and sign copies of the book at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at the West Paris Historical Society.Kirkus Reviews rates “All Hands Down” as “a great historical whodunit,” but it is […]

FARMINGTON – The Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers Improv Comedy Troupe will deliver its third annual Last-Day-of-School Show at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 16, at the Farmington Grange.After a one-night performance at ImprovBoston in Cambridge, Mass., the troupe is ready to bring its skills back home. This show marks the final show for members of the […]

HALLOWELL – Gaslight Theater will hold auditions for “Wonder of the World,” an adult comedy, Sunday and Monday, June 22-23. They will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday and at 6 p.m. Monday at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium, 1 Winthrop St.In “Wonder of the World,” Cass discovers a dirty little secret in her husband’s sweater drawer. […]

BRUNSWICK – Sharing the stage with its four main stage productions this year, The Maine State Music Theatre will present the TheatreWorks USA production “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books” Wednesday, June 11.Based on eight popular children’s tales, this musical revue for children features a multiracial cast and touches on […]

Dancers from Art Moves Dance Studio will perform to Edwin Starr’s “War,” Don Henley’s “The Way It Is” and Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” Thursday, June 12, at their annual spring show. Featured will be dancers age 5 to 50 performing jazz, modern, hip-hop and belly dance. The show, called “Declaration of IndependANCE,” […]

The Bayside World Market & Fair, featuring world food, music, dance and immigrant journey stories, will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Portland High School. Admission is free. Market-goers will find 100 vendors offering flea market goods, fresh vegetables, baked goods, art, jewelry, furniture, Tupperware and crafts. Among those […]

Go and doWHAT: “Sylvia”WHO: Community Little TheatreWHEN: June 13, 14 & 15; and June 19, 20, 21 & 22. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday.WHERE: Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy Street, AuburnTICKETS: $15. To order tickets, call the CLT box office at 783-0958 […]

It requires a certain amount of nerve to climb up a 52-foot flag pole and give it a necessary coat of paint, but it requires a whole lot of nerve to climb and paint a 52-foot flag pole when it is planted on a five-story building like the Falmouth Hotel, Portland. Numbers of people stood […]

STUDIO CITY, Calif. (AP) – One recent week, William Shatner did something he hadn’t done for many years – watched the original “Star Trek.” It was kind of an accident.Now, you might think that a bit odd. But Shatner rarely watches himself work. When it comes to acting, he says, he lives in the moment […]

BOWDOINHAM – Merrymeeting Arts Center will celebrate its first year and kick off its membership drive from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at the waterfront. Children and adults will be able to participate in free art projects.Attendees are urged to bring their own hat creations or to gather at 2 p.m. at the […]