BROWNFIELD – The Angel Band, a vocal group whose leads are based in Delaware, will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Stone Mountain Arts Center. The group’s new album, “With Roots & Wings,” will be released through Appleseed Recordings later this month.Angel Band developed from a jam session of Delaware musicians at the […]

LEWISTON – As the 2008 Beijing Olympics put China in the global spotlight this summer, a photographic exhibition at the Bates College Museum of Art will offer alternative perspectives on that intriguing, dynamic nation.“Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers” showcases work by 17 Chinese artists who examine how economic reform, a […]

FRYEBURG – The 2008 Northern New England Home, Garden and Flower Show, featuring a 32- by 20-foot backyard garden railroad, will be held May 16-18 at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds. The garden railroad comes complete with miniature trains, a detailed scale model of the North Conway Railroad Station, stonewalls, water displays, plants, trees, trestles and bridges.The […]

TOPSHAM – The Oratorio Chorale, under the direction of Peter Frewen, will offer joyous music by Puccini and Beethoven Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham and at 3 p.m. Sunday at State Street Church in Portland. The year 2008 marks […]

LEWISTON – John Ferrillo, principal oboe of the Boston Symphony, will join the Midcoast Symphony as soloist in the orchestra’s final concerts of the season Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18.The concerts will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Orion Performing Arts […]

SEBAGO -The Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake and The Daytime Players will present “An Evening of Comedy” May 15-18. The program features skits, including “Senior Driver,” “Fear of Flying,” “Half Time,” “Prisoner of 2nd Avenue” and “Tin of Tube Rose,” and a one-act play, “The Real Inspector Hound” by Tom Stoppard. Thursday, Friday and […]

PORTLAND – A concert of music by Harold Stover will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, in the sanctuary of Woodfords Congregational Church. The program includes the Portland premieres of “Celtic Invocations” for voice and piano, “Nocturnes, Book III” for trumpet, organ and percussion, “Souvenir” for piano and “Sayings of Jesus” for voice […]

GARDINER – Auditions for the Whatever Family Festival Waterfront Talent Show will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, and from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 19, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center.All ages and talents are welcome to try out. Acts will be auditioned in the order of arrival; advance […]

Morgan DeBlois, foreground, bursts out laughing as Nick Ochtman adjusts her costume during Monday night’s dress rehearsal at Winthrop High School. The drama club will perform “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 15-16, and at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17. DeBlois plays a swamp creature and a rooster; Ochtman […]

• Wanted: The young lad who took my pocketbook last Saturday night in the Woolworth Store, to either return it to the store or to my home, 24 Horton Street, to avoid further trouble.• BANGOR – The first electrical storm of the season passed over this city at 3:30 this afternoon, heavy thunder and sharp […]