PORTLAND – The celebrated Borromeo String Quartet will return to Portland to perform the world premiere of renowned Maine composer Elliott Schwartz’s new chamber work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at Merrill Auditorium.Schwartz’s composition, String Quartet No 2 For Louise and Aaron, was inspired jointly by the artistry of Maine sculptor and visual artist […]

BRUNSWICK – The Theater Project will present “An Evening of Emerging Poets from Maine Colleges” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, when poets from Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges will read their works.Admission is free. Donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, call 729-8584 or visit the box office at 14 School […]

PORTLAND – “I Have Never Forgotten You – The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)” is the featured film in the sixth annual Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Day) Film Project put on by the Maine Jewish Film Festival to remember the Holocaust, to honor survivors and to remember the millions lost.Director Richard Trank’s powerful documentary […]

NEW YORK (AP) – After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as “exciting” and “brilliant.”Appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of her relationship with Brooke that lasted several years in the 1970s, according […]

LEWISTON – Captive Elements Art House will hold an art show titled “Releasing the Storm” from 7:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday, May 3. Featured will be artists Trena Jackson, Ray Fannin, Jason Landry, Vincent Myrand, Melanie Therrien and Kerry Landry. There will be prints of artwork as well as originals for viewing, beverages, snacks and […]

BRUNSWICK – Robert Harling’s comedy/drama “Steel Magnolias” centers around a small-town beauty parlor and the group of women who gather there. Filled with witty, sometimes revealing repartee, the play follows the friends through life’s big events – a wedding, a birth and illness – as well as its day-to-day trivialities, and what it takes to […]

RICHMOND – Gospel singer and recording artist Ken Fernald will perform in concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Richmond Corner Baptist Church. Fernald’s friendly, relaxed and good-natured style has made him a popular gospel artist. He has traveled in a full-time concert ministry for more than 25 years. He makes his home in […]

AUBURN – Snowed out of an appearance earlier this year, comedian Bob Niles, a New England favorite, will perform at The Fireside Inn & Suites Saturday, May 3. Joining him will be Sue Fracker and Boston comedy veteran Derek Gerry.Niles headlines shows at comedy, Elks, Lions, country and Rotary clubs. He was just 20 years […]

PORTLAND – Renaissance Voices, a 21-voice a capella ensemble directed by Harold Stover, will give the premiere performance of a work by local composer Faith York at its spring concert Saturday, May 3, at Immanuel Baptist Church. The program, “Songs of Nature,” which takes its name from a collection of five songs by Czech composer […]

HARRISON – Twin Bridges Pentecostal Church will be the backdrop for a coffeehouse, courtesy of Teen Challenge of Maine, Saturday, May 3. Admission is free. All are welcome but teens under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Songs and testimonies will be offered by members of Teen Challenge from Winthrop. The event will begin […]