Nearly 35 years ago, an actress and two friends wanted to expose their children to theater. But where to go and what to see? “Death of a Salesman” and classic Greek tragedies just wouldn’t do, said Pushcart Players founder Ruth Fost.Now Fost’s children are grown with children of their own. Yet she remains passionate about […]

PORTLAND- Twenty-five original high-school bands will compete for the title of Best Young Band in the State of Maine in Reindeer Records’ 24th annual Rock-Off competition in April.Young rock musicians will crank out original tunes Sunday, April 6 and 13, at McAuley Performing Arts Center, 637 Stevens Ave.Each band is judged on numerous elements in […]

GRAY – Good Shepherd United Methodist Church will present “Mother Goose’s Grim Tales,” a comical mystery/dinner theater show that pokes fun at the uptight politically correct atmosphere of the 1990s.Performances by the Good Shepherd Players will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29; at 7 p.m. Friday, April 4; and at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April […]

BETHEL – Acclaimed photographer Victor Hart of Rockland’s Senior College will present a travelogue of his many adventures in colder climates Thursday, April 3, at the Gehring House, 77 Broad St.The program, titled “Into the Cold,” will be presented from 4:30 to 6 p.m. as part of the “Down Home Maine” series started last year […]

AUBURN – Comedians Ira Proctor and Joe Wong, both of whom perform regularly in Boston, will take to the stage Saturday, March 29, for Comedy Night at The Fireside Inn & Suites.The show, which also includes host Sal Votano, continues the weekly winter comedy series at the Fireside Inn at 1777 Washington St.Proctor’s everyman persona […]

ConcertsMarch 27: AUBURN, Mary Murphy will perform jazz and blues on the piano at 6:30 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Wine Bar, 84 Court. 333-3041March 27: CARTHAGE, Boreal Tordu, an Acadian group, will perform at 7 p.m. at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, 2 Highland Drive. $10 562-4445March 27: FARMINGTON, Evergreen will give a […]

LEWISTON – Eight local rock bands will perform live Saturday, May 24, when WCYY FM presents Rave ‘n’ Rage 2008 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.Global Spectrum, operator of the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, and WCYY FM collaborated to create Rave ‘n’ Rage 2008 in hopes of helping up-and-coming local acts that want to move their music […]

Four new exhibits have been installed at the Turner Center for the Arts, 98 Matthews Way. The New England Artists’ Exhibit, including 56 works by 36 regional artists, is on display in Gallery One. Showing in Gallery Two is “Relatives: Transgenerational Project,” recent work created by Petrea Noyes of Brooks and Lincolnville from a 100-year-old […]

New chapters should be added to the contemporary code of etiquette, for new social situations have been created by modern invention. The best mannered people in a drawing room often fail utterly in common courtesy when at the end of a telephone wire.There is, perhaps, no code of personal intercourse that more clearly reveals the […]

Auburn: Works by photographer Jim Walker will be featured through April 17 at Gritty McDuff’s, Main Street. 782-7228Augusta: Works by Irene Rothe will be featured through May 17 at Finance Authority of Maine, 5 Community Drive. Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 1-800-228-3734Augusta: Student art from the Maine Youth Excellence in Art program […]