NORWAY – Images of real life interpreted through the eyes of contemporary oil painter Emmy Andersson will be on exhibit throughout the month of March in the Community Gallery at Café Nomad.A Western Maine Art Group member and director, Andersson draws inspiration from real-life objects and situations, which she turns into slightly distorted and sometimes […]

LEWISTON – Maine pianist Frank Glazer, a musician of international stature, will perform a program of music by four composers closely linked with Vienna Sunday, March 9, at Bates College.He will perform music by Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms at 3 p.m. in Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The concert is open […]

PORTLAND – Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ will hold an annual birthday party at Merrill Auditorium in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the all-time greatest composers of organ music.Bach Bash 2008 will celebrate the 323rd anniversary of Bach with an all-Bach concert and the Portland Ballet Company as special guest.Scheduled for Tuesday, March […]

AUBURN – Lindsey Montana will bring his ’67 Gibson and eclectic song list back to Holly’s Own Deli Friday, March 7.A veteran musician with more than 1,000 gigs under his belt, Montana believes his recent switch from keyboards to guitar is proving to be a positive outlet for songwriting and singing.“Trying to promote original music […]

LEWISTON – Martin Andrucki, Dana Professor of Theater at Bates College, will direct the college theater department production of “Measure for Measure,” William Shakespeare’s dark comedy about sex, public morality and private hypocrisy.Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 7, 8, 14 and 15; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10 and 16, […]

WASHINGTON – The Secretary of Commerce and Labor today issued a sweeping order to all commissioners of immigration and immigration inspectors in charge, directing them to confer with the police in their respective jurisdictions with a view to securing the “cooperation of the police and detective forces in an effort to rid the country of […]

Lewiston police are seen in “A New Life,” which has the Ware Street Inn as part of its backdrop. LEWISTON – Paul Kuritz, a professor of theater at Bates College, will premiere his short film “A New Life” Saturday, March 15. The screenings are open to the public at no cost.Kuritz, who has taught at […]

PORTLAND – Thomas Lauderdale, songwriter, composer, pianist, founder and leader of Oregon-based world-music outfit Pink Martini, likes to say the band sounds like “Mary Poppins meets the United Nations.”Maine fans will get to hear that mix when the self-described “musical archaeologists” of Pink Martini bring their eclectic, pan-global pastiche to Portland for the first time. […]

Educators are invited to attend a free performance of the comedy “Well” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. Reservations are also being accepted for the student matinee performance of “Well” at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, as well as for “Over the River and Through the Woods” and “Tales […]

Go and do7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5Lecture/demonstration: “South Indian Classical Dance as Contemporary Practice.” Presented by Bharata Natyam-style dancer Aniruddha Knight and his ensemble of South Indian musicians. Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.8 p.m. Friday, March 7Concert: The Bates College Orchestra, directed by Hiroya Miura, performs compositions by Jean-Philippe Rameau and Joaquin Rodrigo, […]