The production stars Valerie Perri and Whip Hubley
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Portland Symphony Orchestra season set to begin
The Portland Symphony Orchestra plans 22 Classical, POPS! and Discovery concerts – in addition to a dozen performances of Magic of Christmas – for the 2023-2024 season which opens on Saturday, Sept. 30. Highlights include POPS! Kings of Soul in October, Beethoven’s 5th in January, an all-John Williams POPS! program in April and Mahler’s Symphony […]
Author visit, discussion on Sept. 27 of Franco-American books cancelled
The Books and Stories program at the Franco Center on Wednesday, Sept. 27, featuring author David Vermette has been cancelled. He is unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for the inconvenience. The program featuring author Paul Dionne at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, will still take place. Dionne, author of “The Priestess and […]
The Seyir Duo brings Middle Eastern music to the Oasis of Music
The Seyir Duo, made up of Eric LaPerna and Jeremey Zela, will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 4, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Founding members of Maine Middle Eastern Ensemble, multi-instrumentalist Eric LaPerna and guitarist Jeremey Zela perform Armenian, Turkish, Greek and Arabic music from the folk, […]
Traveling exhibit of art by residents of Maine prisons on display at UMF
An opening reception for “Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art,” a traveling exhibit of art by residents of Maine prisons curated by Jan Collins, Olivia Hochstadt and Nicole Lund (UMF ’24), will be held from 5-7 p.m. with remarks by the curators at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in The Emery Community […]
Open Book Players present production of ‘Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales’
A children’s production of “Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales” will be presented by The Open Book Players at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, at Oak Hill High School in Wales. The Open Book Players is the resident community theatre company for Johnson Hall in […]
Andrew Donnelly headlines comedy show at Great Falls Comedy Club
Ian MacDonald hosts one-of-a-kind talent Andrew Donnelly with guests Angela Sawyer and Mike Levinsky at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets can be found at greatfallscomedyclub.com or purchased at the door. Great Falls Comedy Club is located inside Craft Brew Underground at […]
Concert features music from 1950s, 1960s at Franco Center
Davidson County Line, a three-piece band established in 2015 from Central Maine, will perform 1950s to ’60s music at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30. They perform a mix of rockabilly, blues, rock, and country music featuring hits from artists such as Johnny Cash, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and many more. All members […]
‘Music from Colby’ concert presented by ArtsFarmington
The Maine Mountain Chamber Music fall concert “Music from Colby,” sponsored by ArtsFarmington, will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, in Nordica Auditorium inside Merrill Hall on campus at the University of Maine at Farmington. The performance will be a repeat presentation of the concert given the night before at Colby College […]
Manhattan Short Film Festival to screen at The Public Theatre
The Public Theatre will host the 26th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, and Saturday, Sept. 30. The 10 films hail from from Australia, Afghanistan, Finland, Iran, Switzerland, UK and Canada, alongside three films from the USA. This year’s Final Ten Films represent the best short films from among […]