PORTLAND – The Back Bay Grill is offering a regular jazz night series from now through June, alternating the Matt Fogg Trio with the Larry Williams Trio for a great excuse to spend Monday night out on the town.“We’ve offered Jazz Nights before, with some last winter and a few in the spring. They have […]

LEWISTON – Iridescent blues glimmer and shades of saffron yellow glow in an eclectic collection showcased in this year’s annual L/A Arts Winter Holidays art exhibit.With a two-fold mission of supporting local artists and promoting the intangible value of art, L/A Arts hopes to convince local residents that art isn’t just for the upper class, […]

BAR MILLS – Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection will perform at the fourth annual Thanksgiving Saturday Country/Bluegrass/Folk Hoedown at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 29, at Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road. Tickets are $14, $12 for students and seniors. Call 929-6472 for reservations. For further information, visit the website at www.sacorivergrangehall.org. Fiddle […]

100 years ago, 1908 A Lewiston businessman remarked Thursday, “I would like to take a contract to care for the streets of Lewiston at $5,000 per year less than it costs the city to do it. For one thing, I will tell you there would not be so much time spent in handling gravel over. […]

Concerts Nov. 21: AUBURN, Katie Nelson and Scott Troyer will perform at 7 p.m. at Court Street Baptist Church, 129 Court St. Donations 784-6661Nov. 21: BATH, the Richard Nelson Duo will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Solo Bistro, 128 Front St. 443-3373Nov. 21: BRUNSWICK, Bowdoin’s Native American Students Association will present their all female drum […]

She Doesn’t Like Guthries will be the site of three upcoming performances featuring Three Point Trio, Jesse Ray Carter and Subject Bias. Three Point Trio will perform a jazz lunch starting at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21. Jesse Ray Carter, pictured at left, is from Roanoke, Va., and will perform delta blues at 9 p.m. […]

GARDINER – Johnson Hall’s Center Stage series winds up its fifth-year anniversary with a super-special finale. “SheBoom!” is four fantastically talented women, Karen Montanaro, Jackie Riefer, Barb Polk, Diane Wasnak and Bonzer the circus dog, together for the first time ever. Adding to the fun, Bonzer is sometimes joined on stage by her two puppies-in-training, […]

LEWISTON – The Atrium Art Gallery at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College will sponsor “Area Artists 2009,” the biennial juried exhibition open to visual artists in all media who live or work in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Artists may submit up to two works to be juried; there is no entry fee. […]

LEWISTON – In Association with the Cohen Chamber Music Series at Hebron Academy, the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston will present Jan Muller-Szeraws, Eugenio Urrutia-Borlando and Yevgeny Kutik as the Tancrede Trio in concert, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation and Hebron Academy.As […]

FARMINGTON – The UMF Concert Band, composed of UMF students, community members and local high school students, will perform its fall concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22, in Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Merrill Hall.Under the direction of Anita Jerosch, the eclectic program will include “Old American Dances” by Clare […]