TOPSHAM -The Oratorio Chorale invites singers to join in at an open rehearsal from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 5, at MidCoast Presbyterian Church. The chorale will be rehearsing music for its upcoming May concert, “The Seasons,” by Franz Joseph Haydn. Singers who wish to attend or learn more should contact John Todd at […]

BRUNSWICK – Internationally renowned violist Roberto Diaz will perform Wednesday, April 1, at Bowdoin College. He will be joined by pianist Andrew Tyson for a program to include Manuel de Falla’s Suite Populaire Espagnole; Csaba Erdelyi’s arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ Sonata for Viola and Piano in D Major, Op. 78; Ernest Bloch’s Suite for Viola […]

ORONO – Two University of Maine scientists will be featured at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, on the PBS primetime series “NOVA.” The segment, “Last Extinction,” follows prominent scientists as they explore the idea that a comet striking the Earth is to blame for the extinction of giant mammoths and other large animals, and the […]

PORTLAND – Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen headlines the Smucker’s Stars on Ice new production, “On the Edge,” coming Saturday, April 11, to the Cumberland County Civic Center. Joining her will be six-time U.S. Champion Todd Eldredge, two-time World Bronze Medalist and three-time U.S. Champion Michael Weiss, 1998 Olympic Gold Medalist Ilia Kulik, World Champion […]

BETHEL – On Sunday, April 5, musicians from the local area will perform at the Telstar Jamboree Concert benefiting Bryce Walker and Tyler Clough, two SAD 44 students suffering from cancer. Performers include Dave Rowe; Jewel Clark and Donnie Katlin; Rolly York; Ross Timerberlake; Amy Green; Wendy Green; the Telstar Middle School Faculty Band; Lazarus […]

GREENE – About 1000 BC, a culture developed and flourished for 1,500 years in the region of South Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. Today, descendants of the ancient Maya still populate this region. Farmers, cowboys and Mennonites are all part of a new film, “Beneath the Jungle and Beyond,” by wildlife filmmaker Dale Johnson, to […]

Knights of the Neville Company, a medieval re-enactment group based in Gardiner, and the Vikings of Vinholm will engage in combat as part of the Medieval Feast on Friday and Saturday, March 27-28, at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston. The Renaissance dance band the DisSonatas will play, court dancers will perform and strolling players […]

AUBURN – Get out the kilts and gather up the pipes. L/A Arts will celebrate Highland-style Friday, April 3, with its “Whisky ‘n’ Plaid” event featuring pipers, Scottish whisky and ale-tasting opportunities, Gaelic poetry and prose, buffet and silent auction. “The night was inspired by the traditional Robbie Burns Night held to commemorate Scotland’s favorite […]

This month, celebrate women’s history and the arrival of spring, with time left over for a chuckle or two.• “Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt,” by Doreen Rappaport. Illustrated by Gary Kelley. Hyperion Books ($16.99). Ages 6 to 12.Caldecott Honor author Doreen Rappaport takes on another larger-than-life figure – her previous subjects […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Audiences knew what they wanted this weekend: Nicholas Cage and the apocalypse. Summit Entertainment’s supernatural thriller “Knowing,” which stars Cage as an astrophysics professor who figures out how to predict monumental catastrophes, debuted as the No. 1 movie at the weekend box office with $24.8 million in ticket sales, according to […]