LEWISTON — The 2014 Bates Dance Festival will present the internationally acclaimed Camille A. Brown & Dancers with an evening-length work exploring images of African American performers in the media. Known for high theatricality, gutsy moves and virtuosic musicality, Brown and company return to Bates to perform “Mr. TOL E. RAncE,” their newest work, at […]

The Gothard Sisters are a dynamic all-female Irish music and dance group from the Pacific Northwest. The three girls perform and record new Celtic arrangements of well-known traditional tunes and songs, as well as their own original compositions from their six recorded studio albums. They include the visual elements and the exciting rhythms of Irish […]

MONMOUTH — William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy, “As You Like It,” opens at Theater at Monmouth at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 11. Set in the 1940s, the play explores the ups and downs of love and courtship. Filled with mistaken identities and misplaced devotion, “As You Like It” lampoons the often puzzling, yet utterly gratifying, labor […]

The show is set in a hair salon — The Big Tease — where customers and stylists talk about life and sing a series of familiar (and not so familiar) barbershop harmony tunes including the theme song, “Big Hair.” Some of the more familiar tunes include “At Last,” “I Believe in Music,” “Crazy,” and a […]

The Portland-based singer/songwriter performs and writes music in folk, indie and electronic styles. With influences such as Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Bjork and Feist, Richardson’s songs have won her honors at the University of Maine, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in music. “My music consists of original folk songs inspired by my folky upbringing, […]

PORTLAND — As part of the celebrations planned for the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s 90th anniversary season, the PSO will present four free community concerts in July and August. The chosen ensemble includes PSO members Yasmin Craig-Vitalius (violin), Kim Lehmann (viola), and Jim Kennedy (cello), and Director of Strings and Orchestral Activities at the USM School […]

PORTLAND — PORTopera will present one of Giuseppe Verdi’s great masterpieces, “Rigoletto,” as its 20th season production; performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 and Friday, July 25. Both performances, with full orchestra conducted by Stephen Lord and under the direction of PORTopera Artistic Director Dona D. Vaughn, will take place at Merrill […]