WATERFORD — Join a bevy of talented musical artists who will gather at 72 Bear Pond Road on Sunday, Aug. 31, to celebrate Camp To Belong Maine Outdoor Family Music Festival. With a diversity of genres ranging from piano, folk, Americana, blues and rock, enjoy the beauty of music in nature at this outdoor family […]

“As the saying goes, all you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people,” noted DAC Artistic Director Jamie Hook. “The same goes for an arts center, and we’re thrilled to be able to provide that room for Hio Ridge Dance.” The collaboration has thus far borne further […]

AUBURN — UU Theater will hold auditions for “Hunger Pains” from noon-2 p.m. Sunday, July 13, and from 5-7 p.m. Monday, July 14. To schedule a different audition time, call 207-783-0461. Audition material will be provided. Characters can be any race or gender. Actors should be adults who are (or look) over 23. Written by […]

Cellist Steven Doane, long a Bowdoin Festival favorite, will open the concert with Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1, performed with pianist Elinor Freer. Emma Tahmiziàn, winner of many international competitions and another Festival favorite, will present Ravel’s remarkable La Valse for solo piano. In the finale, violinist Ilya […]

Slightly more rock than country, the Mallett Brothers band is a musical melting pot that’s influenced equally by the folk and singer/songwriter brothers Luke and Will’s dad David Mallett — himself a noted musician — as by the harder rock, punk and even psychedelic influences of the other band members. Brian Higgins on drums, Nick […]

The Lorraine Ouellette Trio will perform at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, June 27, at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Rd. in Greene. They will present a mix of country, French, polkas and Cajun music. Trio members are Lorraine Ouellette, Gerry Dube and Adrian Leclair. Free admission. For more information, call 207-946-5311 or visit […]

MAINE — tells the story of runaway slave Elijah, trapped between new-found freedom and a promise. Elijah is led by hands both seen and unseen to a destiny of which he could only dream. He has been living with the Laird family on a small farm in Maine. The family continues to grieve their soldier […]

LEWISTON — Prometheus Dance, Boston’s premiere dance company, opens the 2014 Bates Dance Festival with its latest work, “Heart of the Matter,” in performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12, in Bates College’s air-conditioned Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St. The viscerally charged and dramatic “Heart of the Matter” marks Prometheus’ 25th […]

AUGUSTA — The Feather Lungs, an up-and-coming new band with local roots, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, as part of Lithgow Public Library’s outdoor Summer Concert Series. The concert will take place on the library lawn. The formed in the spring of 2013 after longtime musical comrades and Hallowell natives David Young […]

GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, in partnership with the city of Gardiner and Gardiner Main Street, will present from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, July 17, in Waterfront Park. This is a free event, open to the public. Guided by an ethos of lyrical depth and an accessible, folk sensibility, singer/songwriter Allen of South Portland, […]