PORTLAND — Renowned cellist Zuill Bailey will perform with the Portland Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at Merrill Auditorium. Robert Moody will conduct this Tuesday Classical Concert, featuring Gandolfi’s Night Train to Perugia, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol and Richard Strauss’ Don Quixote, featuring Zuill Bailey. The concert will open with Michael Gandolfi’s Night […]

GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, in partnership with the city of Gardiner and Gardiner Main Street will present The Colwell Brothers from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in Gardiner’s Waterfront Park. This is a free event, open to the public. The Colwell Brothers, Pat and Bob, bring their unique brand of high energy […]

The Whiffenpoofs began in 1909 as a senior quartet that met for weekly concerts at a campus tavern. The group made its mark on mainstream culture early on with their signature “Whiffenpoof Song,” an amusing adaptation by Yale students Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomeroy of a Rudyard Kipling poem. Published as sheet music the […]

“Mud Season” tells the story of three waitresses struggling to make ends meet in a midcoast Maine diner. Amidst the challenges of single-parenthood and lousy tips, economic hard times and terrible ketchup, they find escape in the imaginary tales they tell about their patrons, learning along the way that everyone has a story to tell […]

LEWISTON — In an exploration of the Latin American presence in Maine, Latino/a members of the Bates College community will offer a performance of music, dance, poetry and theater at 6 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St. The program explores the lives and contributions of Latinos/as at Bates and in the […]

Merry Meeting Singers, under the direction of Larry Lemmel, began six years ago as a group of singers interested in performing a classical, folk and modern choral repertoire. The choir will feature pieces such as Mozart’s Ave Verum, four Elizabethan Madrigals and nine American folk songs. Merry Meeting Singers are sopranos Stephanie Bernier, Tammis Donovan […]

Husband-and-wife team from Mexico to demonstrate ceramic art sculpting at Auburn restaurant Restaurant’s Education Outreach Program brings ancient Mexican culture to local community AUBURN — Margaritas Mexican Restaurant at 180 Center St. will host visiting artists Pablo Paredes and Enriqueta Rosales, a husband-and-wife team of folk artists from Tlaquepaque, Mexico from 4-9 p.m. Sunday, May […]

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Historical Society will welcome spring and the community to the North Church, as it opens its doors in Farmington’s historic downtown with a public dinner and concert on Saturday, May 3. Native Oak, a Farmington-area band, has been playing at local venues for over 15 years. They specialize in acoustic songs […]

LEWISTON — On Sunday, June, 1, the second annual Denny Breau-sponsored concert to benefit Friends of Pettingill will be held at the Franco Center at 46 Cedar Street. This year’s event will be called “Tunes in June” and will include a lineup of guests including Nick Knowlton, Bob Elie, Dan Caron, Ed Boucher, and others […]

Artist and author David Little has long been inspired by Maine’s tallest mountain, so much so that he wrote a book, “Art of Katahdin: The Mountain, the Range, the Region” published in 2013. The book follows a historic timeline using art inspired by the majestic mountain, as well as a collection of Katahdin literature, photography, […]