PORTLAND — Southern Maine’s newest burlesque troupe, Stripwrecked Burlesque, will present their first full-length performance titled “Peep-Show” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at St. Lawrence Arts. This naughty performance will include a variety of dance styles as well as vaudeville acts and local performers. Stripwrecked Burlesque was founded by Ginger Rita, burlesque dance, teacher, […]

BRUNSWICK — Weiala Press, an independent publisher, has announced the release of a new collection of short stories by the award-winning local author, . “Bookends: Stories of Love, Loss, and Renewal” will be distributed to booksellers and will also be available directly from Weiala Press or online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. “Bookends” is Verdino-Süllwold’s third […]

AudioBody is a family-friendly, electronic-comedy duo. During each performance the performers let their habit of one-upping each other steer a spectacle of kaleidoscopic strobes, LED lights, juggling, music, contortion and hilarity. They create and build wacky musical inventions including a 15 foot wide drum set rigged with bungee cords, a button mashing robot, and electronic […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Portland Players will perform “Private Lives,” an intimate comedy written by celebrated English playwright, composer, director and actor Noël Coward. “Private Lives” is the hilarious story of a divorced couple, who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite their turbulent […]

RUMFORD — Artist Derek Hoyt not only performs his several versions of favorite country covers but also writes and performs his own material. “Brand New Country Song” is a Hoyt original song about how a lot of country songs today are repetitive about the same things. You can hear it along with popular country covers and […]

The rock and blues sounds of will appear for the first time Saturday, March 8, at Tucker’s Music Pub, 290 Main Street in Norway. Many of their original tunes were written by guitarist-vocalist Bill Binford. He is accompanied by Aaron Seglin, whose technical training on a host of unique instruments is uncommon to American music. […]

The program will begin with “something new” — McDowall’s “Four Piano Solos,” which was inspired by memories of places and people, according to Antonacos. “The solos are full of fascinating colors and textures,” the pianist said recently.“McDowall’s music really speaks to me, whether it is driving bass rhythms or meditative high-passage colors.” Antonacos will then […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Two brothers live hand-to-mouth in an old home in North Philly. Phillip, sensitive and reclusive, never ventures out into the world. He relies on his older brother, Treat, for survival. But Treat, a violent pickpocket and thief, kidnaps a mysteriously wealthy businessman who turns the tables on the two brothers and in […]

HALLOWELL — Gaslight Theater has scheduled auditions for the second production of the season, “The Bat” by Mary Robert Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Auditions will be held at Hallowell City Hall at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, in council chambers downstairs; and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in the auditorium upstairs. The plot follows […]