LEWISTON — Native son and former New York Yankees pitcher will bring his deep baritone to the Franco Center for a cabaret-style concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21. This will be Gowell’s first full-length evening concert at the Franco Center. He has performed there three times in the past, but always as the featured […]

AUBURN — Comedy is on the menu as some of Maine’s best stand-up comedians will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at Narals Restaurant. Lewiston comedian Mark Turcotte will host Ian Stuart, Tim Hofmann, Sam Pelletier and Connor McGrath. Stuart writes for The 420 Times and his debut album “Day Drinker” is available on […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre will hold auditions from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at 22 Elm Street. MSMT is seeking local adults ages 16 and over for the following shows: Chamberlain – A Civil War Romance, June 7-July 12; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, June 28-Aug. 2, and Footloose, July 22-Aug. 23. […]

BETHEL — The Davis Family Foundation of Yarmouth has awarded a grant of $8,000 to the Mahoosuc Arts Council as fiscal sponsor of an arts consortium including the Arts Institute of Western Maine and the Kingfield Pops to support the visit of the world renowned Bonifantes Boys Choir to western Maine from Feb. 24 to […]

Her landscapes depict the Maine woods, the sea, pine trees or street scenes using bold bright colors. Worthington creates her own fabrics by painting or silkscreening, and often finishes the work with French knots, beads, and other embroidery techniques. Worthington will also give an artist’s talk at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, also at Topsham […]

Maine Micro Cinema will present the documentary at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 Middle St. in Lewiston. The movie features rare film footage of the first surfers in Maine. Director Brian Goding will be present to answer questions following the screening. Despite the harsh conditions on Maine’s coast, there […]

NORWAY — The Norway Arts Festival will showcase 100 fine artists from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 12, on Main Street, a block from Lake Pennesseewassee in historic Norway. The street will be closed to traffic for the 47th annual arts festival giving way to a “Pedestrian Mall” for this event. There is an early […]

AUGUSTA — The Biology Program at the University of Maine at Augusta is sponsoring a “Hearts for Haiti” benefit concert at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in Jewett Hall Auditorium. The concert will feature local musicians Ed Desjardins, Jeff Fairfield, Jesse Feinberg, Mike Ladd and Kristina Stewart, John Twitchell and Friends. All proceeds will benefit […]

Some of New England’s funniest comedians performed for a full house at the Auburn Fireside Inn on Friday, Feb. 7, bringing in $712 for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. From left: founder Mark Turcotte, Stephen Cloutier, Dee Turcotte, Shawn Carter, Phoebe Angle, Paul Landwehr, Dempsey Center Youth and Family Services Coordinator […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Rotary Club will present “Midcoast Maine’s Got Talent” at the Crooker Theater, 116 Maquoit Road, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5. Talented residents of Brunswick, Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham are encouraged to participate. Applications are available at all of the schools; Shaw’s at Cook’s Corner; Riley Insurance, 139 Maine Street; […]