AUBURN — Comedy Fix will return to Auburn with five of New England’s best stand-up comedians including Boston-based and Shawn Carter. The show will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at the Auburn Fireside Inn. All net proceeds will benefit The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. Comedy Fix founder Mark […]

BATH — Auditions will be held for Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” in the Art Gallery at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., on Saturday, Feb. 15, 1-3 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; and Monday, Feb. 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The play, which deals with a family facing dislocation due to drastic economic […]

Kaleidoscope will feature the modern and classic rock of at this month’s event at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at 49 Franklin in the Mystic Theater in Rumford. Band members are Justin Hamner on vocals and bass, Chad Frisbie on drums, Andy Broomhall on lead guitar and vocals and Ryan Bulger also on lead guitar […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin International Music Festival has announced its seventh annual student composition competition for works written for a solo stringed instrument. In 2008, the Festival initiated a competition to encourage student composers through the provision of prize money and production of one new work each summer, in addition to works chosen from among […]

MONMOUTH — One of the audition dates was incorrectly reported on page C12, Tuesday, Jan. 21. Monmouth Community Players will host auditions for their upcoming production of “Godspell” at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, and 6:30 p.m.  Monday, Jan. 27, at Cumston Hall, 796 Main Street. It was an editing error.

Featuring music by Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Joaquin Rodrigo, this concert begins the Olin Arts Alive Quartet Series. Later entries in the series are the Cuarteto Quiroga and the Momenta Quartet. The members of the quartet are Everton Gloeden, Tadeu do Amaral, Luiz Mantovani and Gustavo Costa. In their more than 10 years […]

What happened between the progressive Father Flynn and a troubled young boy behind closed doors in a Catholic school in 1964? The truth may set us free — but how do we get to the truth? This ripped-from-the-headlines drama is a roller coaster of suspicion, accusation, defense, paranoia, persecution and equivocation, and that most troubling […]

Grassette will perform magic peppered with totally corny jokes that will have you shaking your head at the utter foolishness, secretly laughing to yourself and have you giggling all the way home. This event is suitable for families. The show will open with audience members being invited to deliver a corny joke. Tickets available at […]

RUMFORD — The to benefit the Greater Rumford Community Center will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 49 Franklin. Scot Grassette will act as disc jockey and will provide favorite country and classic rock and roll while also taking song requests. Wear your favorite camo gear: 49 Franklin will provide […]

Portland Symphony Orchestra receives Getty Education and Community Investment Grant from League of American Orchestras to help fund its Music and Wellness program Three-year, $1.5-million Getty Education and Community Investment Grants program now in its second year PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra is one of just 23 American orchestras recently selected by the League […]