Titled “Memories of the Present Past/Memorias del Pasado Presente,” the series opens at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, with “The Invisible Eye,” an exploration of surveillance, repression and insurrection during the military regime in Argentina. Showing on Saturday, Oct. 12, are “Fat, Bald, Short Man” at 3 p.m. and “The Prize” at 7 p.m. Sunday’s […]

YARMOUTH – Seventy-four Maine artists from South Berwick to Dover-Foxcroft will exhibit 163 pieces of their work at the fifth annual Yarmouth Art Festival. The juried show, featuring painting, sculpture, photography, etching and digital media, will be held Oct. 16-19 at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road. The festival drew nearly 350 entries from […]

Actor and playwright Fales’ one-man show chronicles his personal story from being a sixth-generation Mormon with a wife and family to coming out as gay and its impact on his life. The play shares his compelling journey through rejection by the church, divorce, drugs, prostitution and ultimately reconciliation and personal discovery. “Confessions of a Mormon […]

WINTHROP — St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Winthrop will continue the CAN Film Festival with a showing of “To Kill a Mockingbird” which is generally accepted as one of the best treatments of the segregation issue and racial relations yet to be released. The film will be shown at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the […]

WINDHAM — At 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, the legendary acoustic folk-rock artist will appear in concert at the North Windham Union Church. Edwards is best known for his gold mega-hit “Sunshine” and he continues to delight audiences with performances all over the country. Edwards and his music remain as original and relevant today and […]

YARMOUTH — The acoustic country duo Day for Night will bring its classic harmonies and unmatched original material to the coffee shop The Royal Bean, 18 Yarmouth Crossing Drive, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Hailing from northwest Portland, where lonesome winds howl and the Presumpscot River wanders through the hills, Doug Hubley and Gretchen […]

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program will host poet John Poch as its next writer in the UMF 2013-14 Visiting Writers Series. Poch will read from his work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, in Thomas Auditorium, UMF Preble/Ricker Hall. The reading is free and […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra will bring two Broadway singers on board for its upcoming PSO Pops! Concert featuring the music of two of the world’s greatest song writers, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at Merrill Auditorium. […]

Brothers Matt and Jason Tardy create and build wacky musical inventions including a 15-foot-wide drum set rigged with bungee cords, a button-mashing robot, and electronic jumpsuits that create sound effects as well as play music. All of this combined creates moments of thrilling visuals as well as comedic technological mishaps and spectacular disasters. The brothers […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra will feature the terrific sounds of Star Wars during its first Discovery Concert of the 2013-2014 season: Star Wars Symphonic Spectacular. The concert will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Merrill Auditorium and will be led by PSO Assistant Conductor Norman Huynh. Music lovers and fans […]