Combining their love for folk and traditional music, as well as original songs and tunes, the Paul McKenna Band from Scotland has been captivating audiences with live performances of their new album, titled “Stem the Tide.” With a contemporary approach to songs, although not straying too far from their roots, their arrangements are both fresh […]

Variety arts performer Michael Menes will perform Saturday, July 20, at Celebration Barn in South Paris. SOUTH PARIS — On Saturday, July 20, Celebration Barn will present two shows: “The Big Barn Family Show” and “The Big Barn Spectacular.” The line-up of entertainers includes both local favorites and guest artists from across the country. “The […]

MONMOUTH — Theater at Monmouth will present Thornton Wilder’s drama “Our Town” starting with a preview performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18. “Our Town” presents a timeless tale of everyday life in the fictional Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Teenagers George and Emily meet, fall in love, and marry, enduring both the joys and sorrows […]

Findlay works with simple cotton sacks used by sea-scallop fishermen for storing meat after shucking. She dyes the bags using natural dyes or “kakishibu,” a Japanese dye technique involving fermented persimmons. Then she builds figures from the inside out, forming shapes, crumpling newspaper, molding forms, and wrapping and stitching until a figure emerges. Findlay said, […]

BRUNSWICK — The Saltwater Celtic Music Festival will welcome a singular lineup of local, national and international musicians for two days of outstanding traditional and contemporary Celtic music July 20-21, at Thomas Point Beach. Recently added to the lineup are the Maine Public Safety Pipe and Drum Corps and New York’s Nassau County Fire Fighter’s […]

FRYEBURG — The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival includes two performances at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. The first performance is at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 22, and the second is at 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 12. The musicians are all string, wind or keyboard artists of the highest caliber, experienced and respected professionals […]

BRUNSWICK — Everything’s coming up roses Wednesday, July 17, as Maine State Music Theatre continues its 55th season of professional musical theater with the smash musical fable “Gypsy.” Loosely based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the play follows the dreams and disappointments of Mama Rose and her fight to raise her […]

BRUNSWICK — The Naumburg Trio, composed of three winners of the Naumburg award, a prize for the best young classical musicians in North America, makes its Bowdoin International Music Festival debut in the Festival’s Friday, July 19 concert. The Shanghai Quartet and a duet of the renowned harpist June Han and violist Dimitri Murrath will […]