The expanded Arcadia in Portland and Wessie’s Den in Westbrook are now open, while Sharkey’s Arcade and Bar in Biddeford is slated to open in mid-May.
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Sun Journal.
Maine’s Mallett Brothers Band plans Bath concert
The Mallett Brothers Band will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. in Bath. The band is an independent rock and roll/Americana/country band from Maine. Their busy tour schedule since forming in 2009 has helped them to build a dedicated fanbase across the U.S. and […]
UMF students exhibit capstone artwork in Senior Art Show
‘Who We Are, What We Do’ will be open April 7 through May 7.
Breakin’ Strings bluegrass band to play at Franco Center
Breakin’ Strings, a Maine-based bluegrass band, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Cliff Gelina, who plays mandolin, guitar, upright bass, and dobro, is also a singer and songwriter. Gelina, along with Corey Bonnevie, formed the band in 2004 […]
Rockland show to feature Damn Tall Buildings
A Damn Tall Buildings concert is planned for 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St. in Rockland. Guitarist Max Capistran, bassist Sasha Dubyk, and fiddler Avery Ballotta blend elements of bluegrass, blues, roots-rock and vintage swing to create a captivating, high-energy sound, with song lyrics that find beauty and glory in […]
Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival events begin April 8
Race and social justice is this year’s theme.
Camden library displays Maritime pilot’s photos
The Camden Public Library is hosting an exhibit of vintage photography, provided by the Penobscot Marine Museum, through April in the Picker Room Gallery at 55 Main St. “Up River” features images from the museum’s Captain Bill Abbott Collection. The exhibit is part of the library’s long-standing partnership with the marine museum to highlight Maine’s […]
‘Disaster’ to open April 7 at Great Falls Performing Arts Center
Community Little Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Disaster!,” the second show of CLT’s 82nd season, will open Thursday, April 7, at Great Fall Performing Arts Center, at 30 Academy St., in Auburn. The production will run through Sunday, April 17. Performance dates are 7:30 p.m. April 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16; and […]
Jill Sobule will perform with Emma Ivy at One Longfellow Square
Jill Sobule plans to perform with Emma Ivy at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. Sobule’s work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. In a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, the Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer has tackled such topics as […]
Shadow Riders featured at Somerset Abbey
Shadow Riders: A Marshall Tucker Tribute will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St. in Madison. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The six-piece band from the New England area perform the music of the original Marshall Tucker Band. Fronted by singer, guitarist Bruce Marshall, who has assembled an […]