The Monmouth Community Players plans to present its 2nd Annual MCP Shorts Festival Sept. 9-11 in Anniversary Park , at 8 2nd St. in Auburn. Show times will be 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11. The festival originally evolved out of a desire for artists to […]
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The Katahdin Valley Boys to Perform in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE – The Katahdin Valley Boys will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Chesterville Center Union Meeting House, at 3 Borough Road. The band has been entertaining audiences throughout New England since 1998, repeatedly receiving Bluegrass Band of the Year awards from the Maine Academy of Country Music and the Maine Country […]
UMF Emery Community Arts Center to welcome Bread & Puppet Theater
FARMINGTON — The Emery Community Arts Center plans to welcome Bread & Puppet Theater to the University of Maine at Farmington campus to perform their new piece, “Our Domestic Resurrection Circus: Apocalypse Defiance,” at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the center on Main Street. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. A classic returns with […]
Norway art group’s ‘Generations’ exhibit to open Sept. 9
NORWAY — “Generations,” an exhibit presented by the Western Maine Art Group, explores the concept of families with multiple generations of creative artists. Member artists will display their own artwork alongside pieces created by their family members. In some cases, the works show how one family member has influenced others, and in others the works […]
Concerts set for Thursdays at the Opera House in Stonington
STONINGTON — Opera House Arts has planned an evening of traditional folk, originals, and country favorites at 7 p.m.. Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Stonington Opera House lobby. The featured artist is Kate Caldwell, on acoustic guitar and vocals, with special guest Geoffrey Warner, on fiddle, guitar and vocals. The evening will include some favorite […]
Norway gallery hosts Grant as September artist of month
NORWAY — The Main Street Gallery will feature Sherry Grant as its artist of the month through September at 246 Main St. Grant taught school for many years and, after retiring in 2016, decided she would try to develop her artistic style, as she comes from a musical and artistic family that goes back for […]
‘Ahab Inside Me’ sails into Augusta Sept. 2-4
AUGUSTA — The Colonial Theater will stage “The Ahab Inside Me” Friday through Sunday, Sept. 2-4, at the 139 Water St. In a tale that stretches across generations and ancients — lost mariners, lost souls, lost lives — “The Ahab Inside Me” is a provocative and challenging new musical theater production that explores the traumatic […]
Monmouth Community Players to hold ‘Clue, the Musical’ auditions
Auditions for “Clue, the Musical” are scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, and Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Winthrop Congregational Church, 10 Bowdoin St. in Winthrop. Those who audition must be vaccinated with a booster in order to be considered for casting. They should bring vaccination cards to auditions for verification. Those who plan to […]
Olga Merrill’s Fine Art Photography to be displayed at the Camden Library
The Camden Public Library will host a show of fine art photography by award-winning visual artist Olga Merrill entitled “Maine by My Eyes.” The exhibit will be on display in the library’s Picker Room Gallery from September 2 through 28 and will feature images of Maine — land and sea — which Merrill created over […]
Castlebay with Nick Apollonio to perform next Music for Mavis concert
The next Music for Mavis concert will feature Castlebay with Nick Apollonio at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Gazebo, at 98 Mathews Way, in Turner; rain or shine. Since 1986 Castlebay has been weaving together Maine’s nautical and British Isles legacies transporting their audience through time and across the Atlantic. Julia Lane […]