The Stone Mountain Arts Center will host Jason Spooner at 8 p.m. Friday, May 21 at 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. This multi-award winning New England-based songwriter discovered his father’s collection of eight-track tapes as a child and never looked back. After early exposure to songwriter legends like Neil Young, Paul Simon, Jim Croce and […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Sun Journal.
Moviegoers in Maine have more options this month, inside and out
Southern Maine drive-ins have opened for the season, and more indoor theaters will reopen later this month as Hollywood prepares to release new films.
Library film club to watch ‘The Gardener’
To celebrate the landscape’s springtime transformation from barren to verdant during May, Camden Public Library’s Friday Film Club plans to watch and discuss “The Gardener.” The documentary, directed by Sebastien Chabot, is about Frank Cabot’s Les Quatre Vents, a private garden in the Charlevoix region near Quebec City. The discussion about the film will be […]
The Boneheads to perform in Portland
The Boneheads will take the stage at 6 p.m. Monday, May 17, at the Portland Lobster Company, 180 Commercial St. in Portland. Bob Colwell wiil be featured on keys and vocals, Scott Eliot on bass, guitar and vocals, Dickie-Doo Hollis on drums and vocals, and Steve Jones on guitar and vocals. They’ve been at it […]
Heather Pierson Trio to perform in Brownfield
The Heather Pierson Trio will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, May 14, in the Maine Hall at the Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Pierson is a pianist, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, songleader, and performer whose inspiring live performances and growing catalog of releases delve into Americana, blues, New Orleans jazz, vocal chants, instrumental […]
Community artist-centered projects to begin in Belfast
BELFAST — Artist and Waldo County resident Chris Battaglia, who brought the Village Canoe to Belfast in 2019, announces the Torchlight Projects: a new series of artist-centered projects to be launched in Maine this spring and summer. The first event is Torchlight Cinema, taking place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at 40 […]
‘Studio Work’ solo show to open May 13
DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts this week will feature landscape paintings by midcoast artist Ramone Hanley-Warren. Her solo show, “Studio Work; Drawn to Solace,” opens May 13 and runs until June 2. Created in her home studio, Hanley-Warren’s landscapes draw on the area salt marshes and estuaries for inspiration. Her education in art included Parsons […]
Johnson Hall to stream Early Evening Show
The Early Evening Show will be livestreamed from the Johnson Hall stage at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 15. Mike Miclon’s spoof of a Late-Night talk-show is filled with hilarious comedy, incredible music, and wild improvisations. Featuring physical comedian, Jason Tardy, dynamic folk-duo, Oren Robinson and April Reed-Cox (AKA The Early Evening Show Orchestra), mad jugglers, […]
Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations plan Freeport concert
A Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations concert will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Cadenza, 5 Depot St. in Freeport. The band will bring down the house with a powerful mix of Motown/Memphis Soul Music that’s guaranteed to get the party started. The Old School R&B Revue is complete with female backup […]
Gordon Thomas Ward to perform in Camden
Gordon Thomas Ward will take the state at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 7, at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. in Camden. The in-person SoundCheck series continues in Camden with a performance by Winter Harbor-based singer-songwriter. He’s proficient on the six-, eight- and 12-string guitars, and his latest album is last year’s “Eiderdown,” home […]