Gaslight Theater’s “2023 Season of Laughter” continues in April and May with Peter Shaffer’s “Black Comedy,” directed by Lucille Rioux. The show will be produced at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium at 1 Winthrop St. in Hallowell over two weekends, including Sunday matinees, April 28, 29 and 30 and May 5, 6 and 7. Friday and […]
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Events and things to do from the Sun Journal.
Children’s Discovery Museum to present the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers
The Stage at the Children’s Discovery Museum, 7 Eustis Parkway in Waterville, will present the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22. Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers is a puppetry troupe is based in Bar Harbor and comprised of three siblings, brothers Erik and Brian Torbeck and sister Robin (Torbeck) Erlandsen. Founded in 2000, the […]
MCP ups the ante with the cast of ‘Guys and Dolls’
The Monmouth Community Players plans to stage “Guys and Dolls” April 21-30 at the historic Cumston Hall, at 796 Main St. Monmouth. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on April 21, 22, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. on April 23, 24, 29 and 30. The play will be presented through special arrangement with […]
21st Annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival set for Augusta
AUGUSTA — The 21st Annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, featuring keynote poet Molly McCully Brown, award winning poet and essayist, will being at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the Bennett D. Katz Library, UMA Augusta Campus, 46 University Drive. This event is free and open to the public, however, seating is limited. To register and […]
David Mallett & The Mallett Brothers plan Snow Pond performance
David Mallett & The Mallett Brothers plan to take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Snow Pond Center for the Arts — Alumni Hall, 8 Goldenrod Lane, in Sidney. Two rockin sons with the father of folk, and three great songwriters. Singer-songwriter, David Mallett, is one of America’s true original troubadours. In […]
‘The Sixties Show’ to be staged in Waterville
The Sixties Show is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. This is a show about time travel, going back to the 1960s. This theater show has been selling out every theater and performing arts center that the show plays at. The band is known for […]
Bob Marley plans to take the stage in Brownfield
Comedian Bob Marley will take the stage at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 20, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. The Maine comedian’s viral videos have thrust him into further popularity as one of the hottest and most sought after comedians in the country. Marley has been featured in his own special on Comedy […]
Mud season has arrived. Here are fun ways to embrace or avoid it.
There are plenty of ways to get your hands dirty in April, plus opportunities to get outside but stay relatively clean.
Sandy River Ramblers to perform Bethel concert
A Sandy River Ramblers Bluegrass Brunch concert is set for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Gem Theater, 48 Cross St., in Bethel. The Ramblers are a uniquely Maine-flavored bluegrass band; their most recent two CDs, “Cry of the Loon” and “Home in the Heart of Maine,” feature songs about Maine exclusively. Stan Keach, the […]
Johnson Hall Stand Up Comedy Series to feature Mark Turcotte
A Johnson Hall Stand Up Comedy Series event is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at The Blind Pig Next Level, 11 Mechanic St. in Gardiner. This performance, for ages 21 and older, is hosted by Mark Turcotte. Some of New England’s funniest comics plan to take the stage and present their unique brand […]