BELFAST — “Uplift,” a multi-media exploration of the act of lifting by artist Nina Elder, opens at Waterfall Arts on Friday, Dec. 10 (National Human Rights Day), and will run through Jan. 29. During her residency at Waterfall Arts in the summer of 2021 (with support from The Onion Foundation), Elder created eight large-scale drawings, […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The Nutcracker will take the stage at Waterville Opera House
The Waterville Opera House will present Bossov Ballet’s The Nutcracker at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 and 11 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 11 and 12 at 1 Common St. in Waterville. Let the holiday magic begin with a fabulous journey to the Land of Sweets, where toy soldiers, dancing mice, and delicious treats help make […]
Shemekia Copeland concert set for Sidney
Snow Pond will present a Shemekia Copeland Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at Snow Pond Center for the Arts, 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney. With a recording career that began in 1998 at age 18, award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland has grown to become one of the most talented and passionately candid artists on today’s […]
’Death of a Salesman‘ to be staged in Farmington
Death of a Salesman will be staged at 7 p.m. Dec. 9-11 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 12 the UMF Emery Community Arts Center, on Main Street in Farmington. Directed by award-winning playwright, Linda Britt, the cast of this featured performance is comprised of community members as well as faculty, staff, students and alumni. Because […]
More than 2,000 make reservations for massive ‘Winter Wonderland’ holiday light display in Winthrop
The event has been in the works since April when camp owner Kale Malmsten met up with Kaleb Pushard of SkyBox Holiday & Event Lighting and pitched the idea.
Shemekia Copeland coming back to Maine to perform at Sidney arts center
Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with many blues performers and one of my favorites happens to be coming up to a new-to-me venue in Sidney called the Snow Pond Center for the Arts, and it’s there on Dec. 9 that Shemekia Copeland will be electrifying the audience with her own signature […]
David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown to be performed in Bath
David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown is set for begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, on the Main Stage at Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. in Bath. The Holiday/Jazz/Piano concert will feature special guest Courtney Fortune. In 1965, the first ever “Peanuts” animated special took place. It was a landmark […]
Potter Margaret Melanson works on view at Gallery 302
Margaret Melanson, a painter and ceramist from Gardiner, completes the 2021 Guest Artist series at Gallery 302, 112 Main St. in Bridgton. Her exhibit of stoneware pottery will run from Saturday, Dec. 4 through Friday, Dec. 31. Melanson makes pottery full time and has brought the design and color sensibilities from her background of painting, […]
Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra plans Winter Concert Sunday
The classical music of the Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestras will be performed at 6:30 p.m. Sunday Dec. 5, at South Parish Congregational Church, 9 Church St., in Augusta. The preparatory ensemble, Kennebec Valley Youth Orchestra conducted by Dan Keller, will perform selections from Corelli’s La Folia variations, Jean-Phillipe Rameau’s “Pièces de clavecin en concert” […]
Wesserunsett Arts Council announces a play at the Skowhegan Opera House
SKOWHEGAN — “Not On This Night” by Evelyn Jones, a play set during the darkest part of World War II, will be staged at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Skowhegan Opera House, at 225 Water St. The cast will include Emily West of Waterville plays Jacqueline Brulet, Charlie Staples of Skowhegan […]