A Bill and the Belles performance is set for 8 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. With a spirited sound that falls somewhere between old-time country and vaudeville, the group puts its own spin on a golden era of music, specifically the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including […]
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The Maine Pottery Tour 2022 set for April 30
The free, self-guided driving tour will take participants to pottery and ceramics studios across the state.
Novel Jazz Septet plan Duke Ellington’s birthday concert
The Novel Jazz Septet plan to celebrate Duke Ellington’s birthday, International Dance Day and International Jazz Day with a concert set for 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, at the Frontier Café, 14 Maine St. Mill 3 Fort Andross, in Brunswick. The Maine-based group is now in their 18th year of concerts around Maine and New […]
Laurie Jones plans concert with special guest Mehuman and Sara Trunzo
Laurie Jones with special guest Mehuman and Sara Trunzo will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., in Portland. Jones is a Maine based singer/songwriter that has been compared to Sheryl Crow for her Americana and folk-rock influences. Whether playing her songs acoustic solo, or backed by her […]
The Public Theatre to present ‘Screwball Comedy’
The Public Theatre plans to present “Screwball Comedy,” by Norm Foster April 29 through May 8 at the theater, 31 Maple St. in Lewiston, and video-on-demand May 3-8. Show times are 7:30 p.m. April 29, 30, May 5, 6 and 7; 2 p.m. May 1 and 8; and 3 p.m. May 6. Imagine “His Girl […]
‘The Coldest Game’ loaded with usual suspects
I scrolled endlessly through Netflix, Hulu, Prime, HBOMax and all the myriad offerings on my living room screen and prepared to go to bed. Then I saw Bill Pullman, (“Independence Day,” “The Sinner”) one of my favorite actors, stable, not a headliner, who eschews car chases as a rule, but is a trained actor. Here […]
Oasis of Music to feature RagaFission concert
Sitarist David Pontbriand will be joined by mridanga player Gaura Harrison in a duo called RagaFission at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at the Oasis of Music, in the downstairs chapel of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, located at 11 Ash St. in Lewiston. Pontbriand began his journey with the sitar in 1973. […]
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers plan performance in Stonington
Opera House Arts plans to welcome the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers to perform “The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, to the Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, school teacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and […]
A closer look into improv world of ‘Whose Live Anyway?’ with Greg Proops
I’m a fan of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and have had the pleasure of chatting with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood in the past, so when I learned that a live version of that hit TV show was coming to the Waterville Opera House on April 26, I put in a request to interview […]
Waterville Opera House to host Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones
Dean Ford and The Beautiful Ones plan to return to the Waterville Opera House at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at 1 Common St. in Waterville. Dressed 2 the 9s, Dean Ford embodies Prince with every fiber of his being, giving audiences a show as close as they will ever get to the real thing. […]