Jill Sobule plans to perform with Emma Ivy at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. Sobule’s work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. In a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, the Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer has tackled such topics as […]
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‘Disaster’ to open April 7 at Great Falls Performing Arts Center
Community Little Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Disaster!,” the second show of CLT’s 82nd season, will open Thursday, April 7, at Great Fall Performing Arts Center, at 30 Academy St., in Auburn. The production will run through Sunday, April 17. Performance dates are 7:30 p.m. April 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16; and […]
Composer, pianist Paul Sullivan plans concerts in Camden, Brunswick, Harpswell
I first met pianist/composer Paul Sullivan several decades ago through an association with Paul Winter when Sullivan was part of the Paul Winter Consort (he also won a Grammy Award for his work on the Consort’s “Silver Solstice” CD). He was living in Blue Hill at the time and I did a live interview and […]
Damariscotta gallery unveils ‘New Works’ show
River Arts of Damariscotta plans to present “New Works,” intended as a hopeful vision in challenging times, at its 36 Elm Street Plaza gallery. The show runs through May 7. From a record-breaking number of entries, juror Bob Keyes selected 87 pieces by 85 artists for this show. The opening reception is scheduled for 2 […]
Shadow Riders featured at Somerset Abbey
Shadow Riders: A Marshall Tucker Tribute will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St. in Madison. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The six-piece band from the New England area perform the music of the original Marshall Tucker Band. Fronted by singer, guitarist Bruce Marshall, who has assembled an […]
Eileen Ivers plans Bath concert
The Chocolate Church Arts Center plans to host Eileen Ivers at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the center, 804 Washington St. in Bath. The Grammy-Awarded and Emmy-nominated musician continues to push the fiddling tradition boundaries from a folk music staple to a fiercely fresh, powerfully beautiful, intensely driving world stage experience. Ivers’ recording credits […]
UMF Emery Community Arts Center presents spring piano concerts
The University of Maine at Farmington music faculty members plan to perform several spring piano concerts in the Performance Space in the Emery Community Arts Center on Main Street in Farmington on March 29 and 30, and April 14. The events are free and open to the public. A Performance of Piano Technologies: Strings, Hammers […]
The Heather Pierson Trio to play at One Longfellow Square
The Heather Pierson Trio will perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at One Longfellow Square in Portland. Based in New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Valley, Heather Pierson is a pianist, singer/songwriter, and nationally touring performer whose inspiring live performances and growing catalog of releases delve into Americana, blues, New Orleans jazz, vocal chants, instrumental […]
Waterville Opera House to stage ‘Tuck Everlasting’
“Tuck Everlasting the Musical” will be staged April 1-10 at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. April 1, 2 and 8; and 2 p.m. April 3, 9 and 10. Based on the best-selling children’s classic by Natalie Babbitt, music by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, produced […]
‘Infinite Storm’ a corrida in the snow
Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 feet, and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River. The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather, and the weather, this day, is soft and warm and sunny at its base. But like all mountains, it has a gorgeous […]