ORONO — The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present an on-demand virtual production of its final spring 2021 show, William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” filmed in the Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden on the UMaine campus and streaming online through May 9. “Twelfth Night,” one of Shakespeare’s best-known romantic comedies, centers on […]
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J.P. Devine Series Review: ‘Rebel’
“You can’t field a character like Rebel who brings down major companies without fielding the progeny of her multiple marriages that include a doctor and lawyer. Talk about keeping the action in the family,” writes Devine.
Lucky Clark On Music: John Notto
California-based rock quartet has Maine connection, exciting career ahead of them.
Maine Pottery Tour scheduled
Contributed The 9th annual Maine Pottery Tour welcomes visitors on Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2. The self-guided Tour is an opportunity to enjoy the hospitality of local potters in their studios. Nearly 50 pottery studios around the state are organized into three regions of approximately 15 studios, allowing several studios to be […]
‘Harvest & Rust’ to make first trip to Maine
Tribute bands are very popular nowadays and, to be honest, are a lot of fun to cover. Such is the case with Harvest & Rust, a five-piece group made up of John Kiernan, Jim Reynolds, Andy Gordon, Matt Cahil and founder/frontman Garrett Lechowski from Western Massachusetts that specialize in the music created by Neil Young. […]
Meraki concert planned in Freeport
Meraki will take the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at Cadenza, 5 Depot St. in Freeport. The concert also will be livestreamed to the venue’s Facebook page. The duo features singer, guitarist and keys player Sophie Patenaude and her grandfather John Edwards on guitar and backing vocals. You’ll hear a range of tunes […]
Junction 27 to perform on Boothbay Harbor stage
Junction 27 will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor. Boothbay’s own Sally Carroll, Dick Spofford and Ron Arsenault have been playing together for decades, and all have appeared on stage during past Opera House Hometown Hootenannys, but this marks the first […]
MIFF passes available for July 9-18 festival
WATERVILLE — The Maine Film Center has announced the 24th annual Maine International Film Festival will be held July 9-18, in Waterville, Maine at Railroad Square Cinema and the Waterville Opera House, in Skowhegan at the Skowhegan Drive-In Theater, and online. Festival passes and packages are available to pre-order via the Festival website, MIFF.org. Throughout […]
‘Kippy, Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living!’ to be staged at Denmark Arts Center
Harrison resident Gail Phaneuf, playwright, educator, composer, actor, and director, and artistic and executive director for Maine’s Deertrees Theatre, debuts her one-woman play “Kippy, Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living!” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Denmark Arts Center, 50 W. Main St., […]
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Hemingway’
You may at the end, want to cry a little. Burns takes away the sword, the cape, the masks and the tired legends, writes Devine.