The production of the angst rock musical “Spring Awakening,” telling a cautionary tale of what happens when adults are distrusting of youth, and the importance of communication, patience, and understanding between adults and children, will open on Friday, April 5, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn. It is 1891 in Germany and a group of […]
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Schooner Fare to perform at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick
Schooner Fare, Maine’s most renowned folk group, will perform as part of the UUCB Concerts for a Cause series to raise money for Midcoast New Mainers and Oasis Free Clinics at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick. Brothers Chuck and Steve Romanoff launched Schooner Fare with good friend […]
Molly Gawler to perform at Trinity Commons March 30
Trinity Commons plans to present a special dance concert, with elements of circus, acrobatics, story and song, featuring Molly Gawler, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at 247 Bates St. in Lewiston. Gawler is a dancer, musician and mom. She has toured the world as a dancer in Pilobolus Dance Theater and then […]
Live music at Mixers this weekend
Stove Up, a rock cover band from the Midcoast, will play at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 22 at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. The cover bands such as Alice in Chains, Fuel, Ozzy Osbourne, The Doobie Brothers, Gin Blossoms, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 311, Live, Seven Mary Three, Tom Petty, Eddie Money, Dishwalla and more. […]
Movie Review: ‘27 Dresses’ is a terrible movie, writes JP Devine
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. How many times have we heard that cliche? It should, by now, be relegated to the embroidered throw pillow in your grandma’s favorite chair. Here then is 2008’s “27 Dresses” directed by Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal” 2009, and “Hocus Pocus 2” 2022.) So why did a humble reviewer agree […]
On Music: Kitchen Dwellers talk about bringing their folk-tinged bluegrass sound back to Maine
Quartet out of Montana wrote some of the songs off of their new album in Machias.
‘What it Means to be Franco’ presentation and discussion to be held at Franco-American Collection
Celebrate the Franco-American Collection’s archival holdings with author and journalist Douglas Rooks, writer and teacher Denis Ledoux, and Severin Beliveau, founding partner of one of Maine’s largest law firms, with a panel presentation and discussion “What it Means to be Franco: An Exploration of Themes in ‘First Franco: Albert Beliveau in Law, Politics and Love’” […]
Singer-songwriter to entertain at Cabin Fever Concert Series
Singer-songwriter Bruce Marshall will perform in the third Cabin Fever Concert of the winter hosted by Music for Mavis Gazebo committee from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, in the Community Room at the Turner Public Library. Marshall’s music career spans five decades and the guitarist has been a full time musician his entire adult […]
Two nights of stand up comedy featuring Rob Christensen on tap at Great Falls Comedy Club
Rob Christensen, a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who was born and raised in Brooklyn, will headline two shows at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23 at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. A self-proclaimed bad-ass ruffian who doesn’t shy away from cuddling with baby animals, his unique humor is smart, […]
Maine musician to bring country music to Oasis of Music
Singer-songwriter Dennis Moro will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Moro, a Maine Ole’ Opry member, started playing guitar at the age of 11 and is self-taught. He was on the road 15 years with Dakota as the lead guitarist opening for […]