The Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series returns Saturday, Oct. 9, to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., in Fryeburg. Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov will be followed by the historic Met premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones on Oct. 23. The 15th season of Live in HD […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Gardiner to host Maine Craft Weekend events showcasing local artisans, businesses
Gardiner is one of six featured cities in the statewide event and has coordinated citywide events to showcase locally made work and give people a chance to visit where the work is made.
‘The Russia House’ a dark, romantic love and espionage story
Here’s a golden chance to watch Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, in a John le Carré story about spies of three countries vying for explosive Russian nuclear data. Out of the past comes a 2009 dark, romantic love and espionage story that shines a new light on those two stars. With the script written by […]
Frank Santos Jr. will present his R Rated Comedy Hypnosis
Legendary entertainer Frank Santos Jr. will present his R Rated Comedy Hypnosis act at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, on the first level of 49 Franklin in Rumford. This show is intended for mature audiences with a good sense of adult humor, and is part of the Best of Boston Entertainment Series. Santos’ spectacular display […]
Seth Glier plans CD release concert
A Seth Glier CD release concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor. Glier’s new album “The Coronation” is an invitation to forge a new, more beautiful world out of the current chaos. “For most of my adult life, I’ve held […]
Up-and-coming country singer songwriter Hank Williams IV to make debut appearance in Madison
It’s always fun to interview new acts coming to central Maine to perform, such is the case with a country singer-songwriter with a very famous name: Hank Williams IV. Back on the 15th of this month, I got a call from a gentleman with an accent that spoke of the south and we chatted. Williams: […]
International comedy ‘The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?’ coming to Franco stage Oct. 6
LEWISTON – Robert Dubac’s “The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?” is coming to the Franco Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at 46 Cedar St. On a quest to answer the age-old question, “What do women want?” Dubac transforms himself into five “hysterical boneheads who each offer sidesplitting advice on how to best straddle the […]
Celebration Barn to present the Gawler Family Band
The Gawler Family Band at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Performing at Celebration Barn Theater, at 190 Stock Farm Road in South Paris. This musical performance is suitable for all ages. COVID-19 precautions will be in place. The Gawler Family Band (John and Ellen Gawler and their daughters Molly, Edith, and Elsie, […]
The Weight Band concert set for Waterville
The Weight Band will take the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Performing their current album, “World Gone Mad,“ as well as classic songs of The Band, The Weight Band is led by Jim Weider, a 15-year former member of The Band and the […]
Lithgow Library to host poet Sarah Carlson Oct. 5
AUGUSTA — Maine poet Sarah Carlson plans to share a selection of poems from her newest book, “In the Currents of Quiet,” during a Zoom presentation at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5. The presentation is hosted by Lithgow Public Library. Carlson combines her writing with photography scenes, according to a news release from the library. […]