Virtual and socially distant options for marking the occasion in Maine include artist-made love notes, romantic music, goat hikes, rom-coms and upscale takeout.
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bar Guide: Shake things up on Valentine’s Day with these Cupid-themed cocktails
Maine mixologists share recipes that will have you seeing red.
Darlingside livestream concerts, Q&A set
Darlingside will livestream music from its new album “Fish Pond Fish” at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m., then an all access post show Q&A at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 The band will perform the album in its entirety and in sequence (we’ve never tried this before), plus a bunch of ye olden […]
CANCELLED: Spencer and the Walrus plan Waterville concert
NOTE: This event has been cancelled. Spencer and the Walrus will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Spencer and The Walrus is a consortium of Portland based musicians who come together through a shared love of Beatles music, including solo material. All members […]
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The Intouchables’
Unlikely friends learn of one another’s secrets.
Maya French featured Palaver Strings Solo Session
Palaver Strings Solo Sessions will feature Maya French at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, livestream at palaverstrings.org. The violinist for the Portland-based string ensemble Palaver Strings also is the co-artistic and managing director. Her Thursday night virtual performance will feature works by Jesse Montgomery, J.S. Bach and Christoph Willibaud Gluck, along with some traditional Swedish […]
Married With Chitlins can be seen live or online
Married with Chitlins will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. The event also will be livestreamed on Facebook. The acoustic music duo of Liz and Chris Lannon produce the sound of traditional American music, old time country and blues with some jazz standards and Celtic reels […]
John and Rachel Nicholas livestream concert planned
John and Rachel Nicholas will perform via livestream at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, via Camden Opera House Facebook page (facebook.com/camdenoperahouse). The latest in the SoundCheck series of streaming shows from opera house continues with a performance from the midcoast duo. With a sound that traverses Americana, folk, rock, blues and R&B, it should prove […]
Instrument talk, demonstrations by Nathan Kolosko available online
Nathan Kolosko will demonstrate three instruments used in traditional Persian classical music: the Kamancheh, Tar and Oud or Barbat. He will talk about each instrument’s history, construction and technique, and will perform a short piece on each instrument. The free recording can be viewed from noon Thursday, Feb. 4, to 5 p.m. Feb. 17. The […]
The Portland Symphony Orchestra shares winter 2021 concert plans
The Portland Symphony Orchestra will film and release five new digital concerts this winter 2021, featuring beloved works from the classical world, famous tunes from Louis Armstrong and local folk legends Schooner Fare, as well as internationally-renowned guest artists Byron Stripling and Anna Shelest. Each of the three classical and two POPS! concerts will be […]