Music

• The 8th annual Boothbay Harbor Fest begins Friday, Aug. 30

  Tue, 08/20/2019 - 8:30am

  Boothbay Harbor Festival fans love that every event is totally unique and different than other events and they are able to enjoy ocean views and breathe the salt air while attending every event. Why? Take a look at some of the Signature Events: A Taste of Local Flavor Aug. 30 – Sept. 1: Three days of food tastings and live music at 15 local restaurants for $20 (or $15 if you attend at least one other Harbor Fest event). There’s the 5k & Half Marathon Sept. 1: The perfect destination races...

• Novel Jazz returns to St. Andrews Village Aug. 20

  Sat, 08/17/2019 - 8:45am

  

  The Novel Jazz Septet will be in concert at St. Andrews Village, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 1 p.m. The concert will feature music of the iconic Duke Ellington and his equally iconic musical collaborator, Billy Strayhorn. Novel Jazz is a Maine-based group, now in their 15th season of concerts around Maine and New England. Their mission is to share the music and stories of these two giants of jazz who wrote some 3000 compositions over their musical careers, two percent of...

• 24th annual DaPonte Candlelight Concert Sept. 8

  Sat, 08/17/2019 - 7:00am

  

  Experience the 18th century in the glow of flickering candles for a very unique and special DaPonte String Quartet concert by candlelight. The concert will be held at the all-original Old Walpole Meetinghouse on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. This event promises to be a truly 18th century experience; there is no electricity and no running water in the building (but rest assured, a modern portable toilet will be available). The meetinghouse, built in 1772, is on the National...

• Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival Aug. 22-25

  Fri, 08/16/2019 - 7:45am

  

  Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival is celebrating its 53rd festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Road. Gates open at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. Weekend tickets for each festival will cover four days of great music and camping from Thursday to Saturday and Sunday Morning Gospel Sing Along and Jam with Robinson’s Bluegrass Gospel (MA). Day tickets are also available at the gate. There will be several types of vendors located on the grounds and an extra large tent for cover. Just bring...
• Theater review

  ‘A Grand Night For Singing’ is perfectly grand, indeed

  Wed, 08/14/2019 - 10:15am

  

  Bravo Lincoln County Community Theater! LCCT’s latest production, “A Grand Night for Singing - The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein” was a delight from start to finish. Honestly, I could have listened to more songs and watched more dancing and those fun vignettes within some of the love songs - for at least another hour. Yes, they’re love songs – from R&H’s “Cinderella” to the “The King and I,” “South Pacific” and “Pipe Dream” to “Flower Drum Song,” “Oklahoma!” and “State Fair!” But the...

• Harpist to play during worship at Congregational Church

  Wed, 08/14/2019 - 9:30am

  

  Harpist Susan Bright will be joining organist Genie O’Connell, and singers from the greater Shepard family at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, this Sunday morning, Aug. 18, at the 10 a.m. service. Susan is a freelance harpist in the Orlando, Florida area, now a summer resident of Boothbay Harbor. A year ago, she retired from over 35 years in orchestra management, most recently with the Orlando Philharmonic. She enjoys having more time to devote to playing her harp. The Rev. Dr...

• Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Blues master Chris Thomas King

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 3:30pm

  

  Born in 1962, guitarist Chris Thomas King became the last major folk blues discovery of the 20th century when he was discovered in Louisiana in 1979 by a folklorist from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D. C. He was introduced to the world the following year by venerable folk label Arhoolie Records as an authentic folk blues successor to Huddie Ledbetter, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt and Manse Lipscomb. On Saturday, Aug. 24, blues master Chris Thomas King comes to Maine to perform...

• Le Vent du Nord at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 2:30pm

  

  The award winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences. On Friday, Aug. 23, these folk heroes from Quebec arrive south of the border to perform at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. “Featuring button...

• Mark 209 at Methodist church

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 11:30am

  Sunday, Aug. 18 Nashville’s award-winning Mark 209 Gospel Singers will present a concert, featuring their new album “Thumbprint” at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. A love offering will be taken. 81 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor (across from the Opera House). For more on the group: www.mark209.com .

• ‘Stop Making Sense’ returns to the screen

  Tue, 08/13/2019 - 10:45am

  

  “One of the greatest rock movies ever made,” notes film critic and film historian, Leonard Maltin, “Stop Making Sense, ” the 1984 American concert film of The Talking Heads by director Jonathan Demme, is coming to Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. The film features a live concert performance, shot over the course of four nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater, as the band was touring and promoting their album “Speaking in Tongues.” As the theater darkens, David Byrne,...

• Hope Haitian Choir at Boothbay Region Community Fellowship Aug. 18

  Sun, 08/11/2019 - 7:00am

  

  “Amazing,” “So inspiring,” “What beautiful voices!” These are just some of the comments heard after most every concert by the Hope Haitian Choir. This non-traditional choir, made up of 15 young people ranging in age 10 to 18, are touring the eastern United States this summer, sharing their joy in a variety of venues and churches. On Sunday, Aug. 18 at 6 p.m., the Boothbay Region Community Fellowship will host the choir for a concert at the American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Drive, Boothbay...
• Theater review

  MSMT’s ‘Wizard of Oz’: Memorable magic

  Sat, 08/10/2019 - 11:45am

  

  You’ll be over the rainbow for Maine State Music Theater’s season finale “The Wizard of Oz” on stage through Aug. 24. This colorful, outstanding production rates four enthusiastic broomsticks! Taken straight from the original film version of L. Frank Baum’s beloved classic, with the addition of the “Jitterbugs” (cut from the film to shorten it) the show returned to the MSMT stage for the first time since 1961 when Margaret Hamilton herself reprised her role as the iconic Wicked Witch of the...

• Live Edge Music Festival this weekend

  Thu, 08/08/2019 - 10:00am

  

  When the eighth Live Edge Music Festival, at Hidden Valley Nature Center, kicks off on Sunday, Aug. 11, it will feature four Maine bands whose wide-ranging styles will keep every toe tapping and every face smiling! From 11:30 a.m. ‘til 6 p.m., attendees will enjoy great local music, as well as performances by the local belly dance troupe Sirumem. Local food and beer will available for purchase. The four bands showcase a wide range of styles. Primo Cubano is a perennial...

• Boogie-woogie returns to Boothbay Harbor Opera House

  Wed, 08/07/2019 - 11:30am

  

  Bob Milne is considered to be the best ragtime/boogie-woogie pianist in the world. He was filmed and documented for future generations in 2004 during three days of interviews at the Library of Congress, and was declared a National Treasure at the conclusion. On Thursday, Aug. 22, this "national treasure" comes to the stage at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Mr. Milne's natural ability to hear and play music goes back to his early childhood. He makes the statement, "I knew how to...

• Haitian Youth Choir coming to Newcastle

  Tue, 08/06/2019 - 9:00am

  

  The Haitian Youth Choir of Holy Trinity Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti will begin a 24-city U.S. concert tour with its first stop in Newcastle, Maine on Saturday, Aug. 24. The choir of 30 boys and girls ages 10 to 16, and an eight-piece chamber ensemble, will perform Haitian folk and sacred music at the Second Congregational Church, 51 Main St. in Newcastle at 7 p.m. The concert is a benefit for the music school at Holy Trinity Church, which was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake that devastated...
• Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 25th season

  Music indoors and out from Rockland to Newcastle

  Mon, 08/05/2019 - 8:45am

  

  Now in the second week of its 25th annual summer musical festival, Salt Bay Chamberfest is this year presenting five evening concerts at Darrows Barn—one more than in past seasons. The season also features two special free outdoor concerts that celebrate Maine and its landscape by bringing together Native American musicians from the region in musical conversation with Salt Bay Chamberfest’s more “classically” minded musicians. On Thursday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. at Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport,...
• The Lincoln Home

  Sandy River Ramblers to play at Lobster and More Event

  Sun, 08/04/2019 - 8:45am

  

  Join us at The Lincoln Home in Newcastle on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 4 p.m. for the fourth annual Lobster and More event. The evening’s festivities feature Maine bluegrass band, Sandy River Ramblers, known for their gorgeous three part harmonies and lively music for dancing. Stan Keach, Dana Reynolds and Julie Davenport are the lead vocalists; Bud Godsoe plays the banjo and Dan Simons the mandolin. The group has just released their second CD of original songs about Maine. Band leader and song...
• MSMT - Portland Stage Co.

  ‘Ain't Misbehavin’ premium on-stage seating available

  Sat, 08/03/2019 - 7:30am

  

  Come jump and jive with the Tony Award-winning “ Ain’t Misbehavin’ ” featuring the songs of "Fats" Waller in dazzling high-energy performances that transform the theatre into a Harlem cabaret. Songs include the mournful “Black and Blue” to the gleefully funny “Your Feet’s Too Big," the title song “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love," plus many more. Maine State Music Theater (MSMT) and Portland Stage are inviting four audience members per performance to sit on stage...

• Sunday Jazz in the Orchard

  Fri, 08/02/2019 - 10:15am

  Sunday, Aug. 11 Oxbow Brewing Company presents Jazz in the Orchard by the Seaside Girls (in the gazebo). Noon to 4 p.m. Brunch. And delicious Oxbow beer. Bring your own blanket or lawn chair. $20 ticket includes brunch spread by Rose Foods and 12 oz Oxbow Beer! 274 Jones Woods Rd., Newcastle. FMI: (207) 315-5962 .

• Bath Municipal Band at Historic Fort Popham Aug. 7

  Thu, 08/01/2019 - 8:45am

  

  The Popham Beach Library is pleased to present the annual Fort Popham Concert featuring the Bath Municipal Band under the direction of Kathy Downing on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 6:30 p.m. A fun, family event, plan to bring your own seating and snacks and share in the joy of music as experienced in this historic setting. Nothing quite like it! Donations are appreciated for this event. The Popham Beach Library welcomes all residents, seasonal residents, and visitors to stop in during regular hours,...

• At the Theaters

  Wed, 07/31/2019 - 9:30am

  

  HARBOR THEATER 185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org “The Lion King” — Last week by popular demand - From Disney Live Action, director Jon Favreau's all-new “The Lion King” journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother-and...

• River Arts Community Drum Circle

  Wed, 07/31/2019 - 9:30am

  Saturday, Aug. 10 Led by Kitty Hartford of Boothbay Harbor, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Bring your own drum – or other percussion instrument – or use one of the extras always on hand. River Arts Gallery, 241 Route 1, Damariscotta,

• Harbor Peer & Wellness Center Community Drum Circle

  Wed, 07/31/2019 - 9:30am

  Friday, Aug. 23 Led by Kitty Hartford of Boothbay Harbor, 6-8 p.m. Bring your own drum – or other percussion instrument – or use one of the extras always on hand. The word rhythm in Greek means to flow. Drumming is a path of healing that guides us into experiencing the flow of our mind and emotions so we may grow to experience more about our soul – Project Resiliency. Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church, 125 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Parking in back lot on Eastern Avenue.

• Julie Thompson vocal concert

  Wed, 07/31/2019 - 8:00am

  Monday, Aug. 12 At 1 p.m. at Schooner Cove library, Schooner Cove Retirement Community, Julie Thompson will perform. Her classical training, gentleness and music literacy are the foundation for her engaging performances in folk and jazz with Neil Lamb on guitar. 35 Schooner St., Damariscotta (On the LincolnHealth – Miles Campus). (207) 563-5523. Free and open to the public.

• Love, with Rodgers and Hammerstein, is in the air

  Tue, 07/30/2019 - 12:00pm

  

  Love is in the air for Lincoln County Community Theater (LCCT), the resident theater company at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater, as it brings the Rodgers and Hammerstein (R&H) revue “A Grand Night for Singing” to the stage. The LCCT ensemble of over 20 performers, complete with live orchestra, deliver an emotional journey through the various stages of love with musical numbers selected from the R & H canon by the original developers, Walter Bobbie and Fred Wells – who pored over scores...

• The Subdudes to play the Boothbay Harbor Opera House

  Tue, 07/30/2019 - 8:30am

  

  Over the course of 25 years and ten albums, the Subdudes have quietly become one of America’s national music treasures. They have also become a summer tradition at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Their only Maine performance is Thursday, Aug. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Led by singer and guitarist Tommy Malone and accordionist, John Magnie, The Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from the sounds of their native New Orleans, blending blues, gospel, funk, and R&B with their own harmony...

• Lincoln Festival Chorus concert Aug. 9 and 11

  Tue, 07/30/2019 - 8:00am

  The Lincoln Festival Chorus presents Mozart’s “Requiem.” Performed many times over the years, it never loses its power to move the listener. Of Mozart, it was written by other famous composers that he was the “greatest composer,” “the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music.” The requiem was commissioned in 1791 and as Mozart worked on it, he became very attached to it. He completed most of it and gathered some of his closest friends to sing it on Dec. 4,...

• The Weight Band at The Strand

  Mon, 07/29/2019 - 2:15pm

  Friday, Aug. 9 Composed of members of legendary roots rock act The Band and members of the Levon Helm Band The Weight Band forges ahead in the tradition of classic Americana. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $28 in advance, $32 day of show. Advance tix: http://tiny.cc/rakl9y . FMI on the band: www.theweightband.com 345 Main St., Rockland.

• Newcastle couple lights up area music scene

  Mon, 07/29/2019 - 8:00am

  

  Crickett Allen and Ren Halverson have burst onto the local music scene mixing popular covers with an occasional original from Allen’s lexicon of 100 published songs. “Call us Georgia Heat or Boothbay Power and Light,” Allen told diners at Brady’s in Boothbay Harbor on Friday where she on keyboards and Ren on guitar have become regulars. On Friday, they were joined by Frank Bedell on banjo. Allen and Halverson are transitioning to Maine from their winter home in Georgia to spend more time at...

• Classical music, jazz, and hip hop among highlights of Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 25th anniversary season

  Sun, 07/28/2019 - 8:45am

  

  Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 25th season, Aug. 1 - 17, promises a wide range of concerts and events, both ticketed and free. Music and performers celebrate the organization’s commitment to supporting the future of music while also honoring the past. Concerts address a range of topics connected to the season’s theme, Music of Our Common Earth, and span genres from classical to jazz to hip hop. The season features five festival concerts at the historic Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta, a...

• Debbie Myers to play at North Nobleboro Day, an annual tradition

  Sun, 07/28/2019 - 8:30am

  

  The 47th annual North Nobleboro Day is on Saturday, Aug. 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the North Nobleboro Community Hall on Upper East Pond Road. Along with outstanding food and chicken barbeque, auctions, raffles and homemade crafts, the North Nobleboro Community Association is proud to present the return of Debbie Myers and her band Redneck Rodeo from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The event will be held rain or shine. Born and raised in the Canadian country music scene, Debbie has been singing...

• Novel Jazz swings over to the Little Brown Church

  Fri, 07/26/2019 - 7:45am

  

  The Novel Jazz Septet will be in concert at the Little Brown Church in Round Pond Aug. 7 at 7:30 p.m. featuring music of the iconic Duke Ellington and his equally iconic musical collaborator, Billy Strayhorn. Novel Jazz is a Maine-based group, now in their 15th year of giving concerts around Maine and New England. Their mission is to share the music and history of these two giants of jazz who wrote some 3000 compositions over their musical careers, two percent of which represents the well-known...

• Sandy River Ramblers at Little Brown Church

  Thu, 07/25/2019 - 7:15am

  

  On Wednesday, July 31, the Sandy River Ramblers will bring their energetic Maine-themed Bluegrass show to the Little Brown Church, Rte. 32, in Round Pond. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Ramblers have just released their second CD of all original songs about Maine. The recording, called “Home in the Heart of Maine,” follows “Cry of the Loon” and other original songs about Maine as the band’s second Maine-themed project. Maine journalist George Smith hailed the Loon CD as “a gift to...

• Portland Stage and MSMT present ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’

  Wed, 07/24/2019 - 12:00pm

  

  Portland Stage’s collaboration with Maine State Music Theatre continues with a production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show” from Aug. 6 to Sept. 1. ”Ain’t Misbehavin’” marks the fourth collaboration between Portland Stage and Maine State Music Theatre. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s and 1930’s comes to life in this three-time Tony© Award-winning musical revue. Join five sensational performers on a sassy, sultry journey – from uptown clubs to Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood...

• Tapestry Singers auditions

  Wed, 07/24/2019 - 11:00am

  

  Tapestry Singers is gearing up to begin a new semester in preparation for their annual concert entitled “Woven In Song: A December Tapestry.” The concert will include a collection of pieces by contemporary composers from the mid-twentieth century to present day. There will be songs for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice. “Most of the composers on our concerts are still living, a conscious choice on our director’s part to keep our singers and listening public up to speed with current...
• Lincoln Theater

  Those dancing feet, and boots, come to the Lincoln Theater screen

  Wed, 07/24/2019 - 10:30am

  

  Two hit Broadway musicals, captured live from their journey across the pond to London’s West End, are about to hit the big screen at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater. Mark your calendars because you will not want to miss “42nd Street”, the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway, followed by the winner of every major Best Musical award on Broadway and in the West End, “Kinky Boots!” Set in 1933, “42nd Street” tells the story of a small-town girl from Middle America trying to make it on...

• The Hot Sardines: hot jazz at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House

  Wed, 07/24/2019 - 7:15am

  

  Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, The Hot Sardines are on a mission to make old sounds new again and prove that joyful music can bring people together in a disconnected world. In the last two years, the Hot Sardines have been featured at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival, have sold out New York City venues from Joe’s Pub to Bowery Ballroom and more than 150 tour dates from Chicago to London, and have released two albums on Universal Music...

• Ireland’s JigJam coming to Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 4:30pm

  

  JigJam is a multi-award winning quartet from the heart of the midlands in Ireland. Blending the best of traditional Irish music with bluegrass and Americana in a new genre which has been branded as ‘iGrass’, their onstage energy along with their virtuoso musical ability has captivated audiences throughout the world. On Friday, Aug. 9 JigJam’s summer tour includes a performance in Maine, at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Jamie McKeogh, Cathal Guinan and Daithi Melia all hail from Tullamore...
• Linekin Bay Resort

  Third annual Brews & BBQ Pig Roast part of 100th anniversary celebration

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 3:30pm

  

  For Boothbay Harbor locals and beyond! Come celebrate the 100th anniversary of Linekin Bay Resort July 26-28 with live music, fireworks, and our third annual Brews & BBQ event. It’s a full weekend of live music, fireworks, games, a pig roast, and more! All events are open to the public. Join LBR staff and guests in looking back over 100 years of memorable guest service, from the early days as a girls’ summer camp to a community favorite that welcomes back generations of families year after...
• DaPonte String Quartet

  Midsummer Masters concert tour

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 12:30pm

  

  DaPonte String Quartet decided to revisit their roots this summer and go back to those rural beginnings. In 1995, when the DaPonte String Quartet came to Maine on a joint grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Chamber Music America, there was not a great deal of classical music in the smaller towns and villages of the state. The financial support was intended to bring chamber music, specifically String Quartet music, to Maine’s rural communities, which it did! Shortly after the DSQ...

• Squirrel Island Chapel organ concert July 31

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 12:00pm

  

  On Wednesday, July 31 at 4 p.m. George Bozeman, an acclaimed organ builder who has built instruments across the country, including an organ at Trinity Church on Wall Street, will play a concert in the Squirrel Island Chapel. Bozeman will perform on his Opus 12, built in 1976 for the Squirrel Island Chapel and used that year for the American Guild of Organists national convention in Boston. The concert will include the “Saint Anne” Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major and manualiter movements from...

• Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Adam Ezra Group

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 11:00am

  

  It’s difficult to impart the roots-steeped, road-trippin' essence of the Adam Ezra Group into a single word, but front man Adam Ezra nonetheless keeps one in mind as something of a mantra: community. For the band community is epitomized by a belief they all share, one that has long doubled as a mission statement for the group: namely, that making music together is itself a form of grassroots organizing, capable of nothing less than changing the world. On Friday, Aug. 2 the group comes to...

• Jud Caswell at WW&F

  Tue, 07/23/2019 - 9:00am

  

  This Saturday, July 27 acclaimed Maine singer-songwriter Jud Caswell will play a concert at the Alna Center station of the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway. The backdrop for the concert are the beautiful fields on the Albee Farm adjacent to Alna Center station. The concert will be held rain or shine underneath a large tent with the Museum’s classic 1930 Ford AA truck serving as the stage. Seating is provided, but you can also bring a blanket to sit out in the large mowed field...

• Southport open mic

  Mon, 07/22/2019 - 1:00pm

  Tuesday, July 30 Bring your guitar, harmonica, banjo, or other acoustic instrument, a song, and lacking all else, a good toe-tapping foot. The Southport General Store will be hosting another open mic night starting at 7 p.m., weather permitting. It will be held under the pergola, outside, under the setting sun. Come by the store for details. And, oh yes, Skip recommends bringing bug spray, too!

• Pemaquid Oyster Festival dedicated to Charlie Herrick

  Wed, 07/17/2019 - 10:30am

  

  The Pemaquid Oyster Festival, coming on Sunday, Sept. 29 from noon to dusk, will be dedicated to the memory of Charlie Herrick, who helped found the event in 2001, and dedicated himself to its success every year since then. Herrick passed away after a short illness on Jan. 2, 2019. "Charlie was an integral part of the Pemaquid Oyster Festival, and we will miss him this year," said Scott Folsom, Herrick's business partner at Schooner Landing Restaurant and Marina, where the Pemaquid Oyster...

• An Evening of Jazz For Children’s Programs

  Wed, 07/17/2019 - 8:30am

  

  The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) and the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) invite you to join them and their sponsors at the Bristol Marine Shipyard (aka The Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor) for a magical evening of jazz on Saturday, July 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). This fundraising concert will feature one of New York’s premier jazz trumpeter, Marcus Printup of Jazz at Lincoln Center along with his wife Riza Printup on the jazz harp, Kevin Smith on bass, and...

• Last weekend for ‘Big River’ at Heartwood

  Tue, 07/16/2019 - 5:15pm

  

  “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” opened at Heartwood last weekend, to full and exuberant houses. The big musical numbers leave the audience near breathless, with abundant laughter and not a few poignant moments. It’s just plain fun, and audiences are loving it. Twain's timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom at the mouth of the Ohio River. Their adventures along the way are hilarious,...

• At the theaters

  Tue, 07/16/2019 - 11:00am

  

  HARBOR THEATER 185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org “Pavarotti” - A riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people. Academy Award (R) winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of The Voice...The Man...The Legend. Luciano Pavarotti gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. This cinematic event features history-making performances and...

• Tom Rush and Matt Nakoa at Boothbay Opera House

  Tue, 07/16/2019 - 7:15am

  

  The month of August at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor is packed with great performances from around the globe, and kicks off with the very American sound of folk icon Tom Rush on Thursday, Aug. 1. Rush’s impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the ’60s and the renaissance of the ’80s and ’90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor told Rolling Stone, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but...
• Lincoln Arts Festival

  Classical pianist Stephen Porter in concert

  Mon, 07/15/2019 - 7:00pm

  

  Lincoln Arts Festival presents Stephen Porter at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 27 at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Classical pianist Stephen Porter has appeared as a soloist in New York, London, Lake Como, Istanbul, Rio de Janiero, San Francisco, Oslo, Gothenburg, Malmo and Sarajevo, among other cities. It was a great honor for Mr. Porter, as an American pianist, to be named artist-resident of the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris during...

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