Music

• CCAC announces more small outdoor concerts

  Sat, 07/11/2020 - 7:45am

  

  The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC) at 804 Washington St. in Bath has announced a series of small concerts to be held at various remote locations around the Midcoast area. Audiences at CCAC ROCS shows will be limited to 50 people, and audience members will be spaced at least six feet apart. Staff will enforce distancing, hand sanitizing, and other health and safety measures at all events. The second CCAC ROCS show, on Saturday July 25, will feature folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist...

• Murky Water Band

  Thu, 07/09/2020 - 10:45am

  Thursday, July 30 Tim Sprague brings his Murky Water Band to the Opera House stage at 7 p.m. for an evening of country music, fun and laughter. Seating for 50 (COVID-19 guidelines), all reserved. Tickets: $20 - call or go to the box office: 207-633-5159; 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Box office is open Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Kevin Kiley & Devin Dukes

  Thu, 07/09/2020 - 10:30am

  Saturday, July 25 At the Opera House: 7:30 p.m. Seating for 50 reflecting current COVID-19 guidelines. $20 advance tickets - all reserved. Join longtime Harbor actor, pianist, and Opera House technical director Kevin Kiley and Mainer Devin Dukes for a night of the music of Broadway and the American Songbook to the stage. No online tickets this summer. Visit the Box office: 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor - open Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or call 633-5159. Kindly sponsored by Jill Tupper...

• Streaming CD release party

  Wed, 07/08/2020 - 3:30pm

  Saturday, July 18 It’s a party! Rock band Forest City & Friends is celebrating the release of the group’s first, self-titled CD at 8 p.m. with a streaming live show from the Portland House of Music on Facebook. The band: Chris Muccino: (formerly of Wiscasset and original member of Liquid Daydream and Endless Interstate): acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, mandolin, synth/keys; Pete Giordano: lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars; Greg Goodwin (bass, vocals and percussion. The...
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  North Atlantic Blues Festival ... 2020 style

  Wed, 07/08/2020 - 2:00pm

  

  Here it is July and .... No North Atlantic Blues Festival. What’s a blues lover to do? Well I’ll tell ya. Thanks to festival organizer Paul Benjamin, KISS-FM will be broadcasting and streaming (kissfm.net) the music of the artists who were booked to play in Harbor Park this year! That’s happening Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Yes. That is this weekend. Bet that timeframe sounds familiar too, doesn’t it? And here’s another cool tidbit: Paul will be announcing...

• The Boneheads brought music back to the Opera House

  Wed, 07/08/2020 - 10:15am

  

  The music of 1972 wafted off the stage July 3 and requests were honored as The Boneheads shared they were “learning to play all over again” after the four-month hiatus. The sellout crowd of 50 (!) was happy, toes were tapping, and smiles beamed underneath the masks. Audience members who came have already bought tickets for other shows. Strange times, but then again, remarkably normal in some way. It was another good night at the Opera House and it felt good to have live music again.

• On stage in July and August at the Opera House

  Mon, 06/29/2020 - 11:30am

  

  Wide open spaces around everyone, but the music bringing us together in spirit this summer. The Opera House in Boothbay Harbor “reopens” in July after several dark, quiet, lonely months! Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. All with limited seating. No online tickets available. The Boneheads show (sponsored by J. Edward Knight Insurance and Peter Southwick and Jean Rosenberg) on July 3 is sold out, but tickets are still available for other shows this summer: July shows: 10 - Seth...

• The Opera House in the time of COVID-19

  Tue, 06/09/2020 - 7:00am

  

  Stage lights will be coming up again at the Opera House of Boothbay Harbor the night of July 3 when The Boneheads return to the peninsula’s musical arts center for a 7:30 show. It will be the first show since Ireland’s Altan played the House on Feb. 29, and the first since COVID-19 took center stage in all of our lives. “This is not business as usual, this is business as unusual,” said Executive Director Cathy Sherrill. “There’s some trepidation, but I’m really excited. We’re going to open the...

• Lincoln Arts Festival board cancels July and August events

  Mon, 05/18/2020 - 7:15am

  

  The Lincoln Arts Festival Board of Directors regrets to announce it will not be holding its scheduled events for July and August 2020. The July events scheduled at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor were Jazz Church Service and Edgewater Duo with Dean Zhang. August events at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor were Danny Lyons, Bell Ringer and Lincoln Festival Chorus concerts. The Arts and Yachts Exhibition and Sale at Hodgdon Yachts on Southport has also been cancelled. As...

• Online programs and concerts planned for 2020 season

  Thu, 05/14/2020 - 7:15am

  

  Salt Bay Chamberfest has announced the cancellation of its 2020 summer festival, following Governor Janet Mills’ guidelines regarding COVID-19. The organization says it is striving to help ensure the health and safety of the local community, as so many other performing arts organizations across the nation have also done. “Being here on Maine’s wondrous coast is to experience what is sublime in nature and what is fleeting in life,” said Artistic and Executive Director Wilhelmina Smith. “Music,...

• Torin Muccino releases two new singles

  Sun, 05/10/2020 - 10:30am

  

  Building on the momentum established with his debut record “For The Times,” singer/songwriter Torin Muccino has made his official return to the scene with two brand-new tunes in advance of his upcoming record coming out in 2020. Delving deep into a dark acoustic blend of his own design, where beautiful melodies take twisted turns and captivate listeners through his signature style of highly expressive vocals and thought-provoking lyricism – Torin’s latest releases of “Adeline” and “Eyes Wide...

• Magical Strings’ virtual Mother’s Day concert

  Mon, 05/04/2020 - 11:00am

  

  Let Magical Strings, Philip and Pam Boulding, take you on a Mother's Day journey to Ireland, Hawaii, Magic Hill and places of the heart. With harps, dulcimers, concertina, button accordion, whistles, guitar and more, hear their music and stories right from their living room to yours via Facebook! Make yourself a cup of tea or a drink of your choice, sit back and enjoy. For the past 40 years, Philip and Pam have built harps and dulcimers, taught classes and provided their unique blend of Celtic...

• Virtual cabaret in the works

  Sat, 05/02/2020 - 8:30am

  

  A virtual cabaret "Get Happy," will be shown on channel 1301, Boothbay Region TV & Media Center in late May. Many students from Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) will be featured as they introduce the musical numbers. Some of the students are Nataleigh Blackman, Journey Bennett, Grace Campbell, and Emerson Harris. “This has been really fun as we rehearse virtually,” said director Mary Miller of the music and theater arts department of BRHS. “It has been a ray of sunshine getting to work...
• Chocolate Church Arts Center

  Kat Logan and Matt Newberg next ‘Live From Home’

  Fri, 05/01/2020 - 6:15pm

  

  With events postponed at their theater at 804 Washington St. in Bath, the Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting “Live from Home,” a series of concerts performed by regional musicians in their homes that can be streamed online by audience members via Facebook. The shows will continue at 7:30 p.m this Friday, May 1 with folk artist Kat Logan, and on Saturday, May 2 with Americana singer-songwriter Matt Newberg. The shows will be streamed via the Chocolate Church Arts Center’s Facebook...

• North Atlantic Blues Festival canceled amid pandemic

  Wed, 04/29/2020 - 10:15am

  

  ROCKLAND — Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 North Atlantic Blues Festival slated to be held in mid-July in Rockland has been canceled. “This is something that we gave alot of thought and decided that this is the right thing to do,” said Paul Benjamin, who co-produces the annual music festival. The festival looks forward to returning in 2021 on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11. “We will have the same artists playing the festival that were booked for this year,” Benjamin said of...
• DaPonte String Quartet

  Concerts through June canceled, online programming has begun

  Fri, 04/24/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  Acknowledging the concerns over the spread of COVID-19, DaPonte’s spring concerts have been canceled, as well as the DSQ Institute in June and the Gala June concert at Bowdoin’s Studzinski Hall. The Quartet intends to reschedule these events. In the meantime, DaPonte has offerings online: Wednesdays at 7 p.m. digital content is posted to the DSQ YouTube channel. Sometimes a member of the Quartet will post a short film highlighting a piece that they are working on, or playing a piece they have...
• Chocolate Church Arts Center

  ‘Live From Home’: Indie rock and comedy this weekend

  Fri, 04/24/2020 - 11:30am

  

  With events postponed at their theater at 804 Washington Street in Bath, The Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting Live from Home, a series of concerts performed by regional musicians in their homes that can be streamed online by audience members via Facebook. The shows will continue at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, April 24 with a show from Portland indie-rocker Xander Nelson, and on Saturday, April 25 with beloved Bath-based stand-up comedian Johnny Ater. The shows will be streamed via...

• MSMT announces cancellation of 2020 season

  Tue, 04/21/2020 - 4:00pm

  

  After much consideration and taking direction from the federal CDC, Maine CDC, Bowdoin College, and the Town of Brunswick in regard to the Covid-19 crisis, Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) is saddened to announce the cancellation of its 2020 summer season. For 62 years, MSMT has been an integral part of summer in the Midcoast, providing the public with Broadway-caliber performances that celebrate the magic and value of musical theatre, lift the collective mood of the region, and contribute to...
• Chocolate Church Arts Center

  Online Live From Home to present GoldenOak

  Wed, 04/15/2020 - 2:30pm

  

  With events postponed at their theater at 804 Washington Street in Bath, The Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting Live from Home, a series of concerts performed by regional musicians in their homes that can be streamed online by audience members via Facebook. The series will continue at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 16 with a solo performance by Zak Kendall of Portland based soul-folk band GoldenOak. The concert will be streamed via the Chocolate Church Arts Center’s Facebook page,...
• Review

  ‘Forest City & Friends’: Rock ’n roll with soul

  Wed, 04/15/2020 - 10:30am

  

  Every song on this first CD by Forest City rocks – every song. I first started listening in my car, until the CD player died swallowing this CD and three others ... Anyway , the tunes moved me to “dance” while I was going here and there in my Jetta. ’Course, it’s always better to dance at home – more freedom of movement and all – when you can’t get out to hear the music live. Bear in mind: I am not a musician, I cannot use the technical terms and all that jazz. Before I get into the...
• Chocolate Church Arts Center

  Online concerts with Max Ater, Jud Caswell

  Wed, 04/08/2020 - 5:30pm

  

  With events postponed at their theater at 804 Washington St. in Bath, The Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting Live from Home, a series of concerts performed by regional musicians in their homes that can be streamed online by audience members via Facebook. The shows will continue with performances on Friday, April 10 with country-pop songwriter Max Ater, and on Saturday, April 11 with folk multi-instrumentalist and award-winning songwriter, Jud Caswell. Both concerts will take place...
• Chocolate Church Arts Center

  Online concerts with Peter Alexander, Lauren Crosby

  Sat, 04/04/2020 - 3:30pm

  

  While events have been postponed at their theater at 804 Washington St. in Bath, the Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting concerts performed by regional musicians at home that can be streamed online by audience members via Facebook. This weekend, the Live from Home series will continue with shows from Maine songwriters Peter Alexander on Friday, April 3 and Lauren Crosby on Saturday, April 4. Both concerts will take place at 7:30 p.m. The concerts will be streamed via the Chocolate...
• COVID-19

  Wiscasset teen’s musical take on stay at home time

  Tue, 03/31/2020 - 7:15am

  

  Julia Truesdell brought smiles to the faces of those staying at home on Monday afternoon with her original song, “We’re all at home.” The homeschooled eighth grader posted a video recording of the song on her YouTube music channel. With catchy lyrics such as “we’re all at home, no place that we can go, but you can be assured, everyone feels the same, cooped up inside, going insane,” and a ukulele accompaniment, her tune had already garnered over 250 views on YouTube as of 8:30 p.m. Monday night...

• MSMT single tickets on sale April 1

  Tue, 03/24/2020 - 4:00pm

  

  The 2020 main stage series season starts off on June 3-20, with the production of “Titanic” in association with Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The best-selling musical in MSMT’s history, “Mamma Mia!,” comes back to the Pickard from June 24 – July 11. The world’s most beloved musical, “The Sound of Music,” is next on July 15 – Aug. 1 and MSMT ends the season on Aug. 5-22 with “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years” (Time Out New York), “Something Rotten.” Maine State...

• CCAC online March concerts

  Tue, 03/24/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  While shows are postponed at their theater at 804 Washington Street in Bath, The Chocolate Church Arts Center is presenting Live from Home, a series of concerts performed by regional musicians at home that can be streamed online by audience members via Facebook. Two concerts will be presented this weekend: Friday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. with indie-folk band Gentle Temper, and Saturday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. with Yellow Brick Road, A Tribute to Elton John. The concerts will be streamed via the...

• CANCELED - Dirty Cello at Univeralist Church in April

  Fri, 03/20/2020 - 10:00am

  

  Universalist Church of Brunswick on Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Concerts for a Cause series to raise money for Tedford Housing (housing and services for the homeless) and Oasis Free Clinics (free medical and dental services for those who are uninsured and can't afford insurance) From China to Italy, and all over the U.S., Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on cello playing. Based in San Francisco, the Dirty Cello Duo is comprised of Rebecca Roudman on...

• Chocolate Church Arts Center presents online concerts

  Thu, 03/19/2020 - 10:00am

  

  In the midst of postponed shows at their theater in Bath, The Chocolate Church Arts Center will present Live from Home, a series of concerts performed by regional musicians at home that can be watched live online by audience members via Facebook. The first concert will be performed by the organization’s Executive Director, William Lederer, who is a former professional musician, on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. The concerts will be streamed via the Chocolate Church Arts Center’s Facebook page,...

• The Met Opera streaming performances this week

  Tue, 03/17/2020 - 7:15am

  

  A day after canceling upcoming performances due to concerns around the coronavirus, the Metropolitan Opera announced that it would stream encore presentations from the award-winning Live in HD series of cinema transmissions on the company website for the duration of the closure. The new offering will begin on Monday, March 16 with the 2010 HD performance of Bizet’s “Carmen,” conducted by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and starring Elīna Garanča in the title role and Roberto Alagna as...

• Webster Beal music fund applications due June 1

  Wed, 03/11/2020 - 10:30am

  

  As winter marches along and we turn our thoughts to the upcoming warmer days of spring, the Webster Beal Student Music Fund Committee would like to remind any local elementary or high school students interested in applying that the applications are due by June 1. The Webster Beal Fund was established to assist such students in pursuing their interest in exploring music by assisting in obtaining instruments and or instruction. Once the applications have been submitted to the Committee, through...

• At the theaters

  Tue, 03/10/2020 - 10:00am

  

  HARBOR THEATER 185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor * 633-0438 * www.boothbaycinema.org “Just Mercy” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 17 minutes) - After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases...
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  Canceled: Caribbean Night on the horizon at the Opera House

  Tue, 03/10/2020 - 8:30am

  

  Swaying palm trees, a Tiki hut, the joyful sound of steel drums, and flip flops are not typically the things one sees and hears in March, in Maine, in Boothbay Harbor. The exception is the annual Caribbean Night at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor featuring the band Pan Fried Steel on Saturday, March 21. Over the past decade this night of island sounds, dancing and limbo contests, fruit punch and summer T-shirts has become a tradition and signaled the end of winter. Or at least it has help...

• Forest City and Friends announce CD release

  Mon, 03/09/2020 - 2:00pm

  

  Forest City and Friends is proud to announce the Monday, March 23 release of their debut self-titled album, as well as their CD release show on May 30 at Portland House of Music at 25 Temple Street. Doors open at 8 p.m. for the 21+ show. Music begins at 9 p.m. and opening will be Torin Muccino and guests (TBA). The band, which first came together in late 2016, began as a songwriting collaboration between local rock luminaries Pete Giordano (Twisted Roots, Heart Shaped Rock) and Christian...

• CANCELED - Max Ater Band at CCAC

  Mon, 03/09/2020 - 10:00am

  

  The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC), at 804 Washington Street in Bath, will present an intimate show in their Annex performance space with Max Ater and his band at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 20. Ater, who grew up on Maine’s south coast, recently signed a deal with Michigan-based label Prudential Records. With his blend of country and pop, the award-winning 25-year-old is very much on the rise, and is quickly becoming a sensation throughout New England and beyond. His latest release, "Easy"...

• CANCELED! - ‘Sweet Laments’ Italian Baroque concert

  Fri, 03/06/2020 - 2:00pm

  

  On Sunday, March 15, singers and musicians drawn from Maine’s premier early music ensembles will present a program of music by the Italian Baroque composer Claudio Monteverdi, as well as selections by his contemporaries. The concert entitled “Sweet Laments” features works for period instruments and solo, duet, trio, and quintet vocal arrangements, from the playful “Zefiro Torna, oh di soavi accenti” to the powerful dramatic laments “Lamento d’Arianna” and “Lamento della Ninfa,” as well as the...

• CANCELED -‘Maine’s 200th: Music of Early Maine’ DaPonte’s March concert

  Thu, 03/05/2020 - 7:45am

  

  DaPonte String Quartet’s tribute to Maine’s Bicentennial, “Music of Early Maine,” will feature guest artist percussionist Eric LaPerna for a program that highlights significant events along Maine’s pre-statehood timeline from the 16th to the early 19th centuries, with selected music to share some of the cultural influences. When the Quartet learned about the notated songs of Membertou (c. early 1500s-1611), a major shaman-chief of the Mi’kmaq nation, the idea for this program began to percolate...

• Third time lucky: Weather cooperates for BRES chorus concert

  Wed, 03/04/2020 - 1:00pm

  

  Speaking to the large group of families and friends assembled at Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church for the Boothbay Region Elementary School choruses concert on Tuesday, March 3, music teacher Genie O’Connell referred to the event as “third time lucky,” due to the two previous weather cancellations. The individual choruses, which total 61 members from grades four through eight, presented a 30-minute program that included flashlights, bells, drums, finger snapping and sign language along...

• Midcoast Symphony Orchestra presents ‘Two Great 5ths’

  Mon, 03/02/2020 - 11:15am

  

  Audiences will be treated to symphonies with similar names but contrasting styles this March, as guest conductor Jinwood Park leads the the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in a performance of the 5th symphonies of two master composers, Gustav Mahler and Franz Schubert. Mahler’s 5th is known for its drama, while Schubert’s 5th is a briefer, more lighthearted piece. MSO’s performance of “Two Great 5ths” is scheduled for Saturday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston and...

• ALL SHOWS CANCELED - Heartwood/Lincoln Academy produce ‘Guys and Dolls’

  Sun, 03/01/2020 - 8:00am

  

  “Guys and Dolls” - it’s a big ol’ fun Broadway musical on its way to the stage, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy’s 17th annual student collaboration. There is a bit of an art to choosing a production, in any given year. Each one rises in its time and place, and this one required a large cast, the largest student cast to date on the Poe Theater stage:46. Hailed as the perfect musical comedy, it’s family fare. This award-winning classic gambles with luck and love, but beyond that there is no...

• Waldo Theater and MVHS to screen ‘Carousel’

  Sat, 02/29/2020 - 12:30pm

  

  In partnership with Medomak Valley High School (MVHS) and the Maine Film Center, The Waldo presents a free screening of the musical “Carousel” Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at MVHS (320 Manktown Road) as part of "Maine in the "Movies," an official Bicentennial Event. Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, this film follows the romance of Billy Bigelow (Gordon MacRae), a charming carousel barker, and Julie Jordan (Shirley Jones), a young worker from a nearby mill. Filmed primarily in...

• March Midcoast singles mixer

  Wed, 02/26/2020 - 3:00pm

  

  The Oysterhead Lounge upstairs at the Newcastle Publick House is the venue on Friday, March 6 for another singles mixer from 7-10 p.m. All singles must be 21 +. This is a chance to meet other singles in a casual, friendly, and fun atmosphere. Past mixers have been attended by dozens of men and women from their 20’s to their 80’s. It’s much more effective, efficient, and fun to meet new folks in person than online. Free admission, cash bar. All you need to bring is your smile. There will be an...

• Opus One Big Band benefit concert

  Wed, 02/26/2020 - 9:15am

  Dust off your dancing shoes and practice your best swing moves, the Opus One Big Band is coming to town. Join the Wiscasset Schools Music Program on Sunday, March 1 at 5 p.m. as they present this 18-piece big band for a toe-tapping good time! The concert is at Wiscasset Middle High School, 272 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset. Opus One Big band, directed by Dale Perkins, is made up of musicians from around the state who bring their talents together to make music for the benefit of libraries, churches...

• At the theaters

  Tue, 02/25/2020 - 11:00am

  

  HARBOR THEATER 185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor * 633-0438 * www.boothbaycinema.org “1917” - (R, 1 hour, 40 minutes) - Hailed as an impressive technical achievement, the film won two Academy Awards, for Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race...

• Celebrate Mardi Gras with the State Street Traditional Jazz Band

  Mon, 02/24/2020 - 7:45am

  

  Mardi Gras comes to Damariscotta’s historic Lincoln Theater, with a special live concert from The State Street Traditional Jazz Band Sunday, March 1 at 2 p.m. The State Street Traditional Jazz Band provides a rare opportunity to enjoy this “rousing” music, over 100 years old, and representing the origins of jazz whose roots come directly from the French Quarter of New Orleans. This is not "Dixieland" nor is it "Straw Hat" music - this is the real deal, and It doesn't get any better than this...

• Bicentennial Birthday Bash ... in Rockland

  Sun, 02/23/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  On Saturday, March 14, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Maine’s statehood, the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA), and The Strand Theatre will host a Bicentennial Birthday Bash in Rockland. The multi-venue event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will feature art trails, art making, storytelling and a traditional Maine bean supper. The event, including museum admission to the Farnsworth and CMCA, as well as the culminating show at the Strand, is...

• At the theaters

  Tue, 02/18/2020 - 11:00am

  

  HARBOR THEATER 185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org “Knives Out” - (PG 13, 2 hours, 10 minutes) - Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in this fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday,...

• Open mic night

  Mon, 02/17/2020 - 3:30pm

  Friday, March 6 Bring your talent, or come as an enthusiastic audience member, but do join us for at least one of this winter’s open mics upstairs in the Opera House’s historic bar. Sign-ups for musicians, poets, story-tellers, comedians begin at 6:30 p.m. in the bar, mic goes live at 7. Performances are in 12-minute time slots, with the possibility of doing two slots depending upon the size of the talent pool. The volunteer Friend’s group will have chili and stew and desserts, and the bar will...

• The legendary ‘Swan Lake’ direct from Moscow

  Sun, 02/16/2020 - 10:45am

  

  Tchaikovsky’s essential masterpiece “Swan Lake,” is being broadcast direct from the Bolshoi Ballet to the big screen at the Lincoln Theater, Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. This most beloved ballet of all time within the classical canon, features a new cast with technically challenging performances filled with vibrant emotion from a stunning and world-famous corps de ballet in perfect unison. This legendary love story between Prince Siegfried and the dual white and black swan personalities, Odette/...

• ‘Grease Sing-A-Long’ at the Lincoln Feb. 27

  Sat, 02/15/2020 - 7:45am

  

  Feeling the winter blues and in need of some Summer lovin’? Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater has the solution: Grease is the word! Join in on some fun with a “Grease Sing-A-Long” (PG-13), Thursday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. Grab your friends and neighbors to see one of the highest grossing movie musicals of all time on the big screen, complete with newly restored print for those classic lyrics. It’s California, 1959. Wholesome Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John), who is vacationing from Australia with...

• ALL CONCERTS CANCELED -DaPonte’s Bicentennial concert dates

  Wed, 02/12/2020 - 11:00am

  

  REFUND OPTIONS for ticket holders: 1. Use their ticket as credit toward any future DaPonte String Quartet concert through the end of 2020 (including the possibly rescheduled concert). 2. Donate their ticket to Friends of DaPonte String Quartet. As our concert cancellations will have a dire financial impact on FDSQ, patron generosity is greatly appreciated during this challenging and uncertain time. 3. Request a refund for their ticket. FMI: contact Executive Director, Lisa...

• Adult auditions for MSMT

  Wed, 02/12/2020 - 10:00am

  

  Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) will hold local adult auditions on Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with dance call backs if selected from 3 to 6 p.m. at 22 Elm St. in Brunswick for MSMT’s summer productions of “Mamma Mia!,” “The Sound of Music,” “Something Rotten,” and possible other shows. Adult actors should bring a head shot and resume, prepare 16 bars of two songs that best show ability and range (must bring sheet music). Songs from the season are fine, but not required...

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