Editor’s Note: This article updates an article published on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. This concert has been rescheduled from Jan. 12 to Jan. 26 due to weather. Please note, as well, that this is a change in venue during the Jewett Auditorium renovation.
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Blue Fuse brings Parisian hot club jazz and swing to Chocolate Church Arts Center
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center will present Blue Fuse on Saturday, Jan. 25. The Maine-based quartet of virtuosic musicians performs unmistakable “hot club” or “gypsy” jazz in the style of guitar legend Django Reinhardt, made popular in Paris in the 1930s and 1940s. The group is composed of guitarists Adam Yeager and Craig […]
Norway church to host Zydeco dancing
NORWAY — If you have never experienced Zydeco dancing, your opportunity has arrived! The First Universalist Church of Norway will host an evening of Zydeco dancing from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, in the church concert hall. Zydeco is the music of Southwest Louisiana’s Black Creoles, a group of people of mixed African, […]
Palaver Strings presents ‘On the Nature of Daylight’ performance
PORTLAND — Palaver Strings will present “On the Nature of Daylight” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Mechanics’ Hall Ballroom. “On the Nature of Daylight” explores the gradual return of light marked by the winter solstice. The program will include “Winter” from Vivaldi’s beloved “Four Seasons,” featuring acclaimed violin soloist Nicholas Kitchen. Palaver Strings […]
The Portland Players presents ‘Casa Valentina’
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Portland Players will start off the new year with a presentation of a play unlike any other: “Casa Valentina,” which runs from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9. Nestled in the Catskills — 1962 land of dirty dancing and Borscht Belt comedy — an inconspicuous bungalow colony catered to a special clientele: […]
We Banjo 3 bringing ‘Rise & Shine’ tour to Aura
PORTLAND — Grassroots crossover sensation We Banjo 3 will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at Aura, 121 Center St. Rolling right out of 2019’s successful “Roots To Rise” tour and the eponymous chart topping live record, Roots To Rise Live, We Banjo 3’s “Rise & Shine” winter/spring tour began in New York City […]
Hand Building with Clay to be offered at River Arts
Winter fun in the ceramic studio!
LA Arts presents paintings of Maine artist in exhibit
The Color of Wild: How the North Woods Sparked a Lifetime Love of Color
Maine Event Comedy presents Janet McNamara at Craft Brew Underground
AUBURN — Maine Event Comedy presents Boston Comedy Festival finalist Janet McNamara at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at Craft Brew Underground. The show will also feature Mike Gray and Ben Chadwick. McNamara has regaled audiences all over New England with her authentic conversational style and awkwardly charming energy. She won the 2014 BeanTown Comedy […]
Boothbay Region Art Foundation to present ‘What’s Nude In Boothbay Harbor’ art show
BOOTHBAY — The Boothbay Region Art Foundation and the Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce have announced they will hold their annual “What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor” art show beginning with a grand opening on Friday, Feb. 14, at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery. The show will run for two weeks through Feb. 29. Art […]