FREEPORT — Circus Smirkus’ Big Top Tour will stop in Freeport on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 2 and 3. Performances are at 1 and 6 p.m. at the Maine Coast Waldorf School on Desert Road. The tour has a 30-member cast, all budding circus stars ages 11 to 18, hailing from 15 states. One of […]

HARRISON — The third concert of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, at Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Road. “Stringfest” is a celebration of the festival’s exceptional musicians — longtime friends and colleagues joyously bringing music to life. The concert begins with an early romantic trio by Weber that […]

Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn will hold its first Big Buck Music Festival from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 23. Performers will include Tigerman Woah!, Paranoid Social Club, Spose (above), These Wild Plains, and Sarah Blacker. Also featured will be Lost Valley’s own FACEPLANT, and local group The Skidmarks. Activities will include inflatable […]

AUBURN — Four up-and-coming young bands from around the state will play in a talent showcase from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 24, at The Sapphire Nightclub, 150 Center St. The show features The Skidmarks, a five-piece band from Auburn that plays classic rock and current Top 40 hits; The Values, a three-piece band […]

100 years ago, 1916A pleasant time was enjoyed by quite a number of the young people here Saturday evening at the home of the Misses Viola and Marjorie Archibald in Mechanic Falls when a box social was held to raise money by a group of young ladies. Lunch boxes were sold and the young man […]

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will present the ninth Annual Summer DIVA Show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, July 21 to 24, at the RFA Lakeside Theater on Main Street. Talented local ladies and gentlemen will fill the theater with music and dance. The event will be catered, and pre-show appetizers […]

FARMINGTON — Two well-known storytellers will give a free performance at the Farmington Summer Fest on Saturday, July 23. The performance is from 11 a.m. to noon at Enchanted Herbs and Botanicals, 156 Main St.  Phyllis Blackstone is a retired educator from the University of Maine at Farmington. She has been traveling around the U.S. in […]

GARDINER — Inanna will perfom at Johnson Hall’s free Summer Waterfront Concert Series at 6 p.m. Friday, July 22, in Waterfront Park. Inanna was conceived in Alna in 1989, in the context of a drum class taught by John McDowell. The group’s first official gig was on winter solstice 1989, which is the holiday of […]

LEWISTON — The Thread Theater’s next monthly creative throwdown is on Thursday, July 21, at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. for happy hour and open mic for musicians and comedians. The show begins at 7:30. The theme for July is America. The event may […]

BUCKFIELD — Filmmaker Michael Miclon of Buckfield will show the final cut of “Richard3” at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at Buckfield High School auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $7 and will be sold at the door. The film is a comedic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III.” Thirteen members of the […]