Contrasting march of technology with love’s eternal truths, Bates College presents ‘In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)’ LEWISTON — The Bates College theater department will present “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play),” a drama set in the 1880s that explores the true meaning of love, in performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday […]

An evening with Anni Clark to benefit Paris Hill Country Club SOUTH PARIS — Celebration Barn will host singer-songwriter Anni Clark at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, in an intimate performance to benefit the historic Paris Hill Country Club. Part folk, part blues, sometimes pop and all original, this Maine native has captivated audiences nationwide. […]

LEWISTON — “Business Boy to Business Man” will be the feature of a book launch at Museum L-A from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. The event is free and open to the public. The book’s subject is a prominent Lewiston business man of a previous generation. Robert “Bob” Verreault founded the Lewiston Machine Shop in […]

Tricks and treats for dinner guests while solving mystery at the Chocolate Church on Oct. 26 BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center will host a murder mystery dinner theater beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. Guests will begin the evening with a cocktail reception in the Art Gallery, located at 804 Washington Street. […]

PORTLAND — David Mallett will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress Street. Singer-songwriter Mallett is one of America’s true original troubadours. His songs are filled with passion, evocative imagery, and a sense of the inevitable passage of time. The struggle of the common man and the […]

Tickets are $10; students $5; 12 and under free. Tickets are available at Pat’s Pizza in Augusta, Apple Valley Books in Winthrop, and at the door. Call 207-621-3551 or email umasc@maine.edu for more information.

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra will welcome the Brubeck Brothers Quartet for a PSO Pops! concert featuring the music of Dave Brubeck. There will be two performances of the concert at Merrill Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. The quartet includes Chris and Dan Brubeck, sons […]

PORTLAND — Tellabration! Portland 2013 is a worldwide storytelling event, sponsored by the National Storytelling Network. It creates a network of storytellers and listeners on every continent (except Antarctica) bonded together in spirit at the same time sharing tales and songs. Locally, Tellebration! brings together each area’s most celebrated storytellers to delight, captivate and mesmerize […]

PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine has announced thatCharles Simic has been named the 2013 O’Brien Poet. At 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, Simic will read on the seventh floor of the University of Southern Maine’s Glickman Family Library, 314 Forest Ave. The reading is free and open to the public. Simic is one […]

Ball’s music mixes equal parts simmering soul fervor and rollicking Crescent City piano. Over the course of her career, Ball’s infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional songs have won her a loud and loyal international fan base. Stone Mountain Arts Center is at 695 Dugway Road. For more information, call 207-935-7292 or visit www.stonemountainartscenter.com.