Everything from fiddles and flutes to banjos and bones will rattle the rafters when the DownEast Folk Festival takes place beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, at Mount Ararat Middle School and the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham. This day-long celebration of traditional dance and music features an array of workshops, performances […]
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‘Secret Hour’ opening at The Public Theatre
The compelling new play “Secret Hour” featuring Jason Cadieux as Ben and Katharine McLeod as Kate will open on Friday, March 15, and running through March 24, at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. This will be the play’s second production after its world premiere last year in New York. Playwright Jenny Stafford will be joining […]
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‘Into the Fire’ exhibit on display at UMF Art Gallery
The art of Anagama pottery will be on view March 22 through April 28.
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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival concert to be broadcast on Maine Public Classical’s Maine Stage
The third concert of the past season of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival will be broadcast on Maine Public Classical’s Maine Stage at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20. The concert was performed on July 25, 2023, at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. Listen online at mainepublic.org/classical-music. The performance program featured: POULENC: Sonata for Flute and […]
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Anthony Schumann headlines night of comedy at Great Falls Comedy Club
Headliner Anthony Schumann, fisherman, writer, filmmaker, army veteran, and stand-up comic, originally from Olympia, Washington, brings his energetic and honest but light-hearted sense of humor to the stage at 7:30 p.m. on March 16, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Tickets can be found at greatfallscomedyclub.com or purchased at the door. Great Falls Comedy […]
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The Screaming Orphans plan Chocolate Church Arts Center concert
The Screaming Orphans will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. in Bath. The band is a chart-topping all-sister Celtic folk and pop band from Donegal. They are known worldwide for their award-winning sound combining original pop songs with a unique take on traditional Irish music. […]
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Castlebay plans St. Paddy’s Concert of Ballads and Blarney in Waldoboro
Castlebay plans to perform a St. Paddy’s Concert of Ballads and Blarney at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at Broad Bay Congregational Church, 941 Main St. in Waldoboro. The duo Julie Lane and Fred Gosbee will perform music gleaned from Maine’s rich Irish tradition, with a 12-string guitar, Celtic harp, fiddle, and tin whistle. For […]
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An evening with Brandy Clark & Hayes Carll set for Waterville
Brandy Clark and Hayes Carll will take the stage at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. A 17x Grammy-nominee, CMA Award-winner and Tony-nominee, Brandy Clark is one of her generation’s most esteemed songwriters and musicians. In the midst of yet another landmark year, Clark released her […]
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Chocolate Church Arts Center to stage playwrights collaborative ‘From Heartbreak to Hilarity’
A playwrights collaborative “From Heartbreak to Hilarity” will feature eight short play starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. in Bath. This traveling troupe of actors and directors plan to bring eight short plays to the Annex celebrating […]
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John John Brown plans Chocolate Church concert
John John Brown plans to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at Chocolate Church Arts Center at 804 Washington St. in Bath. In recent years, Brown has been chosen as a Kerrville New Folk winner and an Emerging Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Most notably, in concert, he is […]