Friends of Freeport Factory Stage hope to raise money and a corps of volunteers to keep the theater running.

PAM BURR SMITH

A new book offers examples of successful female entrepreneurs as a way to inspire other women to turn their ideas into careers.

Portland Ballet Company stages “The Victorian Nutcracker” at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Friday at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. In a season of traditional Christmas programs, the production stands out for its originality and sense of place. It’s set in Victorian-era Portland with the city’s historical figures, and the stage sets are designed based on Deering […]

A recent subplot on “Glee” features an anguished dad trying to quash his son’s dreams of becoming a professional dancer because, he reasons, show business is so fickle. And indeed it is — as Fox has witnessed to its chagrin this fall. A rare TV/music double sensation just last year, “Glee” — an over-the-top romp […]

Gogi, pronounced with two hard consonants, means “meat” in Korean. Add a prefix to the word for a more comprehensive descriptor – dalg-gogi for chicken meat or soe-gogi for beef (yeomso-gogi for goat), and this is the concept for both “gogi” the word and Portland’s Gogi the restaurant. Meat. Specifically, meat tacos and quesadillas. Gogi […]

Art “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles and small crafts, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 5. “Paul Caponigro: The Hidden Presence of Places,” photography, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Jan. 5. “Focus on India,” photos by Lawrence Elbroch, Red Door […]

This week • Skidompha Public Library, 184 Main St., Damariscotta, hosts an evening of poetry, readings and music with “A Little More Heartwood Christmas” at 7 p.m. Thursday. Heartwood Theater Company will bring back a few favorites from last year’s show, along with some new material. John Adams will narrate “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” […]