BOWDOINHAM — The Merrymeeting Arts Center’s newest art exhibit opens today and is based on the theme: “Vernal Pools and the First Signs of Spring.” A reception for the artists and the public runs from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the arts center, 9 Main St. The exhibit will run until April 28. […]

TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat Stage Company will perform the musical “The Sound of Plaid: The New Glee Club Version of Forever Plaid,” today and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Orion Performing Arts Center. Tickets at the door cost $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and students younger than 18 years old. According to Music […]

BRUNSWICK — A free screening of “Holiday,” a 1938 screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. today in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St. Directed by George Cukor, the film centers on the romance that develops between Grant’s and Hepburn’s characters as […]

BRUNSWICK — Steven Peterson, executive director of Maine State Music Theatre, will serve as master of ceremonies for the Brunswick Rotary Club’s “Hometown Idol” talent show on April 7 at Crooker Theater in Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road. Potential contestants can pick up application forms at Riley Insurance at 139 Maine St., Shaw’s Supermarket […]

BRUNSWICK — Hot Country Nights, an evening of music and country-style laughs, will hit the Crooker Theater Stage at Brunswick High School at 7 p.m. March 30 and 31. Tickets cost $8 for adults or $5 for students and seniors. Proceeds benefit Brunswick High School staff member Mary Norbert, who has been on medical leave […]

FREEPORT — The final performances of the Freeport Shakespeare Festival’s production of “The Compleat Works of Wm Shakespeare (Abridged)” take place today and Saturday at the Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St. The farce features three actors who perform all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, plus the sonnets, in 90 minutes. Directed by Peter Brown and […]

FREEPORT — The fourth annual Sitting Pretty art auction to benefit Freeport’s Port Teen Center is scheduled to run from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. This year more than 100 teen and adult artists have painted, sculpted, carved and crafted 100 beautiful wood canoe paddles donated […]

DRESDEN — Bridge Farm will host a barn sale to benefit the Dresden Fire Association from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Books, dishes, housewares, tools, wicker furniture and other items will be sold. Bridge Farm is located at 593 Gardiner Road (Route 27). For more information, call 737-8083.

BRUNSWICK — Miss Maine, Julia Furtado, will host a Royal Spaghetti Supper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2 Columbus Drive,. Admission costs $10. In addition to the meal, the event will include a 50/50 raffle and Silpada jewelry sale with Barbara Stauble, all to support Furtado in […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Community Library’s annual book sale begins at 9 a.m. March 31. Books, audiobooks and DVDs will be sold. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 31; 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 2; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 3; 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 4; and 9:30 […]