TOPSHAM — The 22nd annual DownEast Country Dance Festival takes place today and Saturday at the Orion Performing Arts Center at Mt. Ararat Middle School. A release from organizers describes the festival as follows: Everything from fiddles and foot percussion to banjos and mandolins will rattle the rafters at … the Orion Performing Arts Center. While […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Downtown Association’s first Eat • Brunswick Week will run from April 9 through April 15. “Brunswick’s many wonderful restaurants and culinary businesses are true assets to the region and have helped to make our downtown a destination,” Stephanie Slocum, Brunswick Downtown Association (BDA) executive director, said in a release about the […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Studio Theatre of Bath will present “ 25 Years of Rock: Billboard Hits ’55-’79” at 7 p.m. April 21 at Harmony Hall in North Yarmouth. Doors open at 6 p.m. Vince Shatto, channeling Sonny Bono, and April Purinton, doing her best Cher impersonation, will host the musical journey, which chronicles 25 years […]

BATH — Solo pianist George Winston will perform a solo piano concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. This solo piano concert will feature selections from Winston’s melodic piano recordings, as well as R&B piano, stride piano, Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts C pieces, and more. Winston also plans to […]

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. today and Saturday 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 for […]

BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library will conclude its March “screwball comedies” film series with a free screening of “The Lady Eve” at 7:30 p.m. today in the Morrell Meeting Room. Directed by Preston Sturges, the 1941 classic stars Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. Fonda plays a guileless heir to a brewery tycoon. He’s more interested […]

RICHMOND — The Richmond High School Drama Club will stage “Guys and Dolls” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday at Marcia Buker Elementary School on High Street. The production stars Sydney Choate as Miss Sarah Brown, Kade Strout as Sky Masterson, Cybele Zanet-Lauria as Miss Adelaide, Sloan Hanning as Nathan Detroit, and Julien Leavitt as […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Community Library’s annual book sale begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. Books, audiobooks and DVDs will be sold. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday; 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday; 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; and 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

NEWCASTLE — The Sheepscot Valley Chorus will feature Luigi Cherbini’s Requiem in C Minor with Orchestra during concerts at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Second Congregational Church on Route 1 in Newcastle. Local students also will perform. Advance tickets cost $10. Tickets at the door cost $12. Tickets are available at Maine […]

BATH — Beginning Wednesday, Susan McChesney will offer a new series of drawing instruction group sessions at her studio, 72 Front St. Classes meet from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays for six weeks. Cost is $180. For more information, visit www.mcchesneyart.com or call 232-7759. View the artist’s website at www.mcchesneyart.com.