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 […]

BRUNSWICK — TAIKOPROJECT, an endeavor committed to preserving taiko as a dynamic element of Japanese American culture, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus. Admission is free.

LEWISTON — Concert pianist Igor Lovchinsky returns to the Franco-American Heritage Center on Saturday to present the fifth recital of the 2011-12 Piano Series Season. His program will include works by Bach- Busoni, Chopin, Shostakovich and Liszt. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m., and immediately following the program, a reception for the artist will be […]