NEW YORK The Los Angeles Dodgers set a baseball record with a $270 million opening-day payroll, including nearly $44 million going to players no longer on the team. Major League Baseball’s average salary on opening day Sunday also set a mark at $4.2 million, according to calculations by The Associated Press. That is up 6.3 […]
2015
2nd Annual Edible Books Festival
FREEPORT — At 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, the Freeport Community Library will host its 2nd Annual Edible Books Festival. The public is invited to participate in this creative — and tasty — event. Everyone attending the festival will have the opportunity to cast their vote for the best entry in the five categories: Funniest, […]
Merrymeeting Arts Center youth show
BOWDOINHAM — The Merrymeeting Arts Center in Bowdoinham announces the opening of its annual youth show for artists under 18. The show opens 5-7:30 p.m. tonight, and the young artists will be on hand to answer questions and talk about their art work. This year the theme, always related to vernal pools and spring, is […]
V-Day Auburn announces cast
AUBURN — Director Melissa Stevens has announced the cast of “The Vagina Monologues,” to be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, and 1 p.m. Sunday, April 12. The 21-woman cast includes: Sara Camolli, Roxie Devoe, Tanika Dickson, Sarah Flowers, Pat Gardiner, Whitney Gray, Sara Karam, Cindy Labonte, Meri Levesque, Krista Lord, Justine Meader, Danielle […]
Foreign Film Night at Rockland library
ROCKLAND — At 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, Rockland Public Library will hold its Foreign Film Night. This month’s film will be “2 Autumns, 3 Winters” directed by Sebastien Betbeder. Over the course of two autumns and three winters, Arman, Amélie and Benjamin share unconventional love stories and unforgettable memories that will define who they […]
Library displays local teen art
BATH Students and community members trickled in and out of the Patten Free Community Room last Friday to view teen artwork that was displayed during a reception hosted by the Teen Library Council. Community artists in grades six through 12 were encouraged to submit original art, which included but was not limited to drawings, paintings, […]
Studio Theatre of Bath presents ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
BATH Studio Theatre of Bath celebrates 35 years of community theater by producing a reprise of its original show — Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Performances will run at 7:30 p.m. April 10, 11, 17 and 18, as well as 2 p.m. April 12 and 19. The original production was directed by New York’s […]
Harlow for the Hall: An exhibition at Johnson
AUGUSTA In celebration of Johnson Hall’s 150th Anniversary, two central Maine arts nonprofits — Harlow Gallery and Johnson Hall — are presenting Harlow for the Hall, an art exhibition showcasing fifty-two Maine artists. The show runs through May 22 at Johnson Hall, 280 Water St., Gardiner. The public is invited to meet the artists at […]
Call for storytellers for ‘The Hook Story Hour: An evening of stories’
HALLOWELL Hallowell Lyceum and the Gaslight Theater are offering a chance for amateur, citizen and professional storytellers to participate in “The Hook Story Hour: An evening of stories” and share a story with a live audience. The simple concept and has only 2 basic rules: the stories must be true and they must be told […]
Portland artists to perform at Patten Free on Tuesday
BATH At 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, poet and writer Gibson Fay-LeBlanc and lyric fusion poet and performer Lady Zen will display their talents in “The Word: Written, Spoken, Sung.” They will read and perform their work and talk about how they started out, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. The […]