Arts Calendar

Music

March 3

Connor Garvey, 7:30 p.m., folk singer/songwriter, coffeehouse at First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, $10.

March 5

Classical Guitar Master Class with Lily Afshar, 5-7 free.

March 6

Classical Guitar Concert with Lily Afshar, 7:30 p.m. A concert of classical guitar works, featuring Lily Afshar, will be the next offering of the Warren Memorial Visiting Artist Series. Afshar will perform well-known classical guitar solos by Tarrega, Barrios, Reis, Bach, Brouwer, Granados, and Albeniz, along with a collection of Persian & Azerbaijani Ballads arranged by the performer. $15 adults, $10 seniors, USM employees and alumni, $5 students Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham Campus. Purchase tickets online at the Music Box Office, by phone at (207) 780-5555, or at the door.

March 10

Music with a Mission features Susie Pepper & Mixology, 7 p.m., an evening of jazz standards, pop, rock, R&B and classics for all ages. Tickets will be sold at the door and online. $15 for adults and $12 for students, children, and seniors. The box office opens at 6:00 and the doors will open at 6:30. The North Windham Union Church is located at 723 Roosevelt Trail in Windham. For more information please call 892-7149 or email [email protected].

Theater

March 2 & 3

Pop-Up Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 14 Maine-based theater companies perform a no-holds-barred interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy. Friday, 6-7:30 p.m., Portland First Friday Art Walk; Saturday, 2 & 7 p.m., Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St., Portland, $12-15, all ages.

March 2 – March 9.

USM Department of Theater and Music: “A Man of No Importance,”

A poignant story of self-discovery set against the backdrop of Dublin, Ireland, in the early 1960’s. March 2, 3, 8, & 9 at 7:30pm. March 4 & 7 at 5:00pm and March 3 at 2:00pm. $22 for Adults; $16 for Seniors, USM employees and alumni;

and $10 for students. The discount Wednesday performance on November 15 offers all tickets for $10. For tickets or more information, visit USM Theatre online at usm.maine.edu/theatre, or call the USM Theatre Box Office at (207) 780-5151.

March 9 – 25

“Willy Wonka Jr.” presented by Windham Center Stage Theater, 8 School Rd, in the Windham Town Hall. Ninety talented kids in two casts. March 9-25. Fri and Sat at 7 p.m. and Sat and Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults/ $8 seniors and students. For tickets go to windhamtheater.org and click on “box office.”

Exhibits

Through March 31

Spark! Maine ART Stories, Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. Explores ways Mainers express themselves, featuring 16 diverse and contemporary Maine artists.

Send events 10 days in advance to [email protected].

Saturday, March 10, at 7:00 p.m., Music with a Mission is proud to feature Susie Pepper and Mixology for an evening of jazz standards, pop, rock, R&B and classics for all ages. The Music with a Mission concert series is sponsored by the North Windham Union Church, which donates a portion of the proceeds to area non-profits.

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