PORTLAND — The Portland Ballet Company will perform several dance numbers in the front window of the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, at 8:30 p.m. today. These performances are free and open to the public as a part of the Portland Fringe Festival, related to the Portland Performing Arts Festival. Portland Ballet Company will […]

AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western, a 1754 National Landmark fort, store and residence at 16 Cony St., will be open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Tours of the fort begin at 1 p.m. Augusta’s Fourth of July parade begins at 4 p.m. After a march along Western Avenue and through the downtown, the […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Maine Historical Society will host free 19th century baseball games at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at the Parade Grounds at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth. The Essex Base Ball Organization will play two nineinning games versus the Dirigo Base Ball club of Augusta. Essex Base Ball runs a league […]

PORTLAND — Lanyard Theatre Company will present “Whale Watch,” an original short by Linda Giuliano, as part of the first PortFringe 2012 theater festival at 6 p.m. Saturday. The cast includes former Topsham resident Christopher Reiling and Bath native Elizabeth Lardie. Lardie’s fellow Lanyard co-artistic director, Joseph Barbarino, directs. Performances of “Whale Watch” will be […]

PEAKS ISLAND — Beginning Saturday, artists on Peaks Island will host open studios for art walks from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month throughout the summer. In addition to Saturday’s event, art walks will take place on July 28 and Aug. 25. For more information, visit www.peaksisland- artwalks.org. For […]

WESTBROOK — Hot Tuna, made up of bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, will perform an acoustic concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. Mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff will accompany Hot Tuna. Darol Anger and Emy Phelps, former Portland residents, will open for Hot Tuna. In the late 1960s, as members […]

SOUTH PARIS — Brothers Matt and Jason Tardy, performing as AudioBody, will bring their wild and crazy mix of contortionist antics and music to the Celebration Barn at 8 p.m. Saturday. The brothers, veterans of Oddfellow Theater productions, “bring the audience on a hap-hazard adventure of sibling rivalry, technological mishaps, physical comedy, LED light-shows, and […]

BRUNSWICK — The Music on the Mall continues in downtown Brunswick through Aug. 29. Concerts run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Wednesday at the gazebo on the Brunswick Mall. In the case of inclement weather, rain date performances will be held on Thursdays when available. The lineup is as follows: — July 4: […]