BATH O n April 28 and 29, the Oratorio Chorale intends to bring a new and innovative program to two venues on the coast of Maine, part of a five-day residency with the Vancouver-based Orchid Ensemble. Beginning Wednesday, the Orchid Ensemble will provide school presentations of East-West music, and a program of Chinese- Jewish music […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — Studio Theatre of Bath will belt out “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 and April Purinton will host the musical journey, which chronicles 25 years of popular music. Fifteen singers and […]

BATH — Maine author and Bath native Elizabeth Peavey brings her one-woman show, “ My Mother’s Clothes Are Not My Mother,” to the Chocolate Church Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. April 21 and 2 p.m. April 22. The show premiered to a series of sell-out houses at the St. Lawrence Performing Arts Center in Portland […]

NEWCASTLE — Eight members of the Heartwood Youth Performance Ensemble (HYPE) will perform pieces based on scenes from “The Little Prince,” by Antoine de Saint- Exupery, at 6:30 p.m. today in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy. “Students participating in the second season of Heartwood’s afterschool performance program, HYPE (Heartwood Youth Performance Ensemble), have been […]

BATH — To celebrate the 14th anniversary of the V-Day movement, Girl Power Productions stages “The Vagina Monologues: Until the Violence Stops in Victory and Joy” at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Chocolate Church, 804 Washington St. A Girl Power Productions release describes the production as follows: From time immemorial, words have been used […]

PORTLAND — Vivid Motion will showcase Portland area dancers for its ninth spring dance show, “Eclipse (and Other Dances),” today and Saturday at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. “Eclipse” is an original ballet by MJ Emerson. It weaves together “stories of a soldier, a couple and ‘Alice in Wonderland’ to music from Pink Floyd’s ‘ […]

BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project recently replaced one of its three incandescent based lighting systems with energy-efficient LED theatrical lights. According to Technical and Lighting Director JP Gagnon, 10 new LED “Par” fixtures have replaced 14 Fresnels, seven Color Scrollers and two spotlights. The scrollers — a device that changes the plastic “gel” that colors […]

BRUNSWICK — A Wabanaki Arts Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Smith Union on the Bowdoin College campus. The festival brings Native American artists and musicians from Maine and across New England to campus for the day. This is the fifth year that Bowdoin College will host this event and […]

BATH — The 20th annual benefit dinner for the Patten Free Library is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. April 24 at J.R. Maxwell’s, 122 Front St. Bath- area celebrity waiters will serve the meal. The dinner costs $38 per person ($24 and tips are tax deductible) with entree choices of New York sirloin steak, […]