PORTLAND — Vivid Motion will showcase Portland area dancers for its ninth spring dance show, “Eclipse (and Other Dances),” Thursday through April 14 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 […]

WESTBROOK — The 11th annual Maine Playwrights Festival, sponsored by Acorn Productions, swings into action with two staged readings Saturday. Additional events are planned for April 14, 19 and 29, all at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. This year’s festival features 10 short plays and two fulllength plays that were selected from more than 90 […]

LEWISTON — Chanteuse Joelle Morris will perform a concert titled “ Voyage à Paris” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Franco Center Performance Hall, 46 Cedar St. The show’s theme centers on Parisian and Broadway “misfits.” “From Reynaldo Hahn’s ethereal and charming echoes of Belle époque sensitivities to the ground breaking avant-garde 20th century works […]

BRUNSWICK — The sixth annual Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival, a juried fine arts and fine crafts show, is now accepting applications from artists, crafters and artisans who would like to participate. Sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association, the Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, […]

BRUNSWICK — Professional dance instructor Peg Brightman will offer an expanded array of classes, including ballet and modern dance, at People Plus, 35 Union St. Among the adult classes — for people from their 20s to their 80s — are Intermediate Modern Dance, which meets at 6:15 p.m. Tuesdays, and Choreo Lab, which meets from […]

BATH — The Kennebec Art Club seeks participants for its annual “Art in the Park” feature of Heritage Days in Bath. During the festival, artists from Maine and elsewhere display their work at City Park. The net proceeds of “Art in the Park” are used for scholarships distributed to art students from local high schools […]

BATH — The Friends of Patten Free Library will host Maine’s Poet Laureate Wesley McNair for a poetry reading 6:30 p.m. April 17. The author of nine volumes of poems, including “Lovers of the Lost: New and Selected Poems,” McNair has held grants from the Fulbright and Guggenheim foundations, two Rockefeller fellowships, two National Endowment […]

TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library on Foreside Road will host an artists reception for “Joy of the Lens” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. April 14. “The show features original photographs by year-round Maine residents, both amateur and professional,” a library release states. “Prizes will be awarded in categories including “Nature and Landscapes/ Seascapes,” “People,” […]

GEORGETOWN — “Georgetown: A Painter’s Paradise,” an exhibit of works by painter Stuart Ross, opens Saturday at the Georgetown Historical Society, 20 Bay Point Road. The show will run through June 15. An artist’s reception will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. April 14. “Georgetown presents to the landscape painter a wide mix of […]