NEWCASTLE — Heartwood Regional Theater Company will hold auditions for the premiere production of “The Legend of Jim Cullen” from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. “This full length play with music tells the story of the only lynching to happen in New England, in the spring of 1873 in Mapleton, Aroostook County, Maine,” a Heartwood […]

GEORGETOWN — “ Georgetown: A Painter’s Paradise,” an exhibit of works by painter Stuart Ross, opens April 7 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. Ross’ “work has captured the island’s coastal scenes […]

BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project’s multi-generational production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” plays today, Saturday and Sunday at 14 School St. This marks The Theater Project’s third production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” “It’s hard to resist,” director Al Miller said in a release. “It’s all about love, even more so than ‘Romeo and […]

FALMOUTH — The Oratorio Chorale will present “Hausmusik,” a benefit concert of vocal solos, duets and quartets at 3 p.m. Sunday at Falmouth Congregational Church. Soprano Christina Astrachan and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Hansen will join Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and John D. Adams, bass, all of whom perform regularly with the Oratorio Chorale. Noted pianists Frank […]

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, […]

FALMOUTH — The North Atlantic Figure Skating Club ( NAFSC) will host its 14th annual ice show at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Family Ice Center, 20 Hat Trick Drive. Directed by Deb Coppinger of Portland, this year’s show, “Gettin’ Around,” will feature 28 solo and group performances to such classics […]

GARDINER — The inimitable “Omar Ricardo” will host the “The Sensational 60s,” an annual cabaretstyle laugh-fest fundraiser for Johnson Hall, on April 7. The show combines music and comedy, with Frank Omar hosting and Dominic Garvey at the piano. Singers will include Lynette Miller, Dennis Price, Sally Walker, Teresa Curley Beaudoin, and the return of […]

BRUNSWICK — Denise Moore-Reynolds of Bath and her uncle, Ray Hanna of Phippsburg, gospel singers who have performed all over Maine, will perform in a mini-Christian concert, along with Pastor Peter Sheff, B.J. Peres and Christianne Ropp at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the community room at 36 Pejepscot Terrace. The public is invited. The event […]