TOPSHAM — The 22nd annual DownEast Country Dance Festival takes place today and Saturday at the Orion Performing Arts Center at Mt. Ararat Middle School. A release from organizers describes the festival as follows: Everything from fiddles and foot percussion to banjos and mandolins will rattle the rafters at … the Orion Performing Arts Center. While […]

FALMOUTH — The Oratorio Chorale will present “Hausmusik,” a benefit concert of vocal solos, duets and quartets at 3 p.m. April 1 at Falmouth Congregational Church. Soprano Christina Astrachan and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Hansen will be joined by Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and John D. Adams, bass, all of whom perform regularly with the Oratorio Chorale. Noted […]

BRUNSWICK The Theater Project’s multi-generational production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens tonight at 14 School St. Performances run through April 1. The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p. m. on Sundays. This marks The Theater Project’s third production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” “It’s hard to resist,” […]

NEWCASTLE — Heartwood Theater Company will again offer summer camp sessions for children in first through 12th grade. The camp will run from June 26 through July 13 at Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy. Four camps run concurrently during these three weeks. This year’s offerings are: Sprouts Camp (one week); Fabulous Kids’ Camp (two weeks); […]

NEWCASTLE — Heartwood Regional Theater Company will hold auditions for the premiere production of “The Legend of Jim Cullen” from noon to 3 p.m. March 31. “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 […]

BRUNSWICK — Artists at the Spindleworks Art Center are embarking on a new creative adventure this spring. In collaboration with local artist Matt Anderson, they will transform a studio space in Fort Andross into a multimedia art installation exploring the theme of “habitat.” Beginning this month, the artists will meet weekly in the space, creating […]

ROCKPORT — A pirate crew based in the Mid-coast region — complete with sailing vessel, cannon and performances throughout the Eastern Seaboard — is on the prowl for some new buccaneers. Individuals interested in signing on with the Pirates of the Dark Rose are invited to attend a recruitment and orientation meeting at 1 p. […]

TOPSHAM — The DaPonte String Quartet titled its spring program “Fatal Attraction.” The program includes Franz Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” quartet. “It’s gorgeous and deeply moving; but when the four musicians decided to couple it with Alban Berg’s ‘Lyric Suite,’ written in 1927, they worried that a piece of music that they had grown […]

BRUNSWICK — University of Maine at Augusta student jazz ensembles, under the direction of professors Tim Weir and Richard Nelson, will offer a free performance from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Frontier Café in Fort Andross on Maine Street. The performers are all enrolled in the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at the […]