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 ( […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Heartwood Theater Company will present a staged reading of Aeschylus’ “Agamemnon” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the atrium at Skidompha Library. “Staged readings are becoming increasingly popular at Heartwood, offering a variety of challenging literature spanning genres and time,” a Heartwood release states. “The material is meaty, the reading quality and the audience […]

BOOTHBAY — The Boothbay Railway Village ( BRV) will host a free program titled “ Maine Railroad Stations, 1960-1980” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The program is the fourth in the museum’s winter speakers series. “Before the existence of an improved road and highway system, and before the widespread use of trucks and automobiles, the commerce […]

AUGUSTA — The Concerts at Jewett series, sponsored by University of Maine at Augusta College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College, will present Boogie 2 Shooz at 2 p.m. Sunday in Jewett Hall Auditorium. A release from the university describes the concert as follows: Boogie 2 Shooz took shape as an electro acoustic […]

PORTLAND — Mad Horse Theatre Company’s production of “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man- in- the- Moon Marigolds,” by Paul Zindel, opens Thursday at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. A Mad Horse release describes the play as follows: Zindel’s masterpiece, which won an Obie Award, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the […]

FREEPORT — Tim Sample will dole out some St. Patrick’s Day “cabin fever” relief at 7 p.m. March 17 in the Casco Bay Room at the Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main St. Doors open at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Gray family of the Harraseeket Inn, with all proceeds benefiting the nonprofit Friends […]

SCARBOROUGH — The 34th annual Devonsquare and Schooner Fare Reunion Concert to benefit the Jack McPhillips Memorial Fund will take place Saturday at The Landing at Pine Point, 253 Pine Point Road. Doors open at 6: 30 p. m. The concert offers cabaret and dining club seating. Ticket prices range from $25 to $20. Every year […]

FREEPORT — Auditions for “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder, are scheduled for 1 p.m. March 17 at the Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St. The company seeks experienced actors for a large ensemble cast. Younger actors (11 to 17 years) will be invited to read for certain roles. Auditions will consist of readings from the […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Community Library will screen the documentary film “The Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Dr. Gregory Gallant, director emeritus of The Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, will be on hand to discuss the film and the senator. Admission is free. For additional details and directions, see the […]