STONINGTON — “ The Aliens,” Annie Baker’s Obie Award-winning stage drama will open Thursdayat the Stonington Opera House. Performances run through Feb. 12. “‘The Aliens’ is a sweetly humorous, gentle, and extraordinarily beautiful new play about three young men who find community hanging out in the back alley behind a rural coffee shop, where it […]

PORTLAND — Ron Carroll and Friends will present a special tribute to Scott Joplin and Al Jolson at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St. The show is a benefit for Scott Linscott, a minister and photographer in the Portland area. He is awaiting a liver transplant. The cast will […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) plans to present a musical journey around the world at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Guest conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky will lead the orchestra and perform the solo violin part in the “Suite from The Red Violin.” The concert opens with Giocchino Rossini’s “Overture to […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Creative Arts Creativity Conversation is scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Steve Milligan, technology associate from the Maine Arts Commission, will lead a workshop about online artist portfolios. The workshop aims to familiarize attendees with common web terms and theories. […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Community Library will host the Art Guild of Freeport’s annual exhibit and sale throughout February. Members of the guild will exhibit their original art, most of which depicts local Maine scenes. Guild members whose artwork will be on exhibit include Christy DeVeault, Mary Berry, Diana Johnson, Julia Nichols, Sally Paterson, Lynn Bickford, […]

FREEPORT — The Ladies of Flame — Elizabeth Guffey, Lisa Bossi, Janie Downey Maxwell and Hannah DeGrandpre — will perform torch songs, Broadway tunes and pop standards at 6 p.m. Feb. 3 at Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Pianist David Watts will provide accompaniment. A dinner will follow at 7 p.m. Admission costs $15. […]

BATH — New England Regional Theater Company will present a musical revue of “Les Miserables” on Feb. 3 and Feb. 10 at the Winter Street Center, 888 Washington St. Described as “a Parisian cabaret-style evening of captivating performance and culinary delights,” the revue will serve as a fundraiser to build a new theater. Cocktails and […]

BATH — Fred and Sally’s “Winter Sucks” party, a fundraiser for the Bath Area Food Bank, will run from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 807 Middle St. The Knights of Columbus will provide a cash bar with their “legendary strong drinks for short money for a charitable cause,” […]

BATH — Winter Words for Women, a Christian community book club, kicks off its first reading in February with “Kisses from Katie,” a contemporary memoir by Katie Davis, a young woman from Tennessee who gave up a life of privilege to serve Uganda’s neediest children. Women who want to participate are encouraged to purchase the […]