PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) Tuesday Classical concert on Jan. 24 features three works by two composers who were each deeply inspired by their homelands, according to a PSO release. The concert features guest conductor Christopher Warren Green and violinist Steven Moeckel, and will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium, 20 […]

BOWDOINHAM The Ice and Smelt Festival is scheduled to take place Feb. 3 and 4 at Mailly Waterfront Park. The snow date is Feb. 5. The Merrymeeting Arts Center will host a public reception from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 3. The reception will include a reading and storytelling of “Smelt Makes Ice” from […]

BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library will screen “Double Indemnity,” director Billy Wilder’s 1944 murder mystery, at 7:30 p. m. today as the second installment in its four-part “Film Noir for Dark Nights” series. The film, directed by Billy Wilder, stars Fred McMurray as Walter Neff and Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis. Based on a novel by James […]

YARMOUTH — Award-winning musicians Jesse Brock (mandolin), Mike Bub (bass), Gary Filgate (banjo) and John Miller (guitar) will lead an intensive, bluegrass music workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Community Music Center, 317 Main St. The workshop is open to the general public. For the first two hours of the […]

BATH — Studio Theatre of Bath will hold auditions on Jan. 20 and 21 for its spring fundraiser, which will follow the first 25 years of Billboard rock ’n’ roll hits from 1955 to 1979. A seven-piece house band will provide the music, while performers who successfully win roles via auditions will strut their stuff […]

BOOTHBAY The Boothbay Railway Village will host a program titled “Largest Public Works in Maine, 1900-1950” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. This is the second in the museum’s winter speakers series. Historian and model maker George Barrett will discuss the significance of the biggest public works projects in Maine during the first half […]

HALLOWELL — Michael Kolster, a Brunswick photographer who teaches at Bowdoin College, will give a free presentation titled “A River Lost and Found: The Androscoggin River in Time and Place,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. Thursday’s presentation is based on a project that Kolster undertook with writer Matthew Klingle. […]

As the second installment of its January “film noir” series, Curtis Memorial Library will screen “Double Indemnity” at 7:30 p.m. today. Admission is free. Popcorn, candy cigarettes and “mocktails” will be served. For the scoop, see page C3.

Studio Theatre of Bath will hold auditions for its spring fundraiser on Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 at the Winter Street Annex in Bath. The April 21 show will feature local performers sharing their renditions of pop classics that topped the charts between 1955 and 1979. See page C2 for details.

TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, will hold a reception from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Crooker Gallery to kick off the fourth annual “Joy of Art” juried art exhibit. Refreshments will be served, and music will be provided by Bill and Kate Gray. The exhibit, which will be on […]