STONINGTON — Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum will read selected poems from his fifth, newly published poetry book “How to Start Over” (2019, Deerbrook Editions, Cumberland, Me.) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, at the Stonington Opera House. The event is free and open to all. Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco, who was President Barack …
LAMOINE — What happens when a young man and young woman, who met the previous night at dinner in an inn — he to oversee the income tax of a client and she to attend a Catholic retreat — find themselves in bed together? For its spring theatrical reading, Lamoine Community Arts will present an …
BLUE HILL — “Haul, boys haul. Haul, boys haul. Heave away the capstan, lads, and let’s get up the trawl. When the winds a blowin’, the ship’s a gently rollin’…” So goes “Haul, Boy, Haul,” an old sea shanty, sung while sailors heaved at a ship’s capstan to weigh anchor. That sailor’s hauling chant is …
WINTER HARBOR — The last two times I’ve seen what I think is Neil Simon’s most hilarious and heartwarming play, “Lost in Yonkers,” both productions were directed by Bill Raiten of New Surry Theatre. Raiten pretty much lived the story as the child of Jewish immigrants growing up during the ’40s and ’50s in Brooklyn …
ORONO — “Viennese Masters” was the title of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s final concert last Sunday in its 2018-19 Masterworks series. Vienna has spawned so many musical masters, but the Symphony’s choices, Mozart and Bruckner, are nothing if not exemplary. The afternoon began with Mozart’s Symphony No. 33 in B flat Major. Written when the …
ELLSWORTH — All this month, movie-goers can sit back and enjoy watching “Aquaman (in 3-D)” and other great family movies on The Grand’s state-of-the-art digital screen for only one dollar. Maine Coast Sea Vegetables is sponsoring “Aquaman,” the first in this month’s “Dollar Family Movie” series, which will show at 7 p.m. Friday, May 10. …
Soul Man Edgy, reflective and funny is how The Crown Vics drummer Steve Peer describes Chris Ross and The North, who will hold forth at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 10, at 430 Bayside in Ellsworth. Peer calls Hancock singer/songwriter Chris Ross “a smooth and eloquent performer while bringing plenty of grit and a sonorous …
BAR HARBOR — The Abbe Museum Indian Market is back, and bigger. The weekend-long celebration of Native American art and artists is set for Friday-Sunday, May 17-19. In addition to the market and performances on the Village Green, the event will include a fashion show at The Criterion Theatre and an Indigenous Film Festival at …
BLUE HILL — They may be little, but they are mighty. That is an apt description of the women in the Louisa May Alcott story about the March sisters. Mighty also is a good adjective for the women who play those roles in New Surry Theatre’s production of “Little Women,” which opened last weekend at …
ELLSWORTH — GoldenOak, an indie-soul-folk band based in Portland, will play a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at The Grand. Proceeds will support Healthy Acadia’s farm-based food collection and donation program that supplies surplus nutritious produce to people experiencing hunger. GoldenOak, which is fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall, who come …
ELLSWORTH — A battle is brewing and will come to a head next Saturday, May 4, when individuals and area businesses try to outperform each other at The Grand’s 2019 “Grand Mouth Off Lip Sync Battle” kicking off at 7 p.m. Admission costs $15 per person. In its fourth year, The Grand fundraiser’s business contestants …
BLUE HILL — Bach’s remarkable oratorio St. Matthew Passion, composed for the Good Friday service at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, in 1729, will be the Bagaduce Chorale’s featured work at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill and at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at the Ellsworth …
