ELLSWORTH — It has been a decade or so since the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine has taken us on a trip to Venice aboard “The Gondoliers” with its side trip to the realm of Barataria. I had forgotten what a fun, topsy-turvy musical excursion it is, filled with colorful characters, clever songs, impossible plot …
BAR HARBOR — The tenets of Sikhism, a religion which originated during the brutal Mogul reign, in the Punjab area of India, in the late 15th century, include faith and meditation, divine unity and a belief in the equality of all humankind. It also requires its adherents to engage in honest conduct, selfless service and …
BAR HARBOR — Once again, the Acadia Choral Society is making a wonderful contribution to Christmas spirit here on Mount Desert Island with the lovely winter concert “Hodie,” which Director Daniel Pyle explained is Latin for “today.” That theme, which was also in the title and text of several of the songs on the program …
BAR HARBOR — The Criterion Theatre is going through yet another changing of the guard. The theater’s Executive Director Amy Roeder, Development Director Mark Tipton and three board members all resigned in the past month. Roeder and Tipton both joined the theater in May of last year; Roeder had been the fourth executive director of …
Review by Nan Lincoln [email protected] BAR HARBOR — I can’t imagine a better antidote for an early November blast of arctic winter than a trip to the sunny Greek Isles, where beautiful people in breezy or sparkly outfits sing and dance to ABBA tunes under disco balls, dive for pearls and make whoopee. And the …
BAR HARBOR — Oh, Mamma Mia! Are we in for some fun starting Nov.15 when 40 singers, dancers and actors from Mount Desert Island High School will be performing the popular “jukebox” musical “Mamma Mia” based on the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA. At a rehearsal last weekend, it was easy to see …
BAR HARBOR — Everyone has a story, and many dream of turning their story into a book one day. Some actually do, and the world is richer and more interesting for it. But most, due to work, family and other time-consuming activities, or perhaps lack of confidence, never get around to it. On the other …
BAR HARBOR — The Criterion Theatre is the perfect venue to put on a play about wealthy, entitled folks and their milieu behaving very, very badly. This is the sort of glamorous theater that set would attend, one imagines, in their leisure between back-stabbing events. If the play in question, Charles Ludlam’s “The Mystery of …
BAR HARBOR — And now for something completely different — and potentially, great fun. Nathanael Lee and fellow Mount Desert Island High School graduate Thomas Van Gorder are launching a two-man comedy performance with Charles Ludlum’s, zany thriller “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” at the Criterion Theatre, Oct.11-13. The play is described as a “penny …
MOUNT DESERT — Something rather hush-hush is happening over toward the quieter side of the island. Without a lot of hoopla or fanfare, pianist Christina Spurling has started a new music festival based at the Somesville Union Meeting House. Unlike the existing summer music festivals on Mount Desert Island, the Quietside Chamber Music Festival features …
