BAR HARBOR — The annual Island Jazz Night performance from Mount Desert Island and Trenton middle school jazz bands and the MDI High School jazz groups is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. The MDI Music Boosters will host a pasta dinner before the performance at 4:30 p.m. and bake sale from 5:30-8 …
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 — On the surface, Bar Harbor and Hollywood have nothing in common. One is a glitzy urban center, warm and fast-paced all year round. The other is half boarded up each cold winter, as residents slow the hectic pace they kept all summer. But for one night a year in February, Bar Harbor …
ELLSWORTH — In the heart of winter, the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine will fill cold nights with the warmth of laughter and good company at its performance of WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan’s last great hit “The Gondoliers” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 and 14, and at 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Feb. …
BAR HARBOR — “Christmas Cantata” by Daniel Pinkham headlines the Acadia Choral Society’s “Hodie” concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, at St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church. The chorus is directed by Daniel Pyle and accompanied by Kimberly Haller and the Acadia Brass Quartet. The program also includes “Hodie Christus Natus Est” by Palestrina, the …
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 …
ELLSWORTH — Maine humorist Tim Sample is set to perform Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at Ellsworth High School. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Lamoine-based equestrian vaulting team Aurora Vaulters. Sample brought Maine storytelling to a wide national audience. His books, videos and CD’s of “Down East” humor (including five albums released …
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 — Pianist Mira Armij Gill will perform works of Beethoven, Lyopunov, Liszt, and others at a concert at College of the Atlantic on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gates Center. The free recital also includes a performance of COA Composer-in-Residence John Cooper’s “Soliloquy for Piano and Violin” with violinist Francisco …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Wicked Good Magic Hour, featuring local musician Alan Drew, will be held Saturday, Oct. 12 from 3-4:30 p.m. at St. John’s Church. Drew is a full time magician, performing from coast to coast for over 30 years. He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Society of American Magicians …
