Apr 25 Thursday
Shannon Bowring will discuss the book The Road to Dalton with host Bill Nemitz on April 25th at 7:00 PM.
Do you love books? Are you interested in hearing from the author and looking behind the curtain at what the author was thinking while writing? Perhaps have the author respond to a question or two that has been on your mind about a particular scene or character. Look no further than the Maine Public Book Club!
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Apr 20 Saturday
Acadia Community Theater is hosting a fundraiser dance party in celebration of their upcoming spring musical "Just So" based on the Rudyard Kipling stories of the same name. There will be Karaoke, Dancing, Live Music provided by the local band The Worn Out Souls, Food, A Costume Contest (Dress like an animal or just dress to have a great time!) And a Cash Bar.
It’s alive! Lyric Music Theater presents Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. April 5-21, 2024, with ASL-interpreted performance April 13 at 7:30 pm.
This electrifying adaptation of Mel Brooks’ monstrously funny film will leave you in stitches. From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation. Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor , and a beautiful lab assistant, Inga, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. “It’s alive!” he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather’s. Every bit as relevant to audience members who will remember the original as it will be to newcomers, Young Frankenstein has all the of panache of the screen sensation with a little extra theatrical flair added.
Apr 21 Sunday
Apr 26 Friday
Choreography by USM Dance Faculty & Guest Artists
To reclaim - one’s space, one’s movements, one’s environment - is a powerful gesture that requires strength and conviction. To reclaim is also to recover, to reuse, to recycle, or to remake what once was, into something new. Using this theme as inspiration, the USM dance faculty and guest artists have created new contemporary dance works for the Russell Hall Stage.
Portland Ballet presents its take on the classical comedic ballet with A Harlequinade. This entertaining tale follows lovestruck Harlequin as he tries to marry his sweetheart, Columbine, while evading her disapproving father, Pantaloon, and his sidekick, Pierrot. Filled with fanciful choreography and charming characters, A Harlequinade will delight and inspire audiences of all ages.
Apr 27 Saturday