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Arts and Entertainment Calendar: Aug. 17 - 28

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Sunday 8/21 Snowlion Repertory Company, auditions for holiday musical “The Christmas Bride” seeking varied musical theatre performers ages 18+, 5-8 p.m. a...

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Monday, August 15, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Out and About: 'The Wiz' closes in Brunswick

Two good witches are among the cast of characters that Dorothy encounters in the Land of Oz in “The Wiz,” the seven-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of 1975. It’s the final 2011 production of Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick.

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Monday, August 15, 2011 at 11:30 am
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: Aug. 10 - 21

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Sunday 8/14 Freeport Factory Stage Auditions for comedy "ART," seeking three mature male actors who are risk takers, adventurers and team players, 7 p.m., cold readin...

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Monday, August 8, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: Aug. 3 - 14

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Sunday 8/14

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Monday, August 1, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Out & About: Portland Chamber Music Festival features world-class performers

During the summer months, the center of gravity of Maine’s music and theater moves out of Portland and disperses along the seacoast and far into the exterior. One especially notable exception to that seasonal exodus is the Portland Chamber Music Festival, which starts its four-concert main ...

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Monday, August 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Out & About: 3 communities, 3 musical comedies

Thanks to the vagaries of theatrical scheduling, no fewer than three professional productions of musical comedies opened last week in a trio of communities north and south of Portland. They represent three very different theatrical settings. North of the city in Brunswick, theatergo...

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Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: July 27 - Aug. 7

Greater Portland Books, Authors Wednesday 7/27 Laura Harrington, author of “Alice Bliss,” 7 p.m., Peaks Island Branch of the Portland Public Library, 129 Island Ave., Peaks ...

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Monday, July 25, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Dining Dish: Restaurants and bakeries open for business

Portland's first gluten-free bakery will open next month at 267 Commercial St. Bam Bam Bakery will offer baked goods, coffee, tea and light lunch items. The owner and baker is Bevin McNul...

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9:50 am
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: July 20 - 31

Greater Portland Books, Authors Wednesday 7/20 Simon Van Booy, author of "Everything Beautiful Began After," 12 p.m., Brown Bag Lecture Series, Portland Public Li...

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Monday, July 18, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Out & About: Music festival, opera are top choices

One of the summer’s best music festivals takes place this weekend, and Portland’s only resident opera company is busily preparing its big summer production. Both have been high on my personal must-do list for years. Ossipee Valley Music Festival got its start with bluegrass in ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, July 18, 2011 at 11:50 am