Performance

Dominique Dodge is a harper and singer from New Hampshire’s White Mountains who maintains strong ties with Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Her new album, “Cànan nan Teud” (The Language of the Strings) features archivally-sourced Gaelic songs from Cape Breton and explores the relationship between Puirt-à-Beul (mouth music) and traditional dance music. Recorded in […]

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue is a typical program for the Portland Brass Quintet including quintet staples by JS Bach, Victor Ewald and Morley Calvert, recent compositions by Kevin McKee and John Stevens, and familiar jazz standards. The Portland Brass Quintet is regularly heard throughout southern and central Maine.  You’ve heard this quintet […]

Our wonderful Labor Day weekend show with Bruce Marshall whose music career spans 6 decades! Know equally well for his riveting band shows with the Bruce Marshall Group, The Nor’easters and his soulful, heartfelt solo performances. Bruce is also half of the Montgomery and Marshall acoustic duo with bluesman James Montgomery. A tireless performer armed […]

The Smith-Mark Viola/Cello Duo will perform a recital of musical gems from the timeless essence of Bach to the impassioned tango. A suite of short pieces by Ukranian composer Reinhold Gliere will act as a centerpiece of the program honoring the bravery of all those who have fought to protect their homes and families. The […]

Hailing from as far away as Waterford and as close as Denmark, 2nd String comes off the bench to deliver a high-impact, low-carbon footprint show at the Arts Center. The group entertains with a mixture of pop, rock, bluegrass, and originals along with a healthy dash of self-deprecation and witty banter. When not working their day […]

A comedy scene in Denmark, darn straight! Portland and Boston aren’t the only ones laughing. Lakeside Laugh Labs is a series featuring some of New England’s best up and coming comedians. Lucky to have her back, Jody Sloane will grace our stage for an evening you will soon not forget! She's now a regular at […]

Will Woodson (flute, uilleann pipes) and Caitlin Finley (fiddle) play sparky and driving traditional Irish music that’s grounded in the textures and rhythms of the rich Irish-American soundscape of the 1920s and 30s. With roots in the living Irish musical cultures of Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia, and a tremendous admiration for the first […]

Connect with the local community through art, music, talent and good cheer. Share a song, a poem, a two-step, a mime, a joke, a quirk, a story, a skit, a musical display, or the like. The atmosphere of performers waiting to share their songs, poems, or humor is supportive and the audience is eager to […]

Told through haunting musical numbers, narration and prose, Goblin Market tells the story of two devoted sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who return to their childhood nursery after many years’ absence.  Here they both discover and invent the world of their adolescence from an adult perspective.  Their nursery becomes a woodland glen peopled by bizarre goblins […]

Told through haunting musical numbers, narration and prose, Goblin Market tells the story of two devoted sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who return to their childhood nursery after many years’ absence. Here they both discover and invent the world of their adolescence from an adult perspective.  Their nursery becomes a woodland glen peopled by bizarre goblins […]