(Image by Patricia de Gorostarzu)

On Saturday, March 26th at 7:30 pm.

(Bath, ME) Leon Redbone is a singer and guitarist specializing in interpretations of early 20th-century music, including jazz and blues standards and Tin Pan Alley classics. Redbone has released approximately fifteen albums and earned a sizable cult following. His concerts blend performance, comedy, and skilled instrumentals.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Chocolate Church website.

(Image: Painting by Rainy Brooks)

Senior College and the Hutchinson Center to Host the 9th Annual Festival of Art

(Belfast, ME) The 9th Annual Festival of Art will be held at the Hutchinson Center on May 12th through May16th, 2011. The 2010 Festival displayed the works of 153 visual artists with over 1,200+ people attending the successful event. The opening night reception will be Thursday, May 12th at 6:00 pm.

The Festival is open to amateur and professional visual artists age 50 and over. Only one piece of original visual artwork per exhibitor will be accepted. There is no entry fee for the artists and admission is free to the public. Any artist wishing to exhibit must register prior to the March 31, 2011 deadline. Artists may obtain an entry form by emailing our newest committee member, Liz Fitzsimmons, at liz.fitzsimmons@gmail.com Entry forms may also be requested by telephone. To register by phone please call Liz at 207-548-4245. Entry forms are also available on the Senior College website.

On Sunday, March 13th at 3:00 pm at the Collins Center for the Arts.

(Orono, ME) The magnificent members of BSO are featured as soloists in Ginastera's riveting Variaciones Concertantes, while the orchestra begins a new cycle of Beethoven symphonies with Maestro Richman directing the sweeping Symphony No. 2.

Featuring:
Mozart: Divertimento K. 136
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

For more information, please visit the Bangor Symphony Orchestra or Collins Center for the Arts.

Saturday, March 12th 8:00 pm at the Strand Theatre.

(Rockland, ME) Ryan Montbleau sings in the lulling, sensual verse that gives his group’s new album its title. Ryan Montbleau Band has been tending its own musical vineyard for a few years, on the patient cusp of a breakthrough. Their distinctive, long-fermenting blend of neo-folk, classic soul, stripped down blues , and kick-out-the-jams Americana finally comes to full fruition in the bands newest release Heavy on the Vine. Produced by Martin Sexton, It’s an album that represents the product of — and further promise of — a very good year. Besides touring non-stop, the group also spent much of 2010 both as opening act and backing band for Martin Sexton, including a round of dates with the Dave Matthews Band.

For more information, please visit the Rockland Strand Theatre website.