Performing Arts

Performance Spotlight

CHOCOLATE CHURCH ARTS CENTER Fall season of great performances. Contact: www.chocolatechurcharts.org, 207-442-8455.

• Tom Paxton on 9/7, 7:30. 
• Patty Larkin 9/15,
• Enter the Haggis 9/22,
• The Battlefield Band 9/28,
• Maine Ole Opry 10/7,
• Ellis Paul & Lucy Kaplansky 10/13,
• Crooked Still, 11/3,
• Jonathan Edwards, 11/9
• Studio Theatre of Bath weekends 10/19-10/28.
  

Bowdoin College Department of Theater and Dance
Contact: 207-725-3375, jsand@bowdoin.edu, http://academic.bowdoin.edu/theaterdance/calendar/index.shtml

• 10/19-10/21, 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, Fri, Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm, Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College, In November 2004, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks began a year-long project of writing a play a day. This year, the cycle receives the largest premier in theatrical history: eleven regions throughout the country are producing the work in its entirety, week by week. Bowdoin College participates, along with 52 other colleges and universities, by presenting Week 49. To reflect the project's generosity and ambition, the entire department of theater and dance - including all faculty, staff and students - collaborates on the production! 
• 10/25-10/27, “No Exit” by Jean-Paul Sartre, 8pm, Wish Theater, Bowdoin College.  In Masque and Gown's Fall Show. Price: $1. Contact: 725-3375, jsand@bowdoin.edu, http://academic.bowdoin.edu/theaterdance/calendar/index.shtml
• 11/8-11/9, “Euridice” by Sarah Ruhl, 7pm, WishTheater, Memorial Hall, Bowdoin College. A retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice from Eurydice's perspective directed by Philip Gates '08. Contact: 725-3375, jsand@bowdoin.edu, http://academic.bowdoin.edu/theaterdance/calendar/index.shtml
• 11/29-12/1, Fall Dance Concert, 8pm, WishTheater, Memorial Hall, Bowdoin College. Department of Theater and Dance Annual Fall Dance Concert featuring class projects, independent work, and student dance organizations. Contact: 725-3375, jsand@bowdoin.edu, http://academic.bowdoin.edu/theaterdance/calendar/index.shtml

The Theater Project, 14 School St, Brunswick. Contact: 729-8584, info@theaterproject.com, www.theaterproject.com

• “Alice in Wonderland,” 10/26-11/4  
• “Herschel & the Hannukah Goblins,” 11/16-11/18.
• Showtimes: Fri /Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2pm. Price: varies.  Classes offered also. Contact: 729-8584, info@theaterproject.com, www.theaterproject.com

DaPonte String Quartet October Concert  10/5 Newcastle; 10/6 Portland. 10/7, 7:30pm United Methodist Church, Brunswick. Works by Smetana, Stravinsky and Beethoven. Smetana, String Quartet no. 1 in E minor; Stravinsky, Trois Pieces Pour Quartuor a Cordes; Beethoven, String Quartet in a minor,opus 132.Contact: 529-4555, info@mail.daponte.org, www.daponte.org. Price: at the door; $22 adults, $20 seniors, 21 and under free. 10/5 St. Patrick’s Church, Newcastle10/6, 7:30pm October 6, State Street Church, Portland

DaPonte String Quartet November Concert
November 16, 7:30pm, St. Patrick's Church, Newcastle; November 17, 7:30pm, State Street Church, Portland; November 18, 3pm, United Methodist Church, Brunswick. Works by Rachmaninoff, Borodin and Tchaikovsky. Rachmaninoff, String Quartet no. 2; Borodin, String Quartet no. 1 in A Major; Tchaikovsky, String Quartet No. 2 in F Major Op. 22. Contact: 529-4555, info@mail.daponte.org, www.daponte.org.  Price: at the door; $22 adults, $20 seniors, 21 and under free

.Bowdoin College Dept of Music offers free concerts at new Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, unless otherwise noted. Contact: lrussell@bowdoin.edu, 798-4141. Full schedule: http://academic.bowdoin.edu/music.

• Teatime Concert: Harlequine. 9/14, 4pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. New Music Quintet.  Free.
• Chris Washburne & the SYOTOS Band, 9/21, 7:30pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Chris Washburne, trombonist, leads the SYOTOS Band, a Latin jazz group with a sound that bridges the gap between listening and dancing music.  Free.
• Mateusz Kolakowski, piano, 9/28, 7:30pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. The phenomenal young Polish pianist will perform both classical works and jazz. Free.
• Teatime Concert: Duncan Cumming, piano, 10/12, 4pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Works by Debussy, von Weber, Chopin, and Bates College composer William Matthews. Free.
• Homecoming Choral Concert, 10/13, 2pm, Bowdoin Chapel, Bowdoin College, Brunswick.  Free.
• USM School of Music presents “Orfeo,” 10/20, 3pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick.  Under the direction of Robert Russell, the Choral Art Camerata, together with soloists and orchestra members from the School of Music and the community, present a concert version of Monteverdi’s innovative Baroque opera, with Bruce Fithian singing the title role. Free.
• Bowdoin College Concert Band, 10/28, 2pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. John P. Morneau, director. Free.
• Teatime Concert: Joyce Moulton, piano, Friday, 11/2, 4pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick.  Works by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Ginastera, Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter and Kern.  Free. 
• Boston Modern Orchestra Project, 11/10, 3pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Since its founding in 1996, BMOP has commissioned new works and re-discovered "classics" of the 20th century, infusing them with the emotion, humor, and urgency that have been hallmarks of the modern era and its music. The orchestra will premiere works by Bowdoin alumni and faculty composers Vineet Shende and Elliott Schwartz.  Free.
• Sharq Trio, 11/12, 1pm, Tillotson Room, Gibson Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. The Sharq Trio's musical repertoire consists of suites and songs from the Andalusian period up until modern Egyptian classical music of the mid 1900's. Although it is classical music, the energy level is high due to aggressive percussion and imaginative instrumental improvisation. Free. 
• Bowdoin College Concert Band, Sunday, November 1811/18, 2pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Free.
• Bowdoin Middle Eastern Ensemble, 11/26, 8pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick.  Eric LaPerna & Mary Hunter, directors. Free.
• Student Chamber Ensembles, 11/30, 12:30pm, Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Free.