The performance is part of the Portland School of Ballet’s “Kids for Kids” series, an ongoing program that connects youth in the community with dance and ballet.
Local performers in the production include Caroline Gill of Bowdoinham; Luisa Barry- Hershberger and Isabella Fasulo, both of Brunswick; Ellie Dickson, Gemma McElroy and Julian Morgan, all of Freeport; Lily Dearing of Lisbon Falls; Mattie Woodside of Pownal; and Ashwini McNeal, Kayla Bobalek and Jeanette Marie Stewar, all of Topsham.
“‘Red Riding Hood and the Big ‘Bad’ Wolf ’ is accompanied by recognizable music including “Flight of the Bumblebee” and “Morning Song,” a Portland School of Ballet release states.
Nance provides narration. The libretto was written by Keith Powell Beyland, from the Dramatic Repertory Company, and the piece was choreographed by Portland School of Ballet instructors and Portland Ballet Company dancers Vanessa Beyland, Nicole Getchell, Kate Smedal, Mary Stride and Sasha Yapparov.
Tickets, available at the door, cost $5 for children and $10 for adults. Call the Portland Ballet Company at 772- 9671 or visit www.portlandballet.org for more information on ticketing or directions.
Mustaches celebrated tonight in Portland
PORTLAND — No Umbrella Media, organizers of New England’s largest mustache pageant, announce plans to host the first International Moustache Film Festival in 2012.
The festival will be held immediately before the fifth annual Stache Pag tonight at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St.
The film festival will begin at 7: 30 p. m. The mustache pageant will start at 10 p.m.
Dr. Lou Jacobs, director of The New England Bureau of The American Mustache Institute, will host the film festival.
“ This is an important moment in mustache history,” Jacobs said in a release. “Never has there been a film festival dedicated to the unique art of filming the mustached male (or female). The American Mustache Institute would like to congratulate the IMFF for its efforts to preserve the mustached arts.”
“Silly as this may sound, the festival is quite serious,” the release continues. “The beneficiaries of the festival and fifth annual Stache Pag will be Northeast Historic Film, MENSK and Mystache Fights Cancer.”
Some of the many film categories will be: Best Foreign Mustache Film, Best Growth Story, Best Collection of Mustaches in One Film and Best Fake Mustache Movie.
For more information, visit www.stachefilmfest.com.
The American Mustache Institute has been “protecting the rights of, and fighting discrimination against mustached Americans, by promoting the growth, care, and culture of the mustache,” the release states. Its website is AmericanMustacheInstitute.org.
High School Rock Off finalists named
PORTLAND — The Maine Academy of Modern Music’s finalists of the 2012 MAMM SLAM High School Rock Off are Beware of Pedestrians, Saint Monday, The Stolen Mural, The Twisted Truth, The Veayo Twins and False Consensus.
The six bands will battle for $1,000 in cash, recording time, gigs, studio tours and TV and radio appearances on April 28 at Asylum, 121 Center St.
Herb Ivy of WBLM will host the event, which is open to all ages. Admission costs $ 10 for students or $ 12 for adults.
‘Freud’s Last Session’ ends run on Sunday
CAMDEN —The Everyman Repertory Theatre’s production of “Freud’s Last Session” ends this weekend.
The play imagines a meeting between Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and English theologian C. S. Lewis.
Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, as well as at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Camden Public Library Reading Room.
For reservations and information, call 236 3402 or visit www.everymanrep.org.
Older artists festival entry deadline looms
BELFAST — Artists have until Saturday to enter the 10th annual Festival or Art, which will run from May 10 through May 13 in the University of Maine Hutchinson Center
Sponsored by Senior College and the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, this non- juried exhibit is open to amateur and professional visual artists, age 50 and older.
Last year’s festival included 170 works of art and attracted more than 1,400 visitors.
An entry form and information sheet can be obtained by contacting Juliane Dow at seniorcollegefestivalofart@g mail.com or by calling 857- 719-6733.
Film explores graphic novelist’s life, work
PORTLAND — A special preview screening of 217 Films’ new documentary “O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward” will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center during the Maine Reads Festival of the Book.
The screening will be introduced by filmmaker Michael Maglaras. Robin Ward Savage, the artist’s daughter, will attend. Admission is free.
“Featuring more than 150 wood engravings, drawings, and illustrations by this important American artist and storyteller, the 90-minute film brings the creativity of Ward to life and illustrates his mastery of narrative without text,” a release about the event states. “His work chronicles American life in the 20th century, and demonstrates his deep personal commitment to social justice and the plight of the workingman surrounding the years of the Great Depression.”
For information call 871- 9100 or email info@mainereads.org.
‘Little Me’ wraps up production on Sunday
PORTLAND — Good Theater’s production of “Little Me,” a musical comedy by Neil Simon (book), Cy Coleman ( music) and Carolyn Leigh ( lyrics), closes this weekend at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St.
“Little Me” stars Stephen Underwood who plays seven men in the life of one woman. This show was originally written as vehicle for Sid Caesar. Most recently Martin Short played the roles on Broadway in a 1998-99 revival.
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Friday ($ 25) and Saturday, ($30) with a final show at 2 p.m. Sundays ($30).
For more information or reservations, call 885-5883 or check the website: www.goodtheater.com.
‘Swan Lake’ lands at Merrill Auditorium
PORTLAND — Maine State Ballet will present “ Swan Lake” at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Merrill Auditorium.
“The show is a rare opportunity for Maine residents to see a large-scale version of Tchaikovsky’s first ballet, which premiered in Russia 135 years ago,” a Maine State Ballet release states.
“The presentation showcases the talents of 85 advanced students and professional dancers of the Maine State Ballet Company,” the release states. “ The sets and costumes, including a stunning 40-foot-tall backdrop and 21 white swan tutus, are the work of designer Gail Csoboth. It is the largest production staged by a ballet company in Maine,” according to Maine State Ballet director Linda MacArthur Miele.
Tickets are on sale through Porttix at 842-0800, online at www.porttix.com, or at the Merrill Auditorium box office. Tickets prices range from $20 to $40, and discounts are available for groups, seniors and children.
Portland Stage to discuss ‘Heroes’
PORTLAND — Portland Public Library will host a “Page to Stage” discussion with Portland Stage about the theater company’s upcoming play “Heroes,” by Gerald Sibleyras, adapted by Tom Stoppard. The discussion will start at noon Tuesday in the Rines Auditorium on the lower level of the main library.
The discussion is free and participants are encouraged to bring their lunch.
Telling Room shindig celebrates writers
PORTLAND — The professional writers and artists of The Telling Room, Portland’s community writing center, will host the second annual “Glitterati” event from 6 p.m. to 10 p. m. Thursday at the Masonic Temple, 415 Congress St.
“The event will feature live music from This Way, catering by Blue Elephant, and a host of literary luminaries from Maine and beyond, including Susan Minot, Peter Behrens and Charlotte Bacon,” a Telling Room release states. “All proceeds from the evening will be used to support The Telling Room’s free writing programs for Maine youth.”
A reception to meet the guest authors begins at 5:30 p. m. The main event will include live and silent auctions.
A cash bar will be available throughout the evening. Tickets cost $75 and can be purchased through the organization’s website, tellingroom.org. Tickets to the author reception are limited and cost an additional $25.
4th annual Brew Fest on tap in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A new selection of beverages, food and music will be featured at the fourth annual Central Maine Brew Fest, which will run from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. April 7 at the Augusta Armory on Western Avenue.
Two Maine hard cider producers will be new additions to the festival. Downeast Cider House in Waterville and Fatty Bampkins, a product of Blacksmith Winery, South Casco, will be offering samples at the annual event. In addition, 12 Maine brewers will showcase their latest flavors.
The Blues Prophets and Pat Pepin are scheduled to perform.
Information about home brewing will be available. Pizza, sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers and bratwurst are among the planned food offerings.
A limited number of tickets at $ 25 will be available in advance and any remaining will be sold at the door for $ 30. Tickets are available online at www.centralmainebrews.com and at Jokas’ and Mainely Brews in Waterville, The Liberal Cup in Hallowell, Fat Toad’s Pub in Farmingdale and Lisa’s Restaurant in Augusta.
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