Exhibits, galleries, theater and more: Seacoast arts and culture news

Six area artists join The Art Guid of the Kennebunks

KENNEBUNK, Maine — Six area artists have been selected for membership in the Art Guild of the Kennebunks, following a juried event held on April 22, according to Linda Van Tassel, President of the Guild. These artists, reflecting a variety of media, subject interest and styles, were selected following a review of submitted work, judged by a jury of Guild’s members.

The new members include:

Jody Agustadt of Gotham: medium - oil

Kailleigh Archibald of Scarborough: medium - oil, colored pencils

Joseph Cousins of Freeport: medium -acrylic, watercolors

Robert Milaschewski of North Berwick: medium - pen & ink

Deborah Platz of Springvale: medium - acrylic

Nancy Van Tassel of Lyman: medium - watercolor

The the annual juried event, according to Van Tassel, “serves to maintain a vital and ever expanding horizon of talent, insight and energy within the Guild, securing its position and that of the Kennebunks both locally and in the broader New England Artistic community.”

Summer Concerts at 3S Artspace announced

PORTSMOUTH — Not only does 3S Artspace, located at 319 Vaughan St., in Portsmouth, offer intentionally curated breadth in the arts disciplines presented to the community, we also offer range within each discipline and concerts are no exception. Read on for some highlights coming up in our summer lineup featuring nationally touring acts and regional talent in our intimate club space that appeals to the music nerd in all of us.

Danielle Nicole returns to Portsmouth, on June 1 for her first show at 3S Artspace. An internationally recognized singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Kansas City, MO, Nicole's distinctive, inventive bass work—which resulted in her becoming the first female to receive nomination for the Blues Foundation's Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist - Bass—is the product of years of intensive roadwork. Although her voice draws comparisons to artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt and Etta James, it’s only the feeling she will invoke those memories. Nicole’s show, style, and tone are all her own and can only be experienced.

Current line-up consists of Co-founding member Brandon Miller on guitar and vocals and World Renowned Drummer Go-Go Ray.

$25 general admission in advance and $30 day of show. Partially seated. For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/danielle-nicole-tickets-560565936807.

Moxie – Warm adjectives like "effervescent" and "soulful" have been used to describe Moxie’s comforting indie-rock; still, with two full length LPs, few can accurately articulate what makes the independent outfit so addictive. Nestled atop head-bobbing backbeats, funky guitar voicings share the spotlight with melodic, bouncing basslines to create rich, indulgent instrumentation that only Rei Kimura's eminent croon could occupy.

3S Artspace will be Moxie’s last stop on their summer-long tour on Sunday, June 18. Tickets are $15 general admission in advance and $20 day of show. For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moxie-w-the-doozers-tickets-619182520587.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers– North Carolina’s Sarah Shook sings with a conviction and hard honesty sorely lacking in much of today’s Americana landscape. Always passionate, at times profane, Sarah stalks/walks the line between vulnerable and menacing, their voice strong and uneasy, country classic but with contemporary, earthy tension. You can hear in their voice what they've seen; world weary, lessons learned—or not—but always defiant. Writing with a blunt urgency—so refreshing these days it's almost startling—Sarah's lyrics are in turn smart, funny, mean, and above all, uncompromising. The Disarmers hit all the sweet spots from Nashville’s Lower Broad to Bakersfield and take Sarah's unflinching tales out for some late-night kicks. At times, it’s as simple and muscular as Luther Perkins’ boom-chicka-boom, or as downtown as Johnny Thunders.

The Disarmers line-up is currently Jack Foster on drums, Blake Tallent on guitar, Andrew Lambie on bass, and Nick Larimore on pedal steel.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers’ return to 3S Artspace on Saturday, June 24. Tickets are $15 for members, $17 general admission in advance, and $20 day of show. For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sarah-shook-and-the-disarmers-tickets-568538131857.

Calexico with Brian Lopez – Praised by NPR for their “sprawling, cross-cultural indie rock,” Calexico has spent the better part of the past three decades exploring the dusty musical borderlands of the American Southwest, crafting singular, cinematic songs as mysterious and magnificent as the arid desert landscapes that inspired them. Founded in Tucson, AZ, by guitarist/singer Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino, the band first emerged to widespread acclaim in the mid-1990s with a string of arresting, evocative records that blurred the lines between their roots, rock, and Latin influences, but it was 2003’s 'Feast of Wire' that truly marked the duo’s commercial and critical breakthrough, earning them their first appearances on the Billboard charts and rave reviews everywhere from The Guardian to Pitchfork, who called the record “genuinely masterful.”

3S Artspace presents Calexico Saturday, Aug. 19. Tickets are $38 for members and $42 general admission. For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calexico-w-brian-lopez-tickets-62917018395.

Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall announces the classic musical The Sound of Music for the holidays

OGUNQUIT, Maine — The Music Hall will be alive with The Sound of Music this holiday season when the Ogunquit Playhouse presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved musical, Nov. 29 to Dec. 17, at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, N.H.

Based on the true story of The Trapp Family Singers, this final collaboration between the acclaimed songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II has become one of the world’s most cherished musicals of all time, winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Tickets are on sale now starting at $50 can be purchased online at TheMusicHall.org, over the phone at 603-436-2400, or in person at the B2W Box Office at the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., in downtown Portsmouth. Groups of 10 or more save 15% off ticket prices.

Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra to perform Spring Concert June 11

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra concludes its 2022-2023 mainstage season on Sunday, June 11, at 3 p.m. at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, N.H. There is a free pre-concert talk with Music Director John Page at 1:45 p.m.

The PSO’s final mainstage performance of the season features two powerfully evocative works: Vivian Fung’s Dust Devils and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Dust Devils captures the journey of emotional swirls in the mind—both calm and full of raw intense energy. Enigma Variations tours us through the personal landscape of Elgar’s life with a selection of musical characterizations of the people who were closest to him. The concert will also include a performance by Roxane Park, the PSO's 2023 Young Artist Competition winner, who will play the third movement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18.

JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung has a unique talent for combining idiosyncratic textures and styles into large-scale works, reflecting her multicultural background. Fung is at work on new projects with librettist Royce Vavrek, Network for New Music, Ensemble for These Times, and the Cape Cod Chamber Music Society. An album of Fung’s first four string quartets by the Jasper Quartet will be released on Sono Luminus in 2023. Fung is 2023 Composer-in-Residence at Alba Music Festival Composition Program in Italy. Born in Canada, Fung received her doctorate from The Juilliard School and currently lives in California.

Young Artist Competition winner Roxane Park is a 10th grader at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H. Park has competed in international competitions and received top prizes at several. In addition to performing multiple times at Carnegie Hall and Boston’s Symphony Hall, Park has performed in public master classes. Park was featured in episode 372 of NPR’s From the Top with guest host Jeremy Denk at Dartmouth College’s Spaulding Auditorium and in the From the Top Virtual Gala in 2020.

Individual tickets with assigned seating for performances held at The Music Hall are $35/25 for adults (price depends on the section); $30 for seniors; and $20 for students.

More information and tickets are available at www.portsmouthsymphony.org.

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