Events

Schoodic for the Arts Show Choir

Schoodic for the Arts Show Choir

Award Winning Bluegrass Group to Appear at Stonington Opera House

Award Winning Bluegrass Group to Appear at Stonington Opera House

North Yarmouth Academy’s ROYAL RIVER HONEYBADGERS

On Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m., the lively bluegrass rhythms of banjos, fiddles and guitars will fill the Stonington Opera House as award winning Royal River Honeybadgers take the stage.

Annual Bud Carter Memorial Concert Celebrates Student Musicians, Raises Scholarship Funds

Annual Bud Carter Memorial Concert Celebrates Student Musicians, Raises Scholarship Funds

Opera House Arts and the Bud Carter Memorial Scholarship Committee are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Bud Carter Memorial Music Scholarships, all of whom will perform Saturday, June 8 at 7 p.m. in the annual Bud Carter Memorial Concert at the Stonington Opera House. The celebratory event not only showcases the talent of the young winners but also is the sole source of funding for these scholarships, which are used to support lessons, music camp tuitions, and musical instrument purchases for island school students. The Bud Carter Memorial Scholarship Committee members also provide advice and oversight regarding instructors and instruments. Tickets to the event are by free will offering, with a suggested donation of $10 per person.

Running in the Rain at the Vermont City Marathon

Running in the Rain at the Vermont City Marathon

The weather in Burlington, Vermont Sunday was dreadful. A steady downpour and a chilly wind, but that didn’t deter the thousands of people lined up to run or watch the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon and Relay. About 8000 runners participated in the 25th annual 26.2 mile race — around 3,200 full-course runners and 4,800 relay runners. Read more...

Portrait Art Show

Portrait Art Show

Last Friday Coffeehouse Presents Brian Stewart & Leonore Hildebrant

Last Friday Coffeehouse Presents Brian Stewart & Leonore Hildebrant

Friday, May 31st, 2013

7:30 PM

Opera House Arts Concert Series Opens May 26 With Valerie Orth, Mike Billings

On Sunday, May 26 at 7 p.m., the Stonington Opera House will be shaking with the strains of one of the regions best guitar players, Mike Billings. Billings and his band, Big Time, will open for national indie touring sensation Valerie Orth in the first of an expanded series of concerts offered by Opera House Arts (OHA) at both its Stonington Opera House and Burnt Cove Church locations.

 Orth was last seen in northern Maine at the KahBang Festival in August 2012. She has most recently opened for Shawn Colvin and her music is described as “soulful, genuine, and edgy” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Her concert at the Opera House, with her full Just A Crush band, precedes a NYC appearance at Arelene’s Grocery.