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“Eurydice,” Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College, Brunswick

Mar. 2-4, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30pm, “Eurydice,” a contemporary, theatrical event that explores the power and limits of love, loss and memory. Eurydice leaves her wedding for the underworld, searching for her father but the reunion is costly. Trapped on the opposite side of death, Orpheus fights to retrieve his bride, making a deal that seals both their fates. Celebrated by the New York Times as a weird and wonderful new play, playwright Sarah Ruhl explores the ancient Greek myth from the female perspective and with a fresh eye, Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College, 3725 College Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-3375, www.bowdoin.edu.
Mar. 3, Friday, 6:30pm, “Musical Romance for the Ages,” the concert will feature some of the most rhapsodic and beloved works for violin and piano including Clara Schumann’s Romance No. 3, the Sonata No. 1 in G Major of Brahms, and the Franck Sonata in A Major. Listeners will be transported to the dramatic world of Victorian romance, where unspoken passion found its voice in music. Kargul and Lantz concerts also include insightful and witty commentary about the lives of the composers of the Romantic period, $5, Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-895-3985, www.mainetoday.com.
Mar. 3, Friday, 7:30pm, “Pretty Girls Sing Soprano,” an unforgettable folk/acoustic concert. They will sing to your soul and leave you with a smile as they perform a variety of songs from bluegrass, folk, traditional to country and rock-n-roll. Ingrid Ayer-Richardson, Susan Mathews and Shelly Kirkpatrick have combined voices to share their love of acoustic and a cappella music, $12/advance, $15/at the door, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Curtis Room Annex, 798 Washington Street, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Mar. 3-5, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Mother’s Helper,” headstrong twelve-year old Natalie spends a summer helping take care of her new baby cousin. Natalie joins her flaky aunt Pris and the new baby on a small, isolated island off the Maine coast. One morning while digging in their garden, Natalie and Pris make a gruesome discovery. This clue leads them to unravel the island’s deeply hidden secret… This moody, mysterious original play by Jim Adolf continues our 45th Season of local authors! Pay-what-you-can, $12/suggested, The Theater Project, 14 School Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-729-8584, www.theaterproject.com.
Mar. 4, Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Sweetback Sisters and Girls Gun & Glory,” the rollicking country swing of the Sweetback Sisters is as infectious as it is heartbreaking. Their charismatic charm harkens back to the golden era of both the silver screen cowgirl and the ersatz cowboy stars of local UHF TV kiddie shows. That whimsical exterior is wrapped around a core of deeply felt love for traditional country music styles and a palpable joy in playing and singing together. Like their pseudo-sister role models, the Davis Sisters, the Sweetback Sisters sing country songs in close, surrogate-sister harmony and of course their signature matching dresses. Their repertoire combines several of the Sisters’ passions — country music from before they were born and new interpretations of those traditions — to create a fresh take on what it means to be country. Forging its sound from the raw materials of rockabilly, country and other American traditions, tempered by a unique musical and lyrical approach. For the past eight years, Boston’s rising stars have been making a name for themselves through relentless touring, the release of five critically acclaimed records, and a slew of awards. Bandmembers Ward Hayden (vocals/guitar), Paul Dilley (electric and upright bass/piano), Josh Kiggans (drums/percussion), and Chris Hersch (lead guitar/banjo) find musical inspiration from early ’50s rock ‘n’ roll icons such as Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, and Buddy Holly, as well as country greats like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, $20/advance, $25/at the door, The Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-701-5053, www.rocklandstrand.com.
Mar. 5, Sunday, 7pm, “Lunasa with Karan Casey,” the hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet returns to Camden with opener Karan Casey! Lúnasa is composed of Kevin Crawford (flutes, low whistles and tin whistles), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass), Ed Boyd (guitar), Seán Smyth (fiddle and low whistle) and Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes and low whistles). Lúnasa have sold more than quarter of a million albums in the course of the band’s career and boast an impressive back catalogue of 7 highly acclaimed and award-winning studio albums. Of the band, legendary Irish fiddler Kevin Burke says, “Maintaining the unique, intimate qualities of a musical tradition while at the same time meeting and fulfilling the demands of the contemporary music world is a difficult juxtaposition to achieve, yet Lúnasa have managed to accomplish exactly that.”  Opening for Lunasa is Karan Casey, who has long been one of the most innovative, provocative and imitated voices in Irish traditional and folk music. Her career has spanned twenty five years from the early days as a jazz performer in George’s Bistro in Dublin to her heady days in New York with the band Solas to her now established solo career and she has sold over half a million albums, $25/advance, $30/at the door, Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden. FMI: 207-236-7963, www.camdenoperahouse.com.
Mar. 6, Monday, evening, “Blues and R&B Vocalist Curtis Salgado,” with a career spanning forty years, Salgado is a one-of-a-kind talent whose music is as compelling as his story. From co-fronting The Robert Cray Band to leading his own band (and recording nine solo albums) to helping transform John Belushi into “Joliet” Jake Blues to touring the country with Steve Miller and Santana, he is a true musical giant. NPR calls him “a blues icon” with a “huge voice.” Blues Blast Magazine named THE BEAUTIFUL LOWDOWN the 2016 Soul Blues Album Of The Year, $20, Time Out Pub, 275 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-593-9336, www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com.

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