Area Arts

Music Fest: Good Shepherd UMC sponsors a Music Fest on Feb. 1, 7 pm at the church, 151 West Gray Road, Gray. Two local musical groups will be featured. One is Witness, who have played several times at Good Shepherd and includes Good Shepherd's own Dave Collins. The other is the Praise Band from School Street and you would have heard them if you came to our Cosnecration weekend celebration in September. Admission is free and the Love offering will g to the Outreach Ministry at Good Shepherd. Call Natalie at 657-5216 for information or email: natdance2003@yahoo.com

Performance schedule change: "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams is replacing the previously announced "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" for the February staged reading production at the University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre. Dates are Feb. 12 through 15, 2004. A full release will be available in a week.

Concert: Warm up in February with beloved music performed by the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra. You'll be warmed by the charming and sunny pieces to be performed by the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra during their Winter concert. University of Southern Maine School of Music faculty members Neil Boyer and Robert Lehmann with student Michael Albert will be featured soloists in works by Ravel, Bach, and Brahms. The concert begins at 8 p.m., Saturday, February 7, 2004 in Corthell Concert Hall on the USM Gorham Campus. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $7 for seniors, and $5 for students. Call the Music Box Office at 780-5555.