BAR HARBOR -- Maine musician Micah Blue Smaldone has been announced the opening act for James McMurtry on Feb. 27 at the 1932 Criterion Theatre.

'I really enjoy playing in Bar Harbor in the winter,' Smaldone says. 'I'm looking forward to coming back to the Criterion and am excited to have the opportunity to share the stage with James McMurtry.'

FARMINGTON The University of Maine at Farmington is proud to present non-fiction, environmental author Kathryn Miles as the next reader in its celebrated Visiting Writers Series. Miles will read from her work at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 11, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a signing by the author.

According to author Janine DeBaise, Miles's non-fiction work is known for combining the scientific facts of a story with a good narrative that entertains while educating. Miles's 'Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy' (Dutton 2014), is the first complete, moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded. In this riveting account, she takes the reader inside the enormous storm and the people whose lives were forever changed.

ORONO Some Theatre Company is pleased to announce their production of 'Clue: the Musical' on Feb. 26, 27, March 4, and 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 28, March 6 at 2 p.m. at the Keith Anderson Community House, Orono.

If you have ever played the popular Parker Brothers' family board game, 'Clue,' then you won't want to miss Some Theatre Company's newest production: 'Clue: the Musical!'

ELLSWORTH The Grand announces the lineup for the return of Winter CineGrand a series of the best of the recent films, many of them nominated for this year's Academy and Golden Globe Awards. The films will be shown weekly with an evening screening on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee on the following Wednesday at 1 p.m. with the exception of the Grand's 'Teen CineGrand Movie Night' on Tuesday evening, Feb. 16 only. Ticket prices for evening movies and are $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and students and $5 for Grand members. Wednesday matinees are $5. The line-up of titles for Winter CineGrand are:

Tuesday, Feb. 9/Wednesday, Feb. 10 'Mr. Holmes,' directed by Academy Award-winner Bill Condon. This acclaimed film takes place in 1947 and features an aging Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen). In his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes comes to rely upon his housekeeper (Laura Linney) and her young son, Roger (Milo Parker), as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love before it's too late. With Nicholas Rowe and Frances De La Tour.