The DaPonte String Quartet launches their 25th Season with “Running a Ground” featuring Mozart’s Quartet No. 23 in F Major, John Heiss’s Microcosms, and Prokofiev’s String Quartet in F Major, Op. 92.
Tickets are $20 (under 21 free), and are available at www.DaPonte.org, at Sherman’s Books in Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor, Longfellow Books in Portland, Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick.
Information about the DSQ, their new CD “Pathways to Healing”, a full schedule and directions to venues is available at www.daponte.org

The DaPonte String Quartet performs its “Running a Ground” program at 4 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Boothbay Harbor. Tickets are $20, available at daponte.org, at Sherman’s bookstores in Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor, or by calling 529-4555.

On Saturday, Nov. 12, the Al Corey Big Band will be playing at the Jewell Lodge at Wavus in Jefferson as part of a joint fundraiser for Skidompha Public Library and Great Salt Bay Community School, both in Damariscotta. Proceeds will benefit both the library and GSB’s Friends of Music Education.

Free dance lessons will take place from 5-6 p.m., followed by the great sounds of the Big Band Era as played by the popular Al Corey Big Band. The evening will also include a variety of delectable hors d’oeuvres, a complimentary drink, a cash bar, swing dancing, a diamond-necklace raffle, and lots of fun!

Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for those 18 and under. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Amy McNaughton at devdir@msln.net or 563-1940.