NEW GLOUCESTER – The Village Coffee House will feature Con Fullam and Maura Clarke, local artists with national reputations, Saturday, March 7. No stranger to the music, TV and movie business, Fullam has been a performer, producer, writer and publisher for more than 40 years. He has played with or opened for Asleep at the […]

Yesterday morning the attention of George A. Allen, agent of the Humane Society, was called to the manner in which Robert Stewart of No Name Pond Road was using his horses on Pine Street in Lewiston. Mr. Allen investigated the case. He found that Stewart’s horses were poor and lame and it is alleged that […]

NEW YORK – Spider-Man has conquered the movies. Now, with a little help from Julie Taymor and U2, it’s Broadway’s turn.“Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” will open Feb. 18, 2010, at the Hilton Theatre, its producers announced Tuesday.Preview performances begin Jan. 16.The musical, directed by Taymor, will feature a score by Bono and The Edge, […]

Old-fashioned, horse-drawn sleigh rides will be offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday as part of Winter Fest at Black Mountain of Maine in Rumford Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8. Ernest Garcia and his horses of Gar-Lin Farms in Peru will whoosh passengers over snow-covered terrain, through a wooded trail to a bonfire in […]

Kenny White, artist for L/A Arts’ main stage performance Friday, Feb. 27, blends smooth, smoky vocals with pop, jazz and folk. The piano player and songwriter will be joined by Duke Levine and Marty Ballou on guitar and upright bass, respectively. The 7:30 p.m. concert will be at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St., […]

FARMINGTON – Award-winning poet Ravi Shankar will be lunchtime reader Thursday, March 5, in the University of Maine at Farmington’s 2008-09 Visiting Writers Series. He will read from his work at noon in room C123 in the UMF Olsen Student Center. Admission is free.A poet-in-residence at Central Connecticut State University, Shankar is the founding editor […]

“What I Did for Love,” by Susan Elizabeth Phillips; William Morrow, $25.99Crown Susan Elizabeth Phillips the queen of romantic comedy. Her latest novel, “What I Did for Love,” is another sterling example of how Phillips masterfully ingrains wit and humor with a couple’s delightfully rocky journey to love.Once again, Phillips gives us splendid non-perfect characters, […]

PORTLAND- Singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik hit Top-40 pay dirt with his 1996 mega-hit, “Barely Breathing.” He then conquered the musical theater world with his Tony- and Grammy-winning Broadway show, “Spring Awakening.” His new CD, “Whisper House” (RCA Victor) combines his talents for haunting melodic songwriting with theatrical storytelling – and it all takes place in a […]

“The Renegades,” by T. Jefferson Parker, Dutton, 338 pages, $26.95The Antelope Valley is a vast stretch of high desert north of Los Angeles, where thousands of affordable homes have been thrown up and where urban gangs are already starting to move in. The sheriff’s department considers it Siberia, but Charlie Hood has asked to be […]

PARIS – From the Picassos that graced his walls to historic artifacts and hundreds of sculptures, the artwork that inspired late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent went on display Saturday, three days before it is auctioned.Billed as “the sale of the century,” the auction of the 733-piece collection will disperse in three days a collection […]