Carlene Carter will be performing Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $50.

FARMINGTON – It may sound like a terrible idea, but the Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers Improv Comedy Troupe wants western Maine audiences to help some people out and laugh about it. Sort of.On Nov. 20-21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mt. Blue High School Auditorium, the improv comics will combine forces with MBHS’ INTERACT service […]

ORONO – Maine author Sandra Lynn Hutchison will read from and sign copies of her new poetry collection, “The Art of Nesting,” at a new book celebration sponsored by the Orono Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 20. This free event will be held in the Inn at Dirigo Pines, 9 Alumni Drive in Orono at […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) –James Bond’s quantum of the weekend box office: $70.4 million. “Quantum of Solace,” with Daniel Craig returning as Bond for the first direct sequel in the spy franchise, pulled in nearly $30 million more over opening weekend than its predecessor, 2006’s “Casino Royale,” according to studio estimates Sunday. The debut also topped […]

LONDON (AP) – Paul McCartney says it’s time an experimental Beatles track saw the light of day. McCartney says he wants to release “Carnival of Light,” a 14-minute experimental track the Fab Four recorded in 1967 but never released. The band played the recording for an audience just once, at an electronic music festival in […]

PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has hit a milestone in any politician’s career – she was parodied on “Saturday Night Live.” The brief impersonation by cast member Kristen Wiig came during host Paul Rudd’s opening monologue. Rudd discussed the show’s popular political impersonations and assured the audience there were plenty of good impressions […]

100 years ago, 1908 Seeing a shadow on the window shade, Mrs. Simpson, an actress who has been appearing at the Empire in Lewiston, leaped out of bed the other evening, grabbed up a revolver, and discharged a blank cartridge. Mrs. Simpson says she saw the shadow and fired. She believes that a man was […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The first time Steve Kroft went to Barack Obama’s house to interview him two weeks before his presidential campaign kickoff, Obama’s daughter Sasha answered the door. Don’t expect that to ever happen again. Life has changed dramatically for the Obama family, as Kroft learned Friday in Chicago when he conducted the […]

ROCKPORT – The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockport will present a Gallery Talk by artist Dennis Pinette of Belfast about his “Expansion of Logic” exhibition in CMCA’s Loft Gallery on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m.Pinette, a prolific and passionate painter, has been a convincing proponent of Maine landscape painting that does […]

BATH – Officials at the historic Chocolate Church Arts Center say the building, perhaps the premiere arts and entertainment venue in the city, is in need of costly structural and cosmetic improvements.Roo Dunn, executive director of the center at 798 Washington St., said on Wednesday that the project – which needs historic district approval from […]