TOPSHAM – Three Tidbits Fiddle and Farm Concerts will be held Sunday, April 5, May 3 and June 7, at HeartSpeak Studio, with free farm-fresh food served beforehand. The concerts are a production of Free Grange (www.freegrange.org). Free Grange™ products and events are the brainchild of musician Hope Hoffman, who depends on and enjoys local […]

“Go Down Together: The True Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde,” by Jeff Guinn; Simon & Schuster ($27) The most famous outlaw couple in American history could have been “Eleanor and Clyde.” That’s not the way Hollywood tells it. But in reality, long before Clyde Barrow met Bonnie Parker, he had fallen in love with […]

Long before Iron Maiden discovered the eerie words of Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” German composer Carl Orff breathed music into the randy poems of medieval monks that continues to set the stage for Ozzy Osborne concerts and other pop culture outlets. The classical cantata “Carmina Burana” may not seem familiar by name, but […]

Possibly no other movie has contained as many pop cultural references as “Monsters vs. Aliens.” Co-director Conrad Vernon said that from the start, the film was conceived as a cheeky homage to classic monster and sci-fi films. “It was a great idea … plus they gave me a budget to buy as many old horror […]

Classic creatures from the 1950s get a high-tech makeover, with a healthy amount of attitude, in this 3-D animated adventure. The Blob, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Fly – they’re are all here, led by The 50-Foot Woman. Far from being menacing, they’re optimistic misfits who just want to be loved and understood. […]

LEWISTON – The high-energy band Give Way, which showcases a new brand of music from Scotland, will give a three-venue concert beginning at the Franco-American Heritage Center on Tuesday, March 31. Performances will also be Wednesday, April 1, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in Carthage and Thursday, April 2, at Lakeside Theater in Rangeley. […]

On Friday, March 27, The Eric Green Party, above, will perform blues at She Doesn’t Like Guthries in Lewiston. Green is a singer and master of the lap steel, acoustic and electric guitar and harmonica. Saturday, March 28, the restaurant/cafe at 115 Middle St. will host Saturday Night Indie with Portland bands Dead End Armory […]

March 27: AUBURN, Rusty Blues will perform at 9 p.m. at Lavish, 34 Court St. 376-4933 March 27: AUBURN, Loki, Losing Tomorrow, Sinfist and Lying in Ruin will perform at Club Texas, 150 Center St. 784-7785 March 27: GARDINER, African, rock ‘n’ roll and bluegrass group Zulu Leprechauns will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Johnson […]

LEWISTON – “Picture yourself in a boat on a river/ With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.” Although the Beatles wrote these lyrics decades ago, these lines could also describe images created this semester by students in the design technology class at Lewiston Regional Technical Center. Digital scenes created by students out of fruits and vegetables […]

The USM Art Galleries will present organically constructed sculptures and reliefs by USM art alumnae Sue Bennett of Auburn and Laura Dunn of Biddeford. A sculptor, Bennett works in welded steel, as seen in her piece, above, titled “Three Piece,” done in 2007. Lately, Bennett has also created welded relief drawings, incorporating symbols as tangible […]