The popular Irish folk-rock band The Saw Doctors will take the stage Thursday, March 19, at Port City Music Hall in Portland. Taking its name from the itinerant craftsmen who once traveled from sawmill to sawmill sharpening saws, the band from Galway holds the record for Ireland’s biggest-selling single of all time, “I Useta Lover.” […]

“Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi,” by Neal Bascomb; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 400 pages; $26In the confusion following the fall of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, SS Lt. Col. Adolf Eichmann vanished, leaving behind millions of dead, including 6 […]

LEWISTON – Tuesday, March 17, the Canadian band Inner City Surfers will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at She Doesn’t Like Guthries. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Dustin Jones describes the power pop/country band as “NOFX meets Creedence Clearwater Revival.”Besides Jones, the Surfers are Brad Lacell, vocals, bass; Dave Bahun, vocals, lead guitar; and Michael Hawdon, […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s Gold Coast, a bastion of suburban perfection including both Martha Stewart and the Stepford Wives, is about to become home to Jerry Springer’s bawdy TV show, which features wife swappers, strippers and skinheads. Subject to negotiations, Springer’s show will move from Chicago this summer into the new production studio […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Disney’s “Race to Witch Mountain” raced to No. 1 at the weekend box office, bypassing expectations with $25 million in ticket sales. The PG-rated sci-fi flick starring Dwayne Johnson as a cab driver with a pair of alien teenagers along for the ride topped the R-rated superhero epic “Watchmen,” which earned […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A debate between President Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh? Dick Cheney wants a ticket. “I’d pay to see that,” the former vice president said Sunday. The radio talk-show host challenged Obama to a debate after administration officials criticized him for saying he hopes Obama fails. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State […]

MECHANIC FALLS – The Down East Country Music Association will hold its annual country homecoming show from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the Silver Spur.Entertainment will be provided by 2009 Tennessee Award winners and competitors. There will be a 50/50 drawing and raffles. The food bar will be open.Admission is $6 for […]

Seasoned comedians of past and present Auburn Middle School improv teams will present Improv Night Friday, March 13, in the school’s theater. The benefit show modeled after “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” will offer physical and situational comedy, silly props, one-liners and overall craziness. Improv Night will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5.

March 6: AUBURN, “Under the Covers” will perform at a beach party bash at 8 p.m. at Lost Valley Ski Lodge, 200 Lost Valley Road. 784-1561March 6: AUBURN, singer/songwriter/guitarist Carole Wise will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Restaurant, 84 Court St. 333-3041March 6: BRUNSWICK, the indie-rock band Ninth Rail and eclectic […]

LEWISTON – Friday, March 6, funk band Broken Halo of Brunswick will perform at She Doesn’t Like Guthries. Saturday, March 7, The Lomax of Portland will return to the restaurant/cafe at 115 Middle St.The Lomax sounds “a little bit cowboy, a bit folksy and a tad bluesy,” according to the Portland Phoenix. Band members are […]