SCARBOROUGH- Boston-based Ernie and the Automatics’ performance at Bull Moose, originally scheduled for 4 p.m., has been changed to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. The show at the music store at 456 Payne Road is free.

MECHANIC FALLS – Pine Tree State Country Music Association Inc. will hold its annual talent search and competition in April. It is open to bands, vocalists, vocal groups, instrumentalists, songwriters, solo artists and more. Categories include modern and traditional music and there several age categories: adult , youth and seniors.Dates are as follows: Saturday, April […]

LEWISTON – On Saturday, Feb. 21, the Franco-American Heritage Center will present “Mardi Gras at the Center” in the tradition of a New Orleans Mardi Gras with music, spirits, masks and Cajun cuisine.The Fat Tuesday party will start at 5:30 p.m. in Performance Hall and continue to Heritage Hall by “parade,” led by pirate-escort Phil […]

BATH – Studio Theatre of Bath will present Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” (female edition) Feb. 27 to March 8 in the Curtis Room of the Chocolate Church Arts Center.Neil Simon wrote the original “Odd Couple,” a Broadway hit play starring Walter Matthau and Jack Klugman, in 1965, and it went on to become a […]

Though the timing on “Confessions of a Shopaholic” couldn’t have been worse – the idea of reveling in wretched excess when untold thousands are losing their homes, their jobs, their minds – there really is no appropriate moment for a shrill onslaught that perpetuates the worst stereotypes about female materialism.To be fair, there are a […]

AUBURN -The Maine Games will hold its annual national anthem audition Saturday, April 4, at Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy St.Online applications must be received by March 25. Go to www.mainegames.org for more information and to submit your application.Besides being named the Maine Games national anthem singer for 2009, the winner will receive […]

Feb. 13, 27: AUBURN, the Distributors will perform at 8 p.m. at Lost Valley Brookside Lounge. 784-1561Feb. 13: BRUNSWICK, baritone Aaron Engebreth, pianist Anastasia Antonacos and trumpeter Mark Tipton will perform at 4 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kanbar Auditorium. Free 798-4141Feb. 13: BRUNSWICK, the Bowdoin College Longfellows and Miscellania, a cappella groups, will perform at […]

AUBURN – Blue Steel Express, one of Maine’s longest continually performing blues bands, will play at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Gritty McDuff’s.The band’s shows feature a mix of contemporary popular blues, classic blues and originals that have received steady FM airplay – and lots of audience interplay.Formed in 1993, the Express maintains an […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Joaquin Phoenix’s interview with David Letterman started off odd and ended in full-blown weirdness, leaving him destined to join Farrah Fawcett on the list of late-night guests memorable for the wrong reasons.The actor appeared to forget the name of his “Two Lovers” co-star, Gwyneth Paltrow, stuck gum under the edge of […]

AUBURN – Local band Repeat Offenders will play Saturday, Feb. 14, at Club Texas. This is a 21+ show with a $3 cover.A jam band that performs original music, Repeat Offenders is made up of Nick Racioppi of Auburn, lead vocals and guitar; Ben Williamson, lead guitar and vocals; Byron Malcolm, bass; and James Sheller, […]