MECHANIC FALLS – Three Maine bands that will compete for national titles in the North America Country Music Association’s 12th annual competition in March will play Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Silver Spur.Taking the stage beginning at 1 p.m. will be The Country Drifters, The Kayla Wass Band and Crossin’ Mason Dixon.Admission is $8 for […]

NORWAY – The second annual “Fill-in-the-blank” show, which focuses on the featured artists’ works in progress, will open at the Commons Art Collective Friday, Feb. 6. It all begins with a blank canvas. Then throughout the month of February, artists will transform the gallery at the Fare Share Commons into an open studio.They will claim […]

AUBURN – The Stallionaires of the No. 1 “of Love” reality franchise on VH1, will appear Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Lavish Nightclub & Bar, 34 Court St.The three brothers, Real, Chance and Micah, will bring their band and comedy act to the club (formerly No Tomatoes and Midnight Blues Club), where they will interact […]

LEWISTON – The Neo Jazz Collective, a spirited group of musicians ages 11 to 18 from Birmingham, Ala., will perform classic and avant-garde jazz Saturday, Feb. 7, at Bates College.Put on by the office of multicultural affairs, the performance is a Black History Month program celebrating African-American cultural traditions. The public is invited to attend […]

Nothing succeeds like excess for the network covering the Super Bowl.NBC succeeded by sticking to the formula, starting a full 51/2 hours before kickoff with its “Sunday Night Football” theme music – the tune that sounds like it was borrowed from a sword-and-sandal flick.Chris Collinsworth and Bob Costas appeared on the pirate ship at Raymond […]

Many snowshoe tracks crossed the fields of Lewiston and Auburn yesterday for the enthusiasts of the sport got out bright and early. The snow is still light for good walking but in another day or so with the sun and wind should be packed hard and afford excellent walking. Fences are not much of a […]

TAMPA, Fla.(AP) – Bruce Springsteen looked into the camera Sunday night and told the people watching at home to “put the chicken fingers down and turn the television all the way up!”Then he proceeded to give the Super Bowl crowd and the millions watching on TV three high-energy Boss standards, with the title song from […]

AUGUSTA: Works by Dennis Pinette and Samuel Gelber will be displayed through April 30 at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex. Gallery hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 287-2301 AUGUSTA: “Fred Richard’s Life in Photography” will be featured through Feb. 22 at Pine Tree State Arboretum, 153 […]

A great deal of the allure in “Taken” comes from the wild juxtaposition of its premise: the idea of Liam Neeson – esteemed, acclaimed, 56-year-old Liam Neeson – kicking all kinds of butt in a Euro B-revenge thriller.Yes, Pierre Morel’s film moves with breathlessly incessant fluidity and speed; that’s a given from the director of […]

Friday, Feb. 6, is Jam Night in the Pub at the Black Mountain of Maine base lodge in Rumford. Local musicians will play and everyone is invited to play along or listen from 7 to 10 p.m. Past participants and performers have included Peter Koch, above, Barry Miller, Peter Everett, Rick Greene and a host […]