1. What are the emotions evident the next morning on the Brennan farm?2. What is the “charred and disfigured lump of metal” that the investigator and Mr. Brennan are poking at?3. What does the insurance investigator think caused the fire? Does Ben agree?4. Shouldn’t Mr. Brennan and Rachel know the truth? Shouldn’t Ben share with […]

By The Associated PressPartial list of winners at Sunday’s 66th annual Golden Globes presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, Calif.:MOTION PICTURES:-Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky.”-Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight.”-Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”-Foreign Language Film: “Waltz With Bashir.”-Animated Film: “Wall-E.”-Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire.”-Original Song: “The […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dolly Parton, Michael W. Smith, Dr. Bobby Jones, the Dixie Hummingbirds and producer Lari Goss will be inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame next month.The ceremony will be held Feb. 2 in Nashville.“This year’s class of GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees have all achieved great professional and […]

The cliched comedy “Bride Wars” tosses out stereotypes about female materialism and cattiness with all the giddy gusto of a newly married woman flinging the bouquet at her single girlfriends.It’s amazing that two of the film’s three writers are women: Casey Wilson of “Saturday Night Live” and June Diane Raphael (the third, Greg DePaul, also […]

LEWISTON – Maine-based clarinetist Karen Beacham will join the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s heart-warming Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Franco-American Heritage Center.The program also features two works by Antonin Dvorak: “Slavonic Dances,” Op. 46 and Symphony No. 7 in D minor. It will be performed at […]

PORTLAND – Mad Horse will present the Maine premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s “The Clean House,” a nominee for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, Jan. 22 to Feb. 8.Lane, a successful doctor, is chagrined to discover that her Brazilian maid, Matilde, hates to clean and dreams of being a stand-up comedian. Virginia, Lane’s sister, loves to clean. […]

PORTLAND – Good Theater will present the award-winning musical comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” Jan. 22 to Feb. 15 for a run of 17 performances.“Forum” was nominated for eight Tony Awards in 1963 and won six, including Best Musical. The 1972 revival received two Tony Awards and the 1996 […]

GORHAM – This year’s USM Youth Ensembles’ Jazz Improvisation Weekend for high-school musicians, Jan. 17-18 at the University of Southern Maine, will welcome guest artist jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington.Carrington is a critically acclaimed drummer, composer, producer and clinician. Born in 1965 in Medford, Mass., she has had an extensive touring career of more than […]

Jan. 9: AUBURN, Mary Murphy will perform jazz and blues on the piano at 7 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Restaurant, 84 Court St. 333-3041Jan. 9: LEWISTON, the Distributors will perform classic rock, blues and funk at 9 p.m. at Shooter’s, 347 Lisbon St. 376-3042Jan. 9: LEWISTON, the bluegrass band DXR from Brunswick will […]

LEWISTON – Saturday, Jan. 10, Belfast bands Full Contact Kitty and Class Machine will perform indie rock sets at the cafe/restaurant She Doesn’t Like Guthries.Full Contact Kitty, made up of Monanash, Andrew Luckless and Jason Dean, was described by the Portland Phoenix as “art-monsters playing dissonant chords and droning feedback, contrasting beautifully with clever lyrics […]