Knight Ridder Newspapers Tight-lipped coaches for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks would never, in their right minds, consider revealing key pieces of their Super Bowl game plans, so why should “Grey’s Anatomy” executive producer Shonda Rhimes?When a reporter asked her to divulge “just a general description” of Sunday’s big post-Super Bowl episode, the woman […]

Feb. 10: LISBON, a roast pork supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. $5/$2.50 784-0447Feb. 10: SUMNER, a potluck supper and history fest will be held at 6 p.m. at the Congregational Church of East Sumner. 388-2667Feb. 11: LEWISTON, a Greek supper will be held from 4 to […]

Feb. 9-11: WATERVILLE, “Rough Magic: Three Nights of Terribly True Stories,” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at Colby College. 859-4535Feb. 10, 11: LEWISTON, “The Vagina Monologues,” will be performed at 7 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. $3Feb. 16-19: GORHAM, student-written one-acts will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday and […]

Livermore Falls – Work is rushing on the International Paper Co’s new mill which is being built by Shanahan & Greenleaf, it is expected that the mill will be completed in a few weeks as the boiler house is already finished and the laying of the brick for the mill itself was begun Wednesday.The new […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow have split, the couple announced in a joint statement Friday night.The seven-time Tour de France champion and the rock star announced their engagement in September. It would have been her first marriage and his second. He has three children from a previous marriage.“After much thought and […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox are engaged, Cox’s publicist announced Friday.The couple plan to marry next winter, publicist Alisha Mahon said.Cox plays Mary Connell on the NBC series “Las Vegas.” She and Mohr, host of “Last Comic Standing,” met when Mohr guest-starred on the Sin City drama, Mahon said.Mohr, a comedian, […]

FARMINGTON – Steven Pane will perform three piano sonatas, each written 100 years ago, Friday, Feb. 10, in Nordica Auditorium, as part of the Connections and Contrasts Concert Series. The works include Charles Ives’ “Three Page Sonata” (1905), Leos Janacek’s “Sonata From the Streets: January 10, 1905,” and Alexander Scriabin’s “Sonata No. 5” (1906).Interspersed between […]

LEWISTON – The noted St. Lawrence String Quartet will play at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College.Canada’s premiere chamber ensemble, the quartet is a regular presence at Maine’s Bay Chamber Concerts. Members are violinists Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman, violist Lesley Robertson and cellist Christopher Costanza.The musicians […]

BRUNSWICK – On Monday, Feb. 13, Trudi Van Dyke, executive director of The Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Va., will tell the center’s story in a public talk at Maine Sound Stage, 14 Maine St.Maine Sound Stage is a film, TV, commercial photography and sound recording studio at Fort Andross.Van Dyke’s presentation is the […]

Poll sends memo to music industry: Cut your prices, make better music. NEW YORK (AP) – While one-quarter of the nation’s music fans say they’ve downloaded songs onto their computers – legally or otherwise – a new nationwide poll suggests music executives should look elsewhere to explain their business woes.Three in every four fans complain […]