PORTLAND – The 9th annual Maine Jewish Film Festival will begin its nine days of programming Saturday, March 18, with a French comedy “Local Call.” It will span two consecutive weekends, ending March 26.Beginning Feb. 20, tickets will be on sale by mail, phone (207) 831-7495, and in person at The Movies, 10 Exchange St. […]

Professor of theater Paul Kuritz will direct the short story “A New Life.” LEWISTON – Paul Kuritz, a professor of theater at Bates College, is seeking volunteer actors and film-crew members to join him and members of the Bates community in creating a screen adaptation of “A New Life,” a short story by Mary Ward […]

NEWRY – For at least 10,000 years, people have been making masks and using them to reenact stories of great hunts, to scare away sickness and disease, and as objects of worship. Michael Cooper, the Masked Marvel, has been practicing this ancient art form for almost 30 years, using the mystery of the hidden face […]

LEWISTON – The Midcoast Symphony has scheduled three performances at the Franco-American Heritage Center on Cedar Street.Friday, Feb. 3: “The Sounds of Scandinavia,” works by Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. and be repeated at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham. Tickets are […]

By Frazier Moore,AP Television Writer NEW YORK – Maybe it’s best to just say no. Avoid temptation. Avert your eyes in the electronics store.Dangerous?! One glance, and you’re seized by desire. That’s the threat of high-definition TV, however determined a viewer may be to stick with his old TV set a while longer.Now, as of […]

LEWISTON – The Androscoggin Valley Community Orchestra will perform a cabin fever concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Olin Arts Center at Bates College.The program will open with the “Poet and Peasant Overture” by von Suppe, featuring Danny Rand as solo cellist.Julie Schubert-Cowen will play piccolo trumpet for Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. […]

Popular stand-up comic Bob Marley will be appearing in two western Maine venues in early February.He will perform at 7 pm. at the Four Seasons Function Center in South Paris Friday, Feb. 3. Tickets are $17. Call. 739-2988.Saturday, Feb. 4, Marley will do three shows at the Sugarloaf Inn in Carrabassett Valley. Shows are at […]

• LEWISTON – Korn, Grammy-winning modern rock icons who have achieved chart-topping radio success for their latest single, “Twisted Transistor,” will perform March 26 at the Colisee.Tickets, $39.50, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.Tickets are available at the Colisee box office, 190 Birch St., from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday […]

By Emily Tuttle,Special to EncoreThe Persuasions, who started out as teens breaking into song on a basketball court, will share their love for all kinds of music when they come to Lewiston Feb. 9. hat could a bunch of teenagers playing pick-up basketball and singing pick-up doo-wop on the streets of New York possibly have […]

DIXFIELD – Side by Side, a duo that may perform pop, jazz, country, folk, blues or some other combination, will appear at the Dixfield Coffeehouse Saturday, Jan. 28.Better known as Lorrie Ferrari and Tony Scucci, the twosome will perform at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults; children under 12 […]