PORTLAND – “Baby With The Bathwater,” Christopher Durang’s 1984 black comedy about the perils of childhood, the horrors of incompetent parents and the terror of a relentless nanny, will be presented in the Portland Performing Arts Center’s Studio Theater starting Jan. 28.The cast features company members Craig Bowden, David Currier, Christine Louise Marshall and Lisa […]

Dec. 30: PORTLAND, Pam Baker will perform at 7 p.m. at Blue, 650A Congress St. 774-4111Dec. 30: RUMFORD, Mizfits will perform at 9 p.m. at The Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $5 364-4511Dec. 31: PORTLAND, Pam Baker and the SG’s will perform at 9 p.m. at Spring Point Tavern, 175 Pickett St. 799-2245Dec. 31: RUMFORD, Dropzone […]

PORTLAND – Country singing sensation Carrie Underwood will perform live at the Cumberland County Civic Center at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. All seats are $45.Tickets are on sale now and were still available as of press time.Opening for the winner of the fourth season of American Idol will be Maine’s popular Don Cambell Band.Underwood […]

PORTLAND – The Portland Museum of Art has received a loan of a rare sculpture by renowned artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997).The large bronze sculpture, which has been lent anonymously by a Maine collector, will be on view on the museum’s third floor through December 2006.The sculpture, “Standing Figure” (1969-83), is one of a number […]

LEWISTON – The quartet led by jazz saxophonist Kenny Garrett will perform in the Bates College Concert Series at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.Composer and alto saxophonist Garrett is well into the third decade of a career dedicated to sustaining the freshness and vitality of […]

NEW YORK (AP) – One of the ladies featured on the A&E’s newest series describes the action in its debut episode as “beer, booze, music, babes.” She left out cigarettes, catfights, cleavage, cussing.It doesn’t sound very ladylike. But then these ladies answer to aliases like Miss Conduct, Venis Envy, Jail Bait.Clever, no? Classy? No.That’s pretty […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – As he has for decades, Dick Clark is planning to let his TV work speak for itself – and for him.The 76-year-old Clark, the focus of increasing speculation as his annual New Year’s Eve hosting gig draws closer, has shunned public appearances and interviews since a stroke nearly 13 months ago,Thursday, […]

“Fun with Dick and Jane” features Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni as married partners in crime, committing robbery armed with a water pistol and cloaked in wacky disguises. The story is modernized with an Enron angle, as Carrey’s character gets laid off after years working for a conglomerate that goes bust. Faced with foreclosure on […]

By David A. Sargent,Special to EncoreAudiences will see a repeat of an onstage building-block construction of the city of Lewiston. LEWISTON – The acclaimed original musical production that marked Lewiston’s bicentennial celebration is coming back in a concert performance format.“Lewiston – A New Home” will be presented by soloists and chorus members on Jan. 13, […]

FARMINGTON – What happens when your typical Midwestern American family finds its home overrun by a pompous theater critic with an affinity for cockroaches and convicts, just in time for Christmas?Witness the fallout as the Sandy River Players present George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s classic comedy, “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” Jan. 12 […]