PARIS — Celebration Barn Theater, Maine’s center for physical theater training, creation, and performance, has named David Bruin as the organization’s new executive artistic director (EAD). A seasoned leader and theater professional, Bruin will take the helm as Celebration Barn prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022. His tenure as EAD begins on October […]
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Celebration Barn names new executive artistic director
PARIS — Celebration Barn Theater, Maine’s center for physical theater training, creation, and performance, has named David Bruin as the organization’s new executive artistic director (EAD). A seasoned leader and theater professional, Bruin will take the helm as Celebration Barn prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022. His tenure as EAD begins on October […]
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Movie Review: ‘No Time to Die’
Last spring, the James Bond movie “No Time to Die” became the first movie to be pushed back because of the pandemic. The subsequent 18-month delay made me crave the film even more, and I confess my expectations might have gotten a little too high. In fact, it’s probably for the best that the film […]
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‘Fire Shut up in my Bones’ live at the LHE/PAC
FRYEBURG — The Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series continues at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, October 23 with Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones at 1 p.m. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after […]
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Circling round: An Art show
NORWAY — Nikki Millonzi has had much more time in her studio during this past year and a half with COVID restrictions. Fortunately for her, there is no place she would rather be! The current show at Cafe Nomad, 480 Main St., Norway (Mon-Sat. 7-3) exhibits paintings from this time. They tell stories with vivid […]
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Movie Review: ‘Venom: Let there be carnage’
When we last saw reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), he had formed an uneasy alliance with Venom (also Hardy), the symbiote living in his body. A symbiote is basically a second personality that can interact with its host, but also occasionally appear in physical form as a being with superpowers. The setup is reminiscent of […]
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CSCE’s Gala of Wander will be held Nov. 6
NORWAY — Gala of Wander, Cottage Street Creative Exchange’s moving gallery of dance, music, and strategically located charcuterie cups by Kezarstone Catering, will grace the top two floors of the Art Moves Dance Studio building at 13 Cottage Street in Norway on November 6 at 6 p.m. Matt Fournier, a local favorite, will be singing […]
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Movie Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
The last two weekends at the box office have been dominated by the one-two punch of holdovers “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Free Guy.” But the opening of “Dear Evan Hansen” this past weekend changed that. By which I mean that it knocked “Free Guy” out of the #2 spot. […]
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Lynn Harrison book signing at Gallery 302
BRIDGTON — Photographer Lynn Harrison will be available to sign copies of her new book, At Peace in Nature, on Saturday, October 9 from 2-4 p.m. at Gallery 302 in Bridgton. As a great lover of the natural world, Lynn captures the beauty and serenity of nature in her photographs of woods, ponds, leaves, and […]
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Movie review: Cry Macho
Like last weekend, this weekend at the box office was underwhelming, especially for new releases. “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” continued to dominate in the #1 spot for the third straight weekend. “Free Guy” held steady at #2 in its sixth. I had to go down to #3 to find a new […]