FRYEBURG — The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series will return to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center for the 2014-15 season on Saturday, Oct. 11. The live simulcast’s crisp HD picture and enveloping surround sound inside Fryeburg Academy’s state-of-the-art theater creates an experience that will make you feel like […]
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Manhattan Short Film-Festival this weekend
At 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, the Manhattan Short-Film Festival will come to The Public Theatre in Lewiston. Films from around the world will be screened in over 300 cities spanning six continents. Each audience member will cast a vote for their favorite. Votes from each participating […]
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Producer to narrate film in Greene on American volcanoes, Sept. 19
GREENE — Independent film producer Gray Warriner will narrate his film “America’s Hot Spots: Our Volcanic Legacy” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Admission is free. For more information, call 207-946-5311 or visit www.sawyer-foundation.com. Hawaii is one of America’s hot spots, but so […]
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Manhattan Short Film Festival opens in Lewiston on Sept. 26
LEWISTON — The Manhattan Short Film Festival starts Friday, Sept. 26, at The Public Theatre. For one weekend only, filmgoers in Lewiston will unite with audiences in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the Manhattan Short Film Festival […]
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L/A Film Forum to launch new year of films at Auburn library on Sept. 29
AUBURN — The L/A Film Forum will kick off a series of monthly films at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, at the Auburn Public Library. The first film is the feature, “Now You See Me,” starring Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman “Now You See Me” pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat […]
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Night life calendar for the week of July 20
Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: Brasslands, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Open Mic […]
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Full moon, dreaded date, beer and horror
LEWISTON — Friday the 13th was a dark and stormy night with a full moon riding across a cloudy sky. Could there be a better time for a festival dedicated to beer and fear? The Emerge Film Festival got underway Friday and in spite of the dreaded date, everything went just swimmingly. Almost eerily so. […]
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Outdoor film festival focuses on Maine adventures
AUGUSTA — The Maine Outdoor Film Festival will feature 11 outdoor films and shorts with Maine roots when it comes to Augusta. Organizers say the May 16 event features outdoor films by Mainers, about Mainers. The event — now in its second year — begins at 6:30 p.m. at Cony High School in Augusta. The […]
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‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ leads to madness and mayhem
Comedic whirlwind focuses on real-life Hollywood in 1939 LEWISTON — What would you get if you put three legendary moviemakers in a locked office full of peanuts and bananas for a five-day marathon screenplay rewrite of a classic 1930s book? Why, “Gone with the Wind,” of course. And that’s the basis for “Moonlight and Magnolias,” […]
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‘Beneath the Harvest Sky’ read for premier at Tribeca Film Festival
PORTLAND (AP) — Two filmmakers who won acclaim for their documentary about Maine troop greeters are ready for the U.S. premiere of their new film, “Beneath the Harvest Sky.” The first feature-length movie by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly will be shown Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Set in the potato […]