Concerts and shows currently on sale: The latest On sale 10 a.m. Friday — The Pixies with Surfer Blood, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, State Theatre, Portland. $45. All ages. Statetheatreportland.com; (800) 745-3000; Cumberland County Civic Center box office On sale 10 a.m. Friday — Hanson, 8 p.m. Oct. 11, State Theatre, Portland. $25. All ages. […]
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Et Cetera Listings
• BENEFITS Bald Hill Boys, acoustic bluegrass, folk and rock concert with special guest pianist Dawson Hill; benefits conservation projects on Sabbathday Lake; Sabbathday Lake Grange, New Gloucester. $10; $5 for ages 18 and under. 926-4296. 7 p.m. Friday. Nicole’s 5K Run/Walk to Benefit Caring Unlimited, Lords Point, Kennebunk Beach. $20 to $25. nicolesrun.org.. Registration […]
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At the Movies
OPENING THIS WEEK “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2” (2:10) (PG-13) Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Directed by David Yates. The final chapter begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord’s three remaining Horcruxes. Some sequences of intense action violence and frightening […]
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Art and Theater Listings
CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Time for Three, string trio, with Curtis on Tour, performing Mendelssohn’s “Octet,” Rockport Opera House. $30 to $45; $8 for students. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m. Bowdoin International Music Festival: Artists of Tomorrow, student concert series, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. $10/donation. 725-3895. 6:30 p.m. today; noon Friday; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and July […]
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Bull Moose Top 10
Top 10 for Portland store July 4-10: 1. Tedeschi Trucks Band, “Revelator” 2. Gillian Welch, “The Harrow & The Harvest” 3. Bon Iver, “Bon Iver” 4. “Hobo With a Shotgun” (DVD) 5. Adele, “21” 6. “Battle: Los Angeles” (DVD) 7. Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues” 8. “13 Assassins” (DVD) 9. Mumford & Sons, “Sigh No More” […]
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DVD Releases
NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “ARTHUR,” starring Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. Genial if relatively needless remake of the 1981 comedy favorite with the suddenly omnipresent Brand filling in for the sorely missed Dudley Moore as the “Arthur” in question, a perennially soused millionaire whose vast inheritance hangs in the balance when he falls for […]
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Face the Music: Here’s your big chance to name that jazz band
Name that jazz band, free country and $2 rock are what I’ve got for you this week. We start at the newly opened Gingko Blue in Portland tonight, and from there it’s a drive to Brownfield on Sunday and then back to Congress Street in Portland on Tuesday. Rob Schreiber is a jazz drummer, and […]
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At the Drive-Ins
ALL THREE local drive-ins will feature midnight screenings of the final installment in the Harry Potter series, with two playing Part 1 and Part 2 back-to-back. Both Saco and Bridgton Twin will show “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” at 9 p.m. tonight, followed by “Part 2” at 12:01 a.m. Pride’s Corner will […]
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See filmmakers and let their movies surprise you
Organizers of the 14th annual Maine International Film Festival are delighted that the 10-day, audience-oriented event affords face-to-face interaction with filmmakers and actors. “The movie stars are accessible,” said Ken Eisen, programmer of the festival that runs this Friday to July 24 at Railroad Square Cinema and Colby College in Waterville. “You’re not going to […]
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Maine International Film Festival Schedule
Times subject to change. OPENING NIGHT “The Athlete” — An extraordinary feature that blends epic, biography, drama and documentary tells the true-life tale of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, a quiet man who is ceaseless in his journey to greatness. 6:30 p.m. Friday, Given Auditorium, Colby College; 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Railroad Square Cinema CENTERPIECE GALA […]