DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roush Fenway Racing will have three cars at the front of the season-opening Daytona 500. Matt Kenseth won the second of the twin 150-mile qualifying races Thursday with a bold pass of teammate Greg Biffle. The victory gave Kenseth a spot on the second row for Sunday’s race — right behind teammates […]
February 2012
And the Oscar goes to …
LOS ANGELES — Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season’s top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who’s going to win. Both predict the silent film “The Artist” will win for bestpicture prize and for director Michel Hazanavicius. […]
Strand plans Oscar bash on Sunday
ROCKPORT The Strand Theatre and The Saltwater Film Society will host the sixth annual Oscar bash Sunday evening. Beginning with the Red Carpet Preshow at 6:30 p.m., the free event will feature coverage via high definition digital projection system at the Strand, according to a release. During the Academy Awards, scheduled to begin at 8 […]
Cornils marks 25th year as music minister with ‘The Creation’
TOPSHAM Ray Cornils will mark the 25th year as minister of music at First Parish Church on March 4 when he leads the 80-voice First Parish Choir in a performance of Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation.” The choir will be joined by nationally recognized soloists Jayne West, soprano, Jason McStoots, tenor, and Robert Honeysucker, baritone. […]
Curtis screening ‘Screwball Comedies’ series
BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library will screen four classic “Screwball Comedies” on Friday nights in March. The films will be show in the Morrell Meeting Room. Admission is free. Refreshments, including mocktails and popcorn, will be served. The series will open at 7:30 p.m. March 2 with “My Man Godfrey,” starring William Powell and Carole […]
Arctic museum highlights birds on Family Day
BRUNSWICK — Arctic birds will be in the spotlight with activities for the whole family at the Peary- MacMillan Arctic Museum’s annual Family Day event Saturday on the Bowdoin College campus. The free event, “From Talons to Tail Feathers: All about Amazing Arctic Birds,” runs from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Hubbard Hall. Participants […]
Antique show set for Sunday in Fort Andross
BRUNSWICK — The second annual Fort Andross Winter Antique Show will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. The show will feature more than 50 antiques dealers from all regions of New England. Among the items for sale will be 18th and 19th century country primitives, art, folk art, lighting, textiles, firearms, pottery, nautical […]
Schneckenburger to play house concert
BOWDOINHAM — Fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger will perform a house concert with Kellen Zakula at 5 p.m. Sunday in Bowdoinham. Reservations are required. Email David Whittlesey at [email protected] for more information.
‘Beyond Therapy’ ends this weekend
BATH — Studio Theatre of Bath’s production of Christopher Durang’s “Beyond Therapy” concludes this weekend in the Curtis Room at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Washington Street. Directed by April Joy Purinton, the stage farce focuses on Prudence (Christina Boyington) and Bruce (Marc Rodriguez), two Manhattanites who seek stable romantic relationships with the help […]
Meuller offers free organ concert in chapel
BRUNSWICK — Tom Mueller, a graduate student in organ at Eastman School of Music, will perform works of Franck, Bach/Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Reger and others at a free concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 2 in the Bowdoin Chapel.