BRUNSWICK — In November 2011, The Theater Project revealed that a generous anonymous donor had pledged a $100,000 matching gift challenge for the Theater Project’s 40th anniversary. Founded in 1971 by Artistic Director Al Miller, The Theater Project is funded entirely by personal donations and community focused grants. To meet the matching grant challenge, Executive […]

BATH — A ten-week dropoff Preschool Music Playgroup begins Friday, Jan. 11 from noon to 2 p.m., where children learn independence and social skills, while gaining basic music competence. In the Dance Works studio at 72 Front St., preschoolers have a chance to let out steam while improving physical coordination by dancing, rolling, jumping, sliding […]

PORTLAND — Dimensions In Jazz presents the finest next generation of jazz musicians, beginning tonight at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Hall of Woodfords Church. Two other performances are planned for Saturday, Dec. 29 and Sunday, Dec. 30. Musicians include: pianists Liz Kosack from Yarmouth and Neil Pearlman from South Portland; drummers Noel Brennan from […]

DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts invites the public to the opening reception for the exhibition “Black, White, Gray,” tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at its newly-expanded and refurbished gallery and arts center at 241 Route 1, next to N.C. Hunt Lumber. The show runs from Dec. 28 to Jan. 25. More than 120 works in […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After 50 years of spinning webs and catching a who’s who of criminals, Peter Parker is out of the hero game. But Spider-Man is still slinging from building to building — reborn, refreshed and revived with a new sense of the old maxim that Ben Parker taught his then-fledgling nephew that “with […]