LOS ANGELES – Surprises and snubs on nominations day held the promise of an unpredictable Academy Awards night. But things have settled into the usual predictability, with clear favorites emerging in key categories. Associated Press movie writers Christy Lemire and David Germain prefer to disagree, but they’re in harmony on the top prizes for Sunday’s […]

“Whoever plays, sings or renders ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ in any public place, theater, motion picture hall, restaurant or cafe, or at any public entertainment other than as a whole and separate composition or number, without embellishment or addition in the way of national or other melodies, or whoever plays sings or renders ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ […]

In Megan Frazer Blakemore’s new book, three friends set off on a journey to find the Fountain of Youth to cure one youngster’s father.

KITTERY – Since he founded his professional theater company in southern Maine in 2006, director Kent Stephens has been waiting for the appropriate time to present the play “Cape May.” With the opening of the Star Theatre at the Kittery Community Center, Stephens seems to have the perfect opportunity. “Cape May” will open the theatrical […]

ISABEAU ESBY and A.J. KITT

J’s Oyster offers character without dipping into caricature, and this, I suspect, divides diners into two camps: Those who relish the J’s hole-in-the-wall experience and those who do not. It’s important to manage expectations, and because J’s is a joint that has welcomed oyster seekers to Portland’s waterfront since 1977, it’s doing something right. Over […]