BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library’s “Film Noir for Dark Nights” series concludes this evening with a screening of “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang,” a 2005 film starring Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. The film offers a modern take on the classic “film noir” style murder mystery, with a rich infusion of dark humor to lighten […]

BRUNSWICK — Singer-songwriter Catie Curtis from Saco will perform a benefit concert for Safe Passage at Bowdoin College’s Pickard Theater at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Admission costs $20. Advance tickets are on sale at any Bull Moose Music store or online at safepassage.org/concert. Curtis often champions social justice organizations, and her concert at Bowdoin will […]

BRUNSWICK The ninth annual Longfellow Days celebration will kick off in Brunswick on Feb. 4. Longfellow Days 2012, scheduled to run from Feb. 4 through Feb. 26, is a “ celebration inspired by the life and works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Bowdoin College class of 1825, professor of modern languages and librarian 1829-35),” according to […]

BATH A celebration of Japanese culture and Bath’s sister-city relationship to Tsugaru City in Japan will run from Thursday through Feb. 5 at various venues throughout the city. Many events are free or pay what you wish, and all are open to the public. Events start Thursday with a free drop-in sake tasting from 5 […]

PORTLAND T hese are heady times for musician Joe Gallant. Consider the release of his first CD, “My Own Divide,” in late October, and an appearance this week on WCSHTV’s “207” with Kathleen Shannon. Mid-coast region music aficionados will get to hear Gallant’s work at the Frontier Café in Fort Andross during a show with […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Creative Arts Creativity Conversation is scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 30 at Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Steve Milligan, technology associate from the Maine Arts Commission, will lead a workshop about online artist portfolios. The workshop aims to familiarize attendees with common web terms and […]

BOWDOINHAM The Ice and Smelt Festival is scheduled to take place Feb. 3 and 4 at Mailly Waterfront Park. The snow date is Feb. 5. The Merrymeeting Arts Center will host a public reception from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 3. The reception will include a reading and storytelling of “Smelt Makes Ice” from […]

In terms of film, 2011 was undoubtedly the year of Jessica Chastain. 2012 will be the year of — who? Ms. Chastain is the stunning actress who was suddenly everywhere last year. She starred alongside Helen Mirren in “The Debt.” She was the female lead in two of the year’s top art films, “Take Shelter” […]

BRUNSWICK Singer- Songwriter Catie Curtis from Saco will perform a benefit concert for Safe Passage at Bowdoin College’s Pickard Theater at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Admission costs $ 20. Advance tickets are on sale at any Bull Moose Music store or online at safepassage.org/concert. Curtis has been called “a folk-rock goddess” by the New Yorker. […]

PORTLAND Good Theater will present the Maine premiere of the recent Broadway success “ Next Fall,” beginning Wednesday and running through Feb. 19, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. “ Next Fall,” by Geoffrey Nauffts, opened off-Broadway in the spring of 2009. Subsequently, the show transferred to the Helen Hayes Theatre on […]