For week of Jan. 22: ARIESMar 21/Apr 20 Aries, put aside any selfish thoughts and give any and all tasks your utmost energy today. Energy is better spent on others, so keep this in mind when you get busy. TAURUSApr 21/May 21 Taurus, your coworkers are all excited and fussing over something that is evidently […]

LONDON (AP) — It’s spry versus spy as frothy silent movie “ The Artist” and moody thriller “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” lead the race for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars. “ The Artist” received 12 nominations and “Tinker Tailor” 11, with each film up for best picture and director, and […]

BOWDOINHAM — Long Branch School and General Store plans a series of screenings and discussions of classic and contemporary films. The films will be shown at 20 Main St. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. “Join us for Saturday night movies at Long Branch,” a Long Branch release states. “We’ll be featuring both […]

OWLS HEAD — Hodding Carter of Camden plans to chronicle his adventure retracing Viking explorer Leif Erickson’s voyage from Greenland to North America with a presentation titled “A Viking Voyage” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Owls Head Transportation Museum. Admission is free. “ More than 1,000 years ago, Leif Eriksson and his Viking crew […]

LEWISTON — The Funky Divas of Gospel will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Franco Center Heritage Hall, 46 Cedar St. Doors open at 7 p.m. The group began 20 years ago on the seacoast of New Hampshire and currently is the collaboration of four vocalists and a four-piece band. “Our purpose […]

Curtis Memorial throws ‘Brick’ on screen today BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library will host a free screening of “Brick,” a 2005 “neo-noir” film featuring Joseph Gordon Leavitt in the lead role, at 7:30 p.m. today. “Brick,” the first feature-length film by director Rian Johnson, pays homage to “The Maltese Falcon” and other film noir classics […]

BATH The Holmes Brothers — bassist Sherman Holmes, guitarist Wendell Holmes and drummer Popsy Dixon — will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. The trio, all of whom sing, will play songs from their latest CD, “Feed My Soul.” A Rounder Records release describes the trio […]

DAMARISCOTTA A simple stage set in Damariscotta’s Skidompha Library allows nine women to share the intimacy of an 1830’s Shaker Village in Heartwood Theater Company’s newest production, “As It Is in Heaven.” The play is written by actor-director Beth Lincks, under the pen name Arlene Hutton. Through short scenes sewn together, Hutton constructs a quilt […]