Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 5/7 “Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West,” author talk, Judith Nies, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Friday 5/9 Peaks Island author Eleanor Morse, signing and talk, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Tuesday 5/13 Read […]

The top events on the upcoming arts and entertainment calendar have a distinctly retrospective aspect. Fifty years ago America was experiencing the peak of Beatlemania, sparked by the first U.S. appearances of the sensationally popular rock-and-roll foursome from Britain. The Portland Symphony Orchestra, operating in Pops mode, will relive those heady days with “Classical Mystery […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 5/2 Meet the Author, Lily King, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Sunday 5/4 Merriconeag Poetry Festival, 3-4:30 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School, Community Hall, 57 Desert Road, Freeport, registration required, free. Monday 5/5 “Rare Birds of North America,” Birds, Books and Beer, presentation with author […]

What has become of objective journalism? Has the Fourth Estate been foreclosed upon? I pose these questions because of the total lack of coverage by the Maine Sunday Telegram of the demonstration that took place at Bath Iron Works on April 12 when the USS Zumwalt was christened. While there was no lack of coverage […]

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Theatrical offerings lead the arts and entertainment calendar this week. Tops is Lyric Music Theater’s current community production of Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein,” a monstrously funny re-imagining of the famous Mary Shelley horror story and its subsequent Hollywood film versions. The Maine Playwrights Festival presents an opportunity for up-and-coming dramatists to present their work to […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 5/2 Meet the Author, Lily King, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Monday 5/5 “Rare Birds of North America,” Birds, Books and Beer, presentation with author Will Russell, 6-8 p.m., Freeport Wild Bird Supply, 541 Route 1, Freeport, 865-6000. Comedy Saturday 4/26 Bill Burr, 10:30 […]

Greater Portland Books & Authors Saturday 4/19 “Pigs Can’t Swim” author signing with Helen Peppe, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Nonesuch Books, 50 Market St., South Portland, 799-2659. Comedy Saturday 4/26 Bill Burr, 10:30 p.m., State Theater, 609 Congress St., Portland, 956-6000, $35. Film Thursday 4/17 An Evening with New England Film Academy, short films and giveaways, […]

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