Filmmaker Summer McKane’s multi-year project comes to fruition with “In the Blood-Live.” His documentary film takes viewers through the history of logging camps in Maine with archival film, digitally restored photography, interviews, ambient sound design and live musical scoring. WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, January 14 WHERE: The Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland HOW MUCH: […]
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GO Preview: An Acoustic Evening with Poco
With hits like “Rose of Cimarron,” “Good Feelin’ to Know,” “You’d Better Think Twice” and “Heart of the Night,” Poco’s trio have been country rock stars for four decades. Hear the hits as well as some new songs and you too can become a Poconut. WHEN: 8 p.m., Thursday, January 12 WHERE: One Longfellow Square, […]
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2012: A look ahead
Batman, Bella, Bourne, Bond and Black (as in, ‘Men in …’) are among the familiar names out there. Also: Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe, Di Caprio as Gatsby and a certain hobbit. And for the kids, more ‘Madagascar’ and ‘Ice Age,’ and plenty o’ 3-D.
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Hot Tickets and Cheap Thrills, Jan. 5, 2012
• HOT TICKETS Music and Nightlife: Band battle benefits mentoring program TREKKAPALOOZA is a battle of the bands benefiting the Maine-based outdoor mentoring program Trekkers. This year’s lineup includes Chaos Sauce, Downtown Antonio Brown, The Educators, The Fall That Never Ends, Juke Rockets, Just Teachers and Sideways Highway. WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Strand Theatre, 345 Main […]
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Making Noise: Bettencourt pieces together CD, emerges with a cohesive gem
Eric Bettencourt’s got an inimitable — and terrific — timeworn voice that belies his 34 years. “Secret Songs for Secret People” was released in November, and you can pick up a copy at eric-bettencourt.com or at Portland and Scarborough Bull Moose Music stores. Downloads are also online at Amazon and iTunes. GO asked Bettencourt for […]
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Bull Moose Top 10
Top 10 for Portland store Dec. 26-Jan. 1: 1. The Black Keys, “El Camino” 2. Adele, “21” 3. Tom Waits, “Bad as Me” 4. Mumford and Sons, “Sigh No More” 5. “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” for X360 6. “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” for X360 7. “Futurama: Season 6” (DVD) 8. Wilco, “The Whole […]
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CD Review: Dirigo’s ‘Jamericana,’ a whammer jammer, lives up to its name
The LP features a cute fusion of two styles.
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DVD Releases
“MONEYBALL” (PG-13, 133 minutes): Filmmaker Bennett Miller barely puts a foot wrong in bringing to life the tale of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. In 2002 Beane (Brad Pitt) sought to rebuild the slumping A’s and revolutionize baseball recruiting using Sabermetrics. Miller has done a superb job of underplaying Pitt’s native magnetism, which nonetheless […]
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What Ales You: Holidays offer chance to sample those other beers
With gifts and a lot of company, beer just keeps showing up in our household.
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At the Movies
OPENING FRIDAY “TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY” (R) (2:07) Stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. In 1970s England, the head of MI6 dispatches a spy to meet with a Hungarian general, but something goes wrong and the general dies before he can reveal the information. Veteran agent George Smiley is called […]