Concerts and shows currently on sale

Top 10 for Portland store Nov. 14-20: 1. “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” for X360 2. Drake, “Take Care” 3. Tom Waits, “Bad as Me” 4. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” (DVD) 5. “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” for X360 6. “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” for PS3 7. R.E.M., “Part Lies, Part […]

NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “CONAN THE BARBARIAN,” starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman. Relative newcomer Momoa (“Game of Thrones”) makes for a charismatic Conan, lopping off heads and looking good doing it, while Rose McGowan vamps it up as a metal-fingernailed villain and Perlman does that thing he does so well. Director Marcus Nispel […]

Benefits, craft fairs, special events, books and authors, dances

Looking for fun, funky, unique holiday gifts? Think Maine-made.

After some shopping with my mom on a recent afternoon, we swung by JP’s in Portland for a few drinks to celebrate the bargains we had scored. We walked in shortly after 5 p.m. and grabbed two of the six seats at the bar. Two pub tables sit up to eight more people, but it’s […]

The second in a three-part series by 15-year-old dancer Laura Frank on Maine State Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” focuses on the rehearsal process.

• HOT TICKETS Music and Nightlife: Marley’s the name, laughs are the game HERE’S YOUR chance to see Maine’s favorite comedian, Bob Marley, in a somewhat intimate setting before his annual end-of-year shows at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday WHERE: Jonathan’s, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit HOW MUCH: $25; $28 INFO: 646-4777; jonathansrestaurant.com Art and Theater: Shaker […]

The ‘American Idol’ alum says he doesn’t do anything his heart isn’t in.