Should music demand your attention or not?

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival offers Maine film fans a thought-provoking evening at the movies.

What’s new, Videoport picks …

Few people I’ve met are as “off” as Shannon Bryan. So I know it will be no small task to take over the “Off Beat” column from her beginning this week. But she has moved on to new duties at MaineToday Media, so I’ll do my best to find the wackiest events offered around the […]

Portland Stage’s production ‘God of Carnage’ is about parents – not kids – who act appallingly.

The locally sourced Mexican cantina is a place everyone in the area knows about, but no one can remember how they learned about it.

Top 10 for Portland store Oct. 24-30: 1. Tom Waits, “Bad as Me” 2. “Captain America: The First Avenger” (DVD) 3. Coldplay, “Mylo Xyloto” 4. “Battlefield 3 Limited Edition” for X360 5. “Battlefield 3 Limited Edition” for PS3 6. Deer Tick, “Divine Providence” 7. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger” 8. “Batman: Arkham City” for PS3 9. “Batman: […]

Fourteen brewers are appearing, and you get only 12 beer tickets.

• HOT TICKETS Music and Nightlife: Your Buddy and mine at the State BUDDY GUY has been called the best guitarist in blues. He’s certainly a living link between the giants of the genre — he’s played with Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf, among others — and the modern scene. The Michael Williams Band opens. […]

Hey – you with the dirty mind – Raqs Afire is about rolling bellies and swinging hips, not boobs.