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The rapper from Wells is ‘sposed to make his own mark – and so he is

Nathan Sanborn is a home brewer who has expanded. Sanborn is owner-brewer of Rising Tide Brewing Co. in Portland, and last week he released the company’s second year-round beer, Daymark, a pale ale brewed with about 22 percent rye grown in Vassalboro. I got to taste some of the Daymark last week at the Pineland […]

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OPENING FRIDAY “WATER FOR ELEPHANTS” (2:02) (PG-13) Stars Robert Pattison, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Set during the Great Depression, veterinary student Jacob Jankowski abandons his studies after his parents are killed in a car accident. Taking up with a third-rate traveling circus, his bond with a difficult animal begins to turn […]

• MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE: Catch Jazz Week’s free Shows THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE at Augusta has been hosting “Jazz Week” this week, with free student and faculty concerts each night. Tonight, it’s a group called Puma at 7 p.m. followed by a Latin jazz ensemble at 8 p.m. There will be two free shows each […]

• MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE: Medeski, Club d’Elf at Port City JOHN MEDESKI is best known as part of Medeski, Martin and Wood. But this week, he’s performing with Club d’Elf — billed as a “Moroccan-dosed psychedelic dub jazz collective from Boston” — at Port City Music Hall. WHEN: 8 p.m. today WHERE: Port City Music […]

There’s music galore planned at venues throughout Maine and beyond.

Beer lovers are in luck with Irish pub’s impressive list