Over the next couple of weeks, communities around Maine kick off the Christmas season with festive tree lightings.
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Dining and Drink: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET You say you want a Revolution? Well… WINE REVOLUTION, the wine club at Grace, will be sampling organic wines this month. The club’s events are open to the public, so take a break from holiday craziness and learn about organic wines with Paul Chartrand of Chartrand Imports. WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday […]
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Movie Review: ‘Love’ leads fun to watch and even easier to look at
Two very good-looking people play two offbeat and abrasively charming lovers in “Love & Other Drugs.” And when your screen romance is as sexual as this one, it helps if your stars are about as good looking with their clothes off as human beings get. The mismatched “Brokeback Mountain” couple Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal […]
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Music and Nightlife Listings
• CONCERTS FRIDAY Rachel Efron and Sarah Blacker, singer/songwriters, One Longfellow Square, Portland. $15 at door; $12 in advance. 761-1757. 8 p.m. Sick Puppies, rock, with Terrible Things, State Theatre, Portland. $18.50 day of; $16.50 in advance. www.statetheatreportland.com. 7:30 p.m. Jerry Douglas Band, bluegrass, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. $40 day of; $30 in advance. […]
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Art and Theater Listings
• CLASSICAL MUSIC “Joyous Sounds for a Festive Season” with the University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers, Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland. $9/donation. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. • DANCE “The Nutcracker,” Maine State Ballet production with Wescustogo Youth Chorale and Musica de Filia Girlchoir, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $15-$45. 842-0800. 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. […]
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Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Allen stands up and tells his story “BLUEBERRIES BROADWAY & BRIAN” offers an evening of stories about theater director Brian Allen’s early years in the blueberry industry of Maine, his wacky family and his theatrical beginnings at Maine State Music Theatre. One part stand-up comedy and one part play, the show travels from […]
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Art and Theater Listings
• CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY UMF Band Concert, University of Maine (Nordica Auditorium), Farmington. $6; $5 for seniors. 778-7072. 7:30 p.m. Noonday Concert with John and Barbara Metz, piano and cello, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. FRIDAY Bowdoin College Chorus with pianists Sean Fleming and Chiharu Naruse, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital […]
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Bull Moose Top 10
Top 10 for Portland store Nov. 8-14: 1. “Call of Duty: Black Ops” for X360 2. “Call of Duty: Black Ops” for PS3 3. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” (DVD) 4. “Grown Ups” (DVD) 5. Kid Cudi, “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager” 6. Cee Lo Green, “The Lady Killer” 7. […]
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Off Beat: Drag Scene
The USM Royal Majesty Competition and Show is back Friday at the Holiday Inn by the Bay.