Consider two animated films, plus some oldies but goodies
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• BENEFITS TODAY Live auction to benefit Pen Bay Healthcare’s Creative Learning and Childcare Center, Hanley Center, Rockport. 596-8700. 6:30 p.m. A Night to Make Wishes Come True, refreshments, entertainment, silent auction and more to benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Woodfords Club, Portland. 797-9007. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Fight, adults-only spelling bee; benefits the theater […]
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Movie Review: False leads, red herrings and Crowe carry ‘Next Three Days’
Paul Haggis is back to his tricky script tricks with the thoroughly engrossing prison-break thriller “The Next Three Days.” He foreshadows, hides details, delays his “reveals” and does a pretty good job of keeping us guessing, even if we remember the 2003 French film he adapted for this Hollywood project. Russell Crowe, one of the […]
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Film of extremes: Skillful skiing, raw beauty, danger
When ski mountaineer Kip Garre says he and a crew of skiers and filmmakers didn’t do anything spectacularly difficult when they skied in Antarctica to film a segment for Warren Miller’s latest winter sports film, “Wintervention,” you might think the high altitudes of the extreme location affected his brain. Granted, his “Wintervention” trip wasn’t his […]
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Got Tix?
The latest On sale 10 a.m. Friday — Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14, State Theatre, Portland. $40 to $70. All-ages show. www.statetheatreportland.com; (800) 745-3000; Cumberland County Civic Center box office On sale 10 a.m. Friday — Joshua Radin, 7 p.m. Feb. 12, House of Blues, Boston. $27.60 to $38.10. Livenation.com; (800) […]
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Face the Music: Hip-hop, neo-folk and a showcase for songwriters
Canadian neo-folk, local hip-hop and rock, and local singer-songwriters are the blackboard specials this week. In local musician sightings, I spotted Jason Spooner sitting at the bar at Figa Restaurant the other night and laid a guilt trip on him for taking so long to send me his new CD, “Sea Monster.” How dare he […]
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Bar Guide: Honey, let us introduce you to our Redneck Lounge
Like Never-Never Land, take your first right onto Route 302 West and keep going until Route 11. At the end of the journey lies a secret treasure, the Redneck Lounge in Naples. As you are driving down Route 11, the Redneck Lounge practically leaps out at you as a place you have to investigate, a […]
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Dining and Drink: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Immigrant food at the top of the menu MEET JANE ZIEGELMAN, author of “97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement,” and Andrew Coe, author of “Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States” at the Our Immigrant Food event Saturday. Lindsay Sterling, […]
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Movie Review: In ‘Hallows,’ ‘The Boy Who Lived’ runs into trouble hanging onto that name
There are no eye-rolling pauses to stare at this new magical prop or that extra-special special effect. No time for time-killing Quidditch matches. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” is a film of actors in close-up. The lead players have grown into the roles, and the Who’s Who of British character actors in […]
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Et Cetera: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Just for laughs, put down the glass IS IT POSSIBLE to laugh at a comic without tipping back a few cocktails? Find out this Friday at the Laughs Without Liquor show. WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday WHERE: Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland HOW MUCH: $15 INFO: www.laughswithoutliquor.com • CHEAP THRILL Festival of Feet […]