And a good one: Verbena, a stone’s throw from the Casco Bay Bridge in South Portland, serves up delicious sandwiches, soups and salads.
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Dining and Drink Listings
Wine tasting, benefits Wine to Water Maine. Drift ContemporaryArt Gallery, Kittery. $15. scot@suscom-maine.net. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Harvest Dinner, local foods dinner, Skyline Farm, North Yarmouth. $50.829-6899. 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Gateway Farmers Market, Greater York Region Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, York. www.gatewayfarmersmarket.com. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Through Oct. 9. Maine Lakes […]
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The Movies: Don’t bank on ‘Money’
There’s too much worth chewing over in Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” sequel, “Money Never Sleeps,” to dismiss it out of hand. Sure, it’s old-fashioned — ’80s old-fashioned, from the Tom Cruise-cocky way Shia LaBeouf plays his cocky, earnest young hot-dog investment analyst to the dated ironic wailing of David Byrne on the soundtrack. It’s almost […]
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DVD Releases
NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY: “Robin Hood,” starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. Director Ridley Scott (“Gladiator”) and Crowe re-team for this earthy retooling of the Nottingham legend, with Blanchett making for a comely and fiery Maid Marion alongside an excellent supporting cast that includes Max von Sydow, William Hurt and Matthew Macfadyen. A more […]
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Et Cetera Listings
BENEFITS TODAY The Big Green Bash, silent auction, light refreshments and music to benefit Creative Work Systems. Camp Ketcha, Scarborough. $20 at door; $15 in advance. 879-1140. 6 p.m. SATURDAY Homegrown Fine Art and Crafts Show, exhibit, sale and silent auction benefits the farm. Skyline Farm, North Yarmouth. 829-9203. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; […]
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Off Beat: Femme Show wild, and wildly thought-provoking
Femininity can be a delicate hand on a quaint cup of tea. It can also be a leather boot that ends at the knee. It can be demure or forward, tucked behind batted eyelashes or muscled arms. And contrary to what some of our predecessors thought, femininity isn’t restricted to 1950s housewives in pink aprons […]
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At the Movies
OPENING THIS WEEK “WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS” (2:13) (PG-13) Stars Sia LaBouef, Michael Douglas and Carey Mulligan. Directed by Oliver Stone. As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to […]
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Art and Theater: Luna/Ssipsis
Two leading American Indian artists, one from California and one from Maine, are featured in a new show at USM’s Art Gallery.
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Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Muir portrayer in Ellsworth benefit LEE STETSON, who portrayed naturalist and conservationist John Muir in the Ken Burns documentary “National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” will give a benefit performance at the Grand Theatre in Ellsworth. The event is presented by Friends of Acadia. WHEN: 4 p.m. Sunday WHERE: The Grand Theatre, Ellsworth HOW […]