CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY First Chair All Stars: Mostly Beethoven, Rockport Opera House. $30-$40; $8 ages 18 and younger. www.baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m. Noontime Concert Series with Julie Norman, opera, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Free. boothbayoperahouse.com. Noon to 1 p.m. Oratorio Chorale Auditions, Midcoast Presbyterian Church, Topsham. 6 to 9 p.m. FRIDAY 22nd Annual Bach Festival, […]
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Music and Nightlife: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Woodstock icon comes to Ogunquit FOLK LEGEND Richie Havens became a national name when he played Woodstock in 1969. He’s recorded more than 25 albums since, and still tours at a furious pace. And yes, he still plays “Freedom.” WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Jonathan’s, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit HOW MUCH: $37.50 to […]
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Making Noise: Volume, for Div Kid, means amps and creativity are cranking
Div Kid is a Portland pop/rock three-piece with its heart set right and its eyes on the prize. Creatively, the group is in full fire hydrant mode, churning out track after track in a local studio, with more sessions on the horizon in the fall. Div Kid knows the realistic uphill climb a young band […]
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Face the Music: August ends on a high note with flute, retro-country, folk
September? Really? Really. But don’t cry for me, Portland, because the truth is that summer’s not over. Still, having to flip the calendar next week does evoke an OUCH! To ease the pain, I give you two completely different options for tonight — world-class wooden flute and retro country fun. Both shows are on Congress […]
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Bull Moose Top 10
Top 10 for Portland store Aug. 16-22: 1. Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, “God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise” 2. “Dexter” — Season Four (DVD) 3. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs” 4. David Gray, “Foundling” 4. Brian Wilson, “Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin” 6. Eminem, “Recovery” 7. The Black Keys, “Brothers” 8. John Mellencamp, “No […]
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CD Review: Unembellished and happy, LaMontagne starts new chapter
By no means has Maine’s finest musical export had a perfect career arch. Ray the Mountain has suffered “pushy” producers, the “Grey’s Anatomy” circuit and insurance commercials on the path to his latest, the stripped-clean “God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise.” Be glad. For all of Ethan Johns’ platinum bids, the lush strings and […]
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Indie Film: Thomas doubts, Dalphin doesn’t: Portland is a rich, creative milieu
A young couple is asleep in their Portland apartment when a naked older man (who looks sort of like the evil BOB from “Twin Peaks”) crawls in through their window. Hearing a noise, the young man grabs his gun and confronts the intruder, only to have the tables turned on him. Now armed, the intruder […]
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DVD Releases
NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “THE BACK-UP PLAN,” starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin. Unambitious but pleasant enough little rom-com finds Lopez back on the big screen as Zoe, a career woman who heeds the call of her biological clock by becoming pregnant via artificial insemination — only to meet the man of her dreams […]