Ah, Route 1, the Old Post Road. It has such a romantic ring to it, right? The passage of letters through love and war along America’s oldest thoroughfare. So, I don’t know if bummer’s the right word, but a frown emerges turning into the new Shops at Long Bank in Kennebunk. With garish white lines […]
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Brazilian dancer Daielma Santos returns to Maine to perform with Fred Garbo, Debi Irons
DANCE ARTIST DAIELMA SANTOS, formerly of Maine and now living Charlotte, North Carolina, returns to Maine for several performances this weekend and the coming week. Santos and dance partner Fred Garbo will bring their inflatable theater creations for the Leura Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 and 7:30 […]
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Bull Moose TOP 10
Top 10 for Portland store Aug. 2-8 1. Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs” 2. “Kick-Ass” (DVD) 3. The Black Crowes, “Croweology” 4. Avenged Sevenfold, “Nightmare” 4. M.I.A., “Maya” 6. “Clash of the Titans” (DVD) 7. Los Lobos, “Tin Can Trust” 8. Eminem, “Recovery” 8. The Roots, “How I Got Over” 8. Stationeightyfive, “Hoka Hey”
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CD Review: Colwell Brothers use ‘New Shoes’ to give the boot to our blues
“Dragging the pain into the light of music” is how the liner notes describe the aim of “New Shoes — Old Blues,” the latest record from Maine’s Aykroyd-Belushi team, the Colwell Brothers. Bob and Pat Colwell, and the rest of their blues crew, know firsthand the transcendence that a well-placed phrase can offer in the […]
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Cooking competition was smokin’ hot in Eliot last weekend
WINNERS IN LAST WEEKEND’S Mainely Grillin’ and Chillin’ BBQ competition in Eliot: OVERALL: 1. I Smell Smoke!!!, Malden Mass.; 2. Transformer BBQ, Canton, Mass; 3. Lakeside Smokers, Methuen, Mass. CHICKEN CATEGORY: 1. Cruzen 2 Q, Cascade, Md.; 2. ZBQ, Cumberland, R.I.; 3. Angry Pig BBQ, Surry, N.H. PORK CATEGORY: 1. Eatin’ Smoke, Swampscott, Mass.; 2. […]
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Off Beat: Have a little fling …
… at one of Maine’s agricultural fairs. Just be careful out there.
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Eat and Run: Follow that cart! Follow that cart!
Word on the street is that lobster takes the cake at Gordo’s.
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What Ales You: Gritty’s gives craft-brew fans an early taste of Halloween
Halloween is here. Not the holiday, but Gritty McDuff’s Halloween Ale, which is showing up on store shelves. The first batches for the company’s three brew pubs will be brewed Friday. “This is the 21st year of Halloween Ale, and we start on Friday the 13th,” Ed Stebbins, Gritty’s brew master, said last week. “We […]