Bidding on a painting that British graffiti artist Banksy bought for $50 and altered has climbed to more than $310,000. Banksy added a Nazi soldier into the pastoral scene after he purchased the painting at a Manhattan thrift shop. He donated it back to the 23rd Street Housing Works store on Tuesday. The store put […]

CBS says “The Price is Right” is planning a milestone birthday celebration for former host Bob Barker. Barker will celebrate his 90th birthday with an appearance on the game show next month, the network said Tuesday. He retired as host in 2007 after 35 years with “The Price is Right.” The show also will pay […]

The mural created 26 years ago by pop artist Keith Haring was badly discolored and cracked, but it still drew plenty of admirers to an otherwise nondescript corner in the heart of Philadelphia. “It wasn’t very exciting,” homeowner Erica Bryant said of the artwork. “Chunks of the wall were missing out of the painting.” Bryant […]

The Silicon Valley home where Apple Inc. cofounder Steve Jobs grew up and built some of his first computers is now on the city’s list of historic properties. The historical commission in the city of Los Altos voted unanimously for the historic designation Monday night, the Palo Alto Daily News reported. Any proposed renovations to […]

A pit bull is trapped at the bottom of a pumping station near a New Orleans levee. Rescuers joined by a Louisiana prison inmate out on work release are frantically seeking to pull the dog to safety. This is real-life drama and the television cameras are rolling. Tia Maria Torres, star of Animal Planet’s “Pit […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Chats with Champions will present Steve Morris, general manager of the Gamage Shipyard in South Bristol, as the featured speaker at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at Skidompha Library. He will talk about the Gamage Shipyard, its historical importance and its present prominence as a thriving marina. Morris founded and owned a graphics […]

ROCKLAND — The 2013-14 Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center will continue at The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., on Saturday, Nov.9witha1p.m.screeningof the much-loved classic, “Tosca.” An Encore broadcast takes place at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19. Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by an exceptional cast, led by […]

BRUNSWICK — As part of its ongoing “Breakthrough: Work by Contemporary Chinese Women Artists,” the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will present “Summoning Ghosts,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Kresge Auditorium at the campus Visual Arts Center. The lecture is presented by Hung Liu, a Chinese-American artist best known for her drip-style paintings that […]