BRUNSWICK The award winning documentary film “The Boy Who Flies” will be shown in Brunswick on Saturday, followed by a demonstration and discussion by Canadian pilot and filmmaker Benjamin Jordan and co-star Godfrey Masauli, Malawi’s only paraglider pilot. The free public film showing will take place 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, in the Hannaford […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO says Robert De Niro will step into a project that was thrown into question by the death of James Gandolfini. HBO said Wednesday that De Niro is taking on the role of a New York City attorney handling a murder case in the miniseries “Criminal Justice.” Gandolfini had played the […]

NEW ORLEANS New Orleans’ po-boy shops, gourmet restaurants and suburban bayou-side eateries are the backdrop for the country’s search for its next “Top Chef.” Bravo’s 11th season of the hit reality TV food competition show was filmed in and around the city. On Wednesday, some of New Orleans’ own top chefs walked a red carpet […]

NEW YORK When “Saturday Night Live” returns this weekend for its 39th year, executive producer Lorne Michaels won’t be fretting. “We’re gonna do a good show,” he declared. “Every time Tina has come back, the show’s been great.” He’s talking about former “SNL” regular and frequent guest Tina Fey, of course, back again to host […]

NEW YORK A step back in time proved to be a forward-looking move for Elton John. Upon the suggestion of producer T Bone Burnett, the 66- year-old singer reverted to a musical format he used when starting out more than four decades ago. The new album features John, his piano and vocals backed primarily by […]

WISCASSET — “From Shore to Shore: Select American and European Coastal Paintings” opens at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery this Saturday, Sept. 28. The exhibition explores a broad range of marine art from the highly detailed work of the nineteenth century to early 20th century impressionism to the social realism of the 1930s and 40s. Among […]

ROCKLAND — “Letters to Jackie,” a documentary about the hundreds of thousands of condolence letters received by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy after the death of her husband, screens at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., at 7p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1. When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, the world came to a crashing […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Ralph Hassenpflug and River Arts invite the public to the opening reception for his solo exhibition in the River Arts West Gallery. At his show at River Arts, Hassenpflug will present groups of new work from 2013. The exhibition can be seen through Oct. 2.

LEWISTON — For one weekend, filmgoers in central Maine will unite with audiences in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 16th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at The Public Theatre in Lewiston at 7:30 p.m. Friday, […]

POWNAL — Fuego Diablo welcomes you to its September open mic music night on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 52 Loring Lane, 5 to 9 p.m. Singers, musicians, storytellers and poets are invited to take the stage at this allages evening of food and fun. Entertainment begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. and continues until the musicians […]