BRUNSWICK — On Tuesday October 2, at 7:30 p.m.in the Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center at Bowdoin College, filmmaker Vincent Goubet presents his documentary, “Faire Quelque Chose” (“Do Something”), with English subtitles), giving voice to the experience of the French resistance during World War II. A discussion, in English, will follow.

BATH Battlefield Band, a perennial favorite, returns to the Chocolate Church Arts Center tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance or $28 at the door. An ever-evolving bedrock of talent for over four decades, Battlefield Band’s ever-fiery instrumental dynamic, exhibits the intuitive interplay and understanding between world class Celtic musicians. The new album […]

UNITY This past weekend was the annual Common Ground Fair, held at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association grounds in Unity in the rolling fields of Waldo County. Unity is home to Unity College, focusing on sustainability science and sustainable agriculture, which shouldn’t come as a great surprise. It’s one of the places in […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Strolling down a street in a coastal Maine town, one is bound to see nearly as many art galleries as restaurants and gift shops. What role do artists play in the cultural vitality of a community? How successful have they been in generating revenue in the current economic climate? These are some of […]

BOWDOINHAM — The Merrymeeting Arts Center, with support from the Carlo Pittore Foundation for the Figurative Arts, announces the opening of “Lincoln and The Gettysburg Address” from 5:30 to 8 p.m Friday, Oct. 4. The show will feature large blackand white portraits of President Abraham Lincoln by late local artist Carlo Pittore, as well as […]

BRUNSWICK More than 300 works by Maine artists, from Portland to Searsport and from Buxton to Bailey Island, will be on exhibit and for sale in the 10×10 Benefit Art Exhibit and Sale tonight, Sept. 27, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis Memorial Library; and in the Parish Hall […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Grace Jones, who once vowed she’d never write a memoir, has changed her mind. The model, actress, singer and Studio 54 legend has an agreement with Gallery Books for a book scheduled to come out next fall. Gallery, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Wednesday that the book is currently […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Spike Lee will receive the 20th annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which carries a reward of $300,000. The Gish Prize Trust announced the selection Wednesday. Selection committee chairman Darren Walker said Lee was chosen “for his brilliance and unwavering courage in using film to challenge conventional thinking.” Lee said in […]

LOS ANGELES Beholding the late James Gandolfini doing a lovely job in a change-of-pace role significantly intensifies the already funny/sad aspects of “Enough Said,” an engaging comic romance set amid the minefields that imperil starting up mid-life relationships. The title notwithstanding, writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s look at a 50-ish divorced mother with a daughter about to […]

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., welcomes Bluegrass legend Sam Bush on his only Maine tour stop, Saturday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. A Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, Bush doesn’t seem old enough to be a musical legend. And he’s not. But he is. Alternately known as the King of Telluride and the King […]