BOOTHBAY HARBOR Music takes on a deeper cultural significance when it functions as an agent of change as well as reflection. When Maine native Ellis Paul revisits the Boothbay Opera House on Saturday, June 15, he and the venue both will symbolize a decade’s worth of radical evolution. The Opera House is celebrating its 10th […]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR S ummer makes many things possible in the Mid-coast that year-rounders might think twice about when the roads are icy and the weather moody and unpredictable. A drive up Route 1 and down Route 27 on a sun dappled summer evening to the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor — just an hour from […]

“The Good Man: The Civil War’s ‘Christian General’ and His Fight for Racial Equality,” by Times Record columnist Gordon L. Weil has been published by Arthur McAllister Publishers, Inc. Weil is the author of 16 previous books. “The Good Man” is a biography of Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, the man responsible for carrying out post-Civil […]

Community theaters and choruses are getting a jump on their seasons by preparing to rehearse shows that will play later in the summer through the fall. Young people and grown ups are sought for roles both big and small. Freeport Players Freeport Players will hold open auditions for Kenny Finkle’s comedy, “Indoor/Outdoor,” about an indoor […]

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. Will Smith has a new outlook on teenagers: Parents do indeed understand. The rapper-turned-actor says he’s “grown a lot” since writing the Grammy-winning 1988 hit that humorously declared they didn’t. All three of his children now at least dabble in music and acting, most notably 14- year-old Jaden, who stars with […]

SCIENCE FICTIONACTION. Starring Jaden Smithand Will Smith. Directed by M.Night Shyamalan. (PG-13. 100minutes.) 1 star out of 4 stars. M. Night Shyamalan is branching out, coming up with new ways to make bad movies. His plan must be to exhaust all possibilities, so as to eventually come full circle and make a good one by […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Paul McCartney made his first visit to the one-time home of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll and left a gift behind. According to the official Twitter account of the former Beatle, McCartney dropped a personal guitar pick on Elvis Presley’s grave and said it was “so Elvis can play in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Emmys again. It’s the second go-around for the TV, film and stage star. He last did the honors at the “Prime Time Emmy Awards” in 2009. CBS will air the Emmycast live from Los Angeles on Sept. 22. But for viewers who just […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey doesn’t have a daily talk show anymore. But two years after abdicating her throne, the former talk-show queen is clear who she thinks now wear the crowns: Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan. Winfrey declared the cohosts “the reigning king and queen” during a surprise appearance on Tuesday’s “Live with […]