BATH T he second annual Japanese Celebration Weekend will be held Feb. 28 through March 3 at various venues throughout the city. The weekend is organized by the Bath-Tsugaru Sister City Exchange Program in honor of the longstanding student exchanges between the two cities. Last year, hundreds of visitors attended the Celebration Weekend, and this […]

The genders have been reversed but the supernatural, star-crossed teen angst remains firmly intact in “Beautiful Creatures,” which clearly aims to pick up where the “Twilight” franchise left off. Writer-director Richard LaGravenese’s film, based on the first novel in the young adult series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, oozes Southern Gothic eccentricity and some […]

A number of Maine museums are offering an array of programs and events throughout school vacation week, from Feb. 16 through 24, including several within easy driving distance of the Bath-Brunswick region. — Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick “Horns, Hooves, Flippers and Fins” Family Day celebration From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. […]

BATH — Patten Free Library continues its winter film series, “Tell It to the Judge,” with a screening of “And Justice for All” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Shows are screened in the library’s community room. Refreshments are provided. All films are free and open to the public. “Tell It to the Judge” features some […]

SCARBOROUGH — The Bull Moose at 456 Payne Road offers an afternoon of “zombie fun” Saturday, Feb. 16, from 2 to 5 p.m., with a performance at 4 p.m. Zombie activities include Zombie Blast Energy Shot samples provided by the Maine based company, Zombie Blast; free zombie makeovers and an opportunity to have zombie portraits […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Academy of Modern Music and Portland Music Foundation are extending the registration window for 2013 MAMM SLAM — “Maine’s hottest high school battle of the bands.” The new deadline is Feb. 28. Young bands interested in winning $1,000 sponsored by the Rusty Rocket Foundation, along with coveted recording time, TV appearances, […]

BRUNSWICK — Gulf of Maine Bookstore will celebrate 34 years of independent bookselling with a birthday weekend Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22-23. Beth Leonard and Gary Lawless opened the store in February 1979. Because the bookstore is now in its 30s, all books will be 30 percent off, both days. On Saturday, there will be […]

BATH — Reveal your inner botanist as the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust offers a free Winter Tree Identification walk from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Thorne Head Preserve in celebration of Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. How do you identify a tree if it has no leaves? With a little experience you can […]

ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum is presenting a weeklong photo workshop for high school students titled “Made & Found.” The class will take place 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, through Friday, Feb. 22, at the museum’s Gamble Center for Education. The weeklong intensive workshop will see students working with found images and […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Middle School Space Camp Team proudly announces “A Night of Comedy,” with three stand-up comics hosted by George Hamm. Hamm is well known to Maine audiences as a frequent visitor to Portland’s Comedy Connection. He has performed his comedy routines across the country, including the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the Improv […]