LEWISTON — Pardon Me, Doug, a band that pays tribute to the music of the popular Vermont jam band Phish, will perform at the Franco- American Heritage Center at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22. Phish is known for its dedicated legions of followers, many of whom travel great distances to see multiple shows on each […]

LOS ANGELES “Beasts of the Southern Wild” star Quvenzhane Wallis is an actress of talent, poise and maturity well beyond her years. She was only 5 years old when she auditioned and 6 when she played the part of Hushpuppy, a little girl of fierce strength and resourcefulness living with her daddy in a squalid […]

GARDINER — The Colwell Brothers will perform music from their second CD, “Guilty Pleasures,” at Johnson Hall’s Sounds Good Concert Series tonight at 7:30 p.m. Bob and Pat Colwell are famous for their electrifying live performances and their new album captures every watt of that energy on record, states a news release from the venue. […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Historical Society wants to know from the community: What stories about local history should we be telling? To find out, the Society plans a series of noon “Lunch with Locals” meetings on Thursday, Feb. 21; Friday, March 22; and Tuesday, April 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. each day. The two-year project […]

BRUNSWICK — Soprano Mary Sullivan and pianist George Lopez will be featured in “The Art of Song in the Second Viennese School” concert at Bowdoin College tonight at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in Studzinski Recital Hall. The concert will showcase composers of the Second Viennese School including Brahms and Schubert, and will […]

BATH — It’s time for another oldtime family dance at Bath Dance Works, 72 Front St. Accompanied by local fiddlers and guitar players, dancers will sachet and doci do in the old ballroom from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15. Healthy snacks will be provided and there is a donation of $3 per person. […]

BRUNSWICK — Five Rivers Arts Alliance will present its first member meeting of 2013 with a talk titled “Marketing, Murals and More,” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Frontier Cafe in Fort Andross. The public is invited. Members are admitted free; for nonmembers, there will be a $10 admission. Francine Shrock, colorist, painter, […]

BATH Studio Theatre of Bath has put together six one act plays, collectively called “Sex, Lies and the Devil Inside,” for an evening of laughter, beginning tonight at 7:30 p.m. for a two weekend run. The show was scheduled to open last weekend, but the blizzard — otherwise known as “Nemo” — caused the theater […]

LOS ANGELES Bruce Willis says he’s against new gun control laws that could infringe on Second Amendment rights. The “Die Hard” star also dismisses any link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun violence. “I think that you can’t start to pick apart anything out of the Bill of Rights without thinking that it’s all going […]

A group of children from Newtown, Conn., who recently recorded a version of “Over the Rainbow” are preparing for a live appearance during the E! Network’s Grammy Awards preshow on Sunday. “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest will be flying a crew to Connecticut and plans to interview the children via satellite during the E!’s “Live […]