TOPSHAM — Maine Authors Publishing is pleased to announce a book signing during Percy’s Burrow grand opening at the Topsham Fair Mall. The event will take place on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The book signing will feature six authors who will showcase their work ranging from genres such as historical fiction, memoir, […]

BATH — Bath artist Sandy Crabtree’s “First Snow at Two Lights” is one of Pine Tree Society’s 2012 holiday card paintings. Crabtree taught art at Morse High School in Bath for almost 30 years. She became familiar with Pine Tree Society when one of her students attended Pine Tree Camp. “I’ve been submitting work to […]

BRUNSWICK — The vinyl banners that promoted “Edward Hopper’s Maine” and “William Wegman: Hello Nature” and graced Maine Street during the summer exhibitions will be offered for sale at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art beginning today. The limited-edition, two-sided banners, are available in various smaller sizes for $100, and in the larger sizes for […]

LEWISTON — This season’s performance calendar at Franco American Heritage Center is an unusually full one, and there’s no month busier than December, which features seven Christmas concerts in a three-week span that begins Saturday with local singers Just Us Entertainers. “This is going to be a very busy place for three weeks,” executive director […]

WEST BATH — Harold Roberts of Coryell Clayworks and Nan Kilbourn Tara of Mud Cove Pottery will hold their popular annual open studio event this weekend, in conjunction with the Arts Downtown and All Around event sponsored by the Five Rivers Arts Alliance. Open studio hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday […]

Five Rivers Arts Alliance presents its 15th annual holiday art exhibit and sale with artists, studios and local performances. Arts Downtown and All Around will take place today from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Events will take place all around the […]

LOS ANGELES A very odd assortment of mythical childhood figures, some of them afflicted with severe emotional insecurities and inferiority complexes, are thrown together as an unlikely set of action heroes in “The Rise of the Guardians,” an attractively designed but overly busy and derivative mishmash of kidfriendly elements. A sort of Justice League or […]

“Life of Pi” is one of those lyrical, internalized novels that should have no business working on the screen. Quite possibly, it wouldn’t have worked if anyone but Ang Lee had adapted it. The filmmaker who turned martial arts into a poetic blockbuster for Western audiences with “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and made gay cowboys […]

YARMOUTH — 317 Main Community Music Center presents a holiday open house on Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring door prizes, refreshments, children’s activities, and of course, lots of music from students and faculty of all ages. The open house is a relaxed and informal opportunity to explore 317 Main, meet the […]