LOS ANGELES A decade since George Lucas said “Star Wars” was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy under new ownership is destined for theaters after The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it would buy Lucasfilm Ltd. from him for $4.05 billion. The seventh movie, with a working title of “Episode 7,” is […]
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Collaboration brings ‘Eurydice’ to stage
BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project’s Professional Ensemble presents Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice,” beginning tonight at 8 p.m., at the 14 School St. theater. The play has been produced in collaboration with CHANS Hospice Care Program and Sarah Ruhl, and with the support of the Maine Humanities Council. Eurydice is a modern retelling of the classic Orpheus […]
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Original zombies return in color
DAMARISCOTTA — The Lincoln Theater will be presenting three screenings of the movie that started the zombie movement, George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead.” In HD and re-mastered in color, this 1968 horror classic follows a group’s attempts to survive a wave of zombies in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. “Night of the Living […]
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PSO trick-or-treat symphony planned
PORTLAND — Portland Symphony Orchestra presents its second annual Halloween themed “Discovery” concert on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium. Discovery Concerts are an hour long and engage the audience in a fun and educational journey with the full orchestra. The Trick-or Treat Symphony is a Halloween experience filled with symphonic thrills and chills […]
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Doiron to read latest book at local library
FREEPORT — Freeport Community Library will host award-winning author Paul Doiron, who will read from his new book “Bad Little Falls” in the Community Meeting Room on Monday at 7 p.m. Doiron’s first mystery, “The Poacher’s Son,” won numerous awards as well as being nominated for the Edgar Award, while his subsequent mystery, “Trespasser,” won […]
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Bowdoin exhibit looks at seeing clearly
BRUNSWICK — “We Never See Anything Clearly: John Ruskin and Landscape Painting, 1840s to 1870s” — an exhibition featuring the work of 19th-century English and American landscape artists — opens on Tuesday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and runs through Dec. 23. Two Bowdoin students, Ben Livingston, class of 2013 and Ursula Moreno-VanderLaan, […]
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Tricky Britches will heat up Johnson Hall
GARDINER— Johnson Hall promises a foot stompin’ good time on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. as Maine bluegrass band Tricky Britches takes the stage. Portland-based musicians Tyler Lienhardt on fiddle, Seth Doyle on mandolin, Jed Bresette on bass and Ryan “Bear” Wilkinson on banjo, create a sound that described by a news release as “threepart harmonies, […]
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Ghosts of Freeport’s past to rise from the grave
FREEPORT — Freeport Historical Society is offering a new Ghosts of Freeport’s Past walking tour this year, taking place in the historic Woodlawn Cemetery, located on West Street. Led by a lantern-carrying docent and in small groups of 10 guests, the group will visit specific locations at the burial ground where a range of prominent, […]
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‘Ghost’ makes an appearance at PFL
BATH — It’s Halloween for adults at Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, when the Paramount Pictures film festival continues at 6:30 p.m. with “Ghost” (1990). The late Patrick Swayze plays a ghost who teams up with a psychic (Academy-Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg) to uncover the truth behind his murder and to […]
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Junior high kids bring ‘Alladin Jr.’ to life
BRUNSWICK — On Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, the Brunswick Junior High Musical Theater Department will present Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” at 7 p.m. in the school gym. Storytelling is an art, and the the cast of “Aladdin Jr.” shines in this fascinating story of love, intrigue and laughter, a news release said. Tickets […]