James Patterson titled his 12th Alex Cross crime novel simply “Cross.” The filmmakers who adapted it expanded the title to “Alex Cross.” They might as well have gone for broke and called it “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Stab at Expanding Her-His Hollywood Marketability as James Patterson’s Alex Cross.” Perry’s name will draw his fans in. Patterson’s […]
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Screening something fishy at Dreamland
BATH — Sagadahoc Preservation’s Dreamland Theater will screen “Finding Nemo” on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington St. Released in 2003, “Finding Nemo” won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Rated G, the film features the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen Degeneres, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney and […]
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Community dancing comes back for the winter
BATH — Promenade, sachet, swing and cast off are a few of the dance calls you might hear tonight from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Bath Dance Works, 72 Front St. as Old Time Family Dances return to the studio for the winter. Fiddles and flutes will be ready to lead a grand march once […]
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Chief archaeologist slated to launch book at museum
AUGUSTA — “The Swordfish Hunters: The History and Ecology of an Ancient American Sea People,” a new book by Maine State Museum Chief Archaeologist Bruce Bourque, will be spotlighted in a book launch and signing at the museum Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bourque will present a talk at 11 a.m.; the book […]
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Films that meet the ‘Bechdel Test’
PORTLAND The Bluestocking Film Series returns to St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. to screen short films by women directors from Maine, New York, Los Angeles and Germany. Founder and organizer Kate Kaminski, who lives in South Portland and has been making films for 20 years, said […]
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BRUNSWICK — Once again the Brunswick High School Lady Dragons basketball program is hosting hypnotist Paul Ramsay at Crooker Theater. But this year there will be a new twist to the Oct. 25 show, which begins at 7 p.m. “Mind Games,” which Ramsey has been performing at colleges across the country for the past two […]
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Authors to discuss how hometown shapes stories
BATH — In a program they call “Bath Girls Who Write Books,” Bath natives and Maine authors Morgan Callan Rogers and Elizabeth Peavey will discuss their writing careers and how growing up in Bath has influenced their work on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m., at the Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St. According to […]
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Peavey one-act for one day only
DAMARISCOTTA — Celebrated Maine author Elizabeth Peavey brings her one-woman show, “My Mother’s Clothes Are Not My Mother,” to the Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. for one afternoon only. The show premiered to a series of sell-out houses at the St. Lawrence Performing Arts Center in Portland last […]
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Raising the church roof with folk/rock
PHIPPSBURG — Folk-rock duo Mike + Ruthy will perform at the Phippsburg Congregational Church, 10 Church Lane (off Parker Head Road), at 7:30 p.m. tonight. This fall, the couple released its fourth album, “The NYC EP,” featuring the premiere recording of “My New York City,” a revived Woody Guthrie lyric from the Woody Guthrie Archives. […]
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Chocolate cauldrons boil with ‘trouble’
FREEPORT — On Sunday, Oct. 21, Wilbur’s of Maine will host Make & Fill Your Own Chocolate Cauldron from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 174 Lower Main St. store. Participants will make their own chocolate cauldron using a “secret” technique; then fill it with a choice of spooky treats like gummy frogs, chocolate […]