BRUNSWICK — The first annual Brunswick High School Alumni Chorus concert will be held at Crooker Theater on Sunday at 7 p.m. The chorus’ mission is to raise money annually for the “Sonny” Googins Music Scholarship Fund to be awarded to a graduating senior. General admission tickets are $10/$8. For more information, call Studio 48 […]

BATH — Splashes of rich color dance across the paper and canvases of Richard Sears in his solo show, opening tonight at 11 Centre St. — the temporary exhibition space of West Island Gallery. A reception for the artist runs from 5 to 7 p.m. The largely recent work ranges from local landscapes, such as […]

BATH — McChesney Art Studio, 72 Front St., seeks artists and models for a series of clothed figure model open studio sessions on Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m., beginning Oct. 23 and continuing weekly through Nov. 27. Art materials will not be provided and artists should bring easel/stool, if available. There is a $10 […]

BATH — Bath Historical Society will continue its commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with its fall lecture, which will focus on the wartime experiences of Thomas W. Hyde, and his subsequent career as founder of Bath Iron Works and the Hyde Windlass Co. Earle “Bud” Warren will present the program on […]

PORTLAND N orthwest songstress Brandi Carlile is heading to the State Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 24, in support of her new album, “Bear Creek,” which came out June 5 and debuted in the Top 10. Doors open at 7 p.m. at the 609 Congress St. venue and the show starts at 8 p.m. Carlile, who […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro, Junot Diaz and the late Anthony Shadid were among the finalists announced Wednesday for the National Book Awards. Other nominees included the novelists Dave Eggers and Louise Erdrich and nonfiction writers Anne Applebaum and Katherine Boo. Twenty authors, five each in four competitive categories, were picked. The winners will […]

BRUNSWICK — “Reflection on Reflections,” photographic works by Judith Long, is on display at Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St., for the month of October. A reception to meet the artist will be held tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. during Second Friday Art Walk. The images in the Gallery Framing show were shot during the […]

BATH — Nationally known Edgecomb author Lea Wait will be featured speaker at the annual meeting of Friends of the Patten Free Library on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. Wait will talk about “Living and Writing in the (sometimes mysterious!) State of Maine.” The author’s latest book, “Shadows of a Down East Summer,” is […]

PHILADELPHIA It’s not a reboot or relaunch. Instead, Marvel Comics’ new “NOW” initiative aims to recharge the publisher’s heroes and villains, the publisher’s editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said of the new effort that starts this week. “This ain’t a reboot, we’re simply hitting the refresh button. ‘Marvel NOW!’ simply offers a line-wide entry-point into the Marvel […]