BRUNSWICK — For two years, composer and upright bassist Joshua DeScherer has been organizing and curating a new music series at the performance space at Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery. The next installment, on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m., will feature the work of Maine-based improvising musicians. This is the fifth concert this year […]

BOWDOINHAM — Merrymeeting Arts Center will be screen three films by Carter Smith as the final event of the exhibit, “Three Town Artists: Carlo Pittore, Bryce Muir & Carter Smith.” Smith’s two short films, “Bugcrush” and “Yearbook,” will be shown on Friday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. The […]

The following films are scheduled to beshown during the eighth annual Camden International Film Festival. Formore information or to view trailers,visit www.camdenfilmfest.org.“Ballroom Dancer” — directed byAndreas Koefoed and Christian Bonke(Denmark, 2011). New England Premiere. A decade after Slavik Kryklyvyy becamethe World Latin Dance Champion, hetries to regain the success thatseemed to have slipped by him […]

CAMDEN — Camden International Film Festival has announced its slate of feature films when the eighth installment kicks off Sept. 27 to 30. Throughout Camden and Rockland, CIFF will present more than 70 films, both features and shorts, from all across the globe, including a number of world, U.S. and regional premieres. Now in its […]

FREEPORT — Judith and Steve Brown, founders of Brown Goldsmiths, 11 Mechanic St., will celebrate the start of their 45th year of heirloom quality jewelry designs by hosting a two-day event showcasing a collection of rare natural-fancy color diamonds. The company, founded in 1967, has a complete goldsmithing studio on premise where artists handcraft precious […]

TORONTO Joss Whedon figures if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing superhero stories. Only better ones than Whedon and his colleagues are doing. Whedon, the writer-director behind this summer’s superhero sensation “The Avengers,” has unveiled a passion project at the Toronto International Film Festival — his adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” […]

NEW YORK — The best free ticket in town may be just a click away. Museum-goers can head to www.smithsonian.com/museumdaylive to download tickets for Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live! Tickets grant free admission for two people per household to participating museums on Saturday, Sept. 29. Maine museums participating in Museum Day Live! are: — Maine […]

BATH — Patten Free Library’s Tuesday night film series is back, with a lineup of films celebrating the 100th anniversary of Paramount Studios. On Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 6:30 p.m., the series kicks off with a double feature of two short comedies from 1933: the Marx Brothers in “Duck Soup” and “She Done Him Wrong,” […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum Commission has named Bernard Fishman, former director of Rhode Island Historical Society, as the new director of the Maine State Museum. A veteran museum director with 28 years of experience, Fishman replaces Joseph R. Phillips, who retired after 20 years at the helm of Maine’s largest museum dedicated to […]