LOS ANGELES The veteran action stars of “The Expendables 2” say a stuntman’s onset death served as a reminder of the danger behind building big-screen thrills. Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger star in the film, which plays as a throwback to their 1980s heyday. The actors emerge unscathed from massive, bloody shootouts to […]

LOS ANGELES Capping off the summer box office with explosive action, “The Expendables 2” offers the send-off that adrenaline junkies are seeking before the more sedate pace of fall releases. As he proved with the original installment, Sylvester Stallone grasps the action-oriented DNA of the films’ badass cast of reprobate mercenaries with an intuition derived […]

BATH — The curtain will rise on the New England Regional Theater Company as they perform Broadway’s longest running show, “The Fantasticks.” On Aug. 25, a spaghetti dinner will be served at 6 p.m., with the show to begin at 7 p.m., and on Aug. 26, lunch will be served at 1 p.m., with the […]

WISCASSET — The Maine Art Gallery, 15 Warren St. invites artists to submit two marine artworks on Monday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for selection by juror J. Russell Jinishian. Jinishian, a news release describes, is “recognized as the nation’s leading authority on contemporary marine art with over 35 years experience in […]

WISCASSET — Texas Flying Legends Museum will land at Wiscasset Municipal Airport, 96 Chewonki Neck Road (Route 144), on Saturday and Sunday for the airport’s second annual free open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. A release from event organizers describes the weekend as follows: The open house will feature aircraft displays […]

WISCASSET — The Southern Maine Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America Inc. is sponsoring an exhibit of Suzanne Bruno’s work at Stitcher’s Corner, 7 Washington St., now through Labor Day. A news release describes the exhibit as follows: The first exhibit in a planned series called “For the Love of Needle and Thread” features […]

PORTLAND — Portland Museum of Art will present a discussion among Maine children’s book author Lynne Plourde, illustrator Ben Bishop, and Donn Fendler about their collaboration for the graphic novel “Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Maine Wilderness.” The program, with a book signing to follow, will take place on Friday, Aug. 17, from […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Novel Jazz Septet will play the final performance its eighth season of jazz evenings at Skidompha Library, 184 Maine St., on Thursday, Aug. 16, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. A news release describes the jazz evenings as follows: Skidompha’s Novel Jazz evenings were conceived around the observation that lovers of books often are […]

BATH — Eight artists offer their vision and interpretation of “The Maine Home — Inside & Out” beginning tonight at the Chocolate Church Art Gallery, 804 Washington St. An opening reception will kick off the exhibit from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit runs through Sept. 15. Artwork features encaustic (a form of painting with […]

POLAND — Poland Spring Preservation Society will present Two Old Friends, featuring Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins, at its summer concert series on Monday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. A news release describes Two Old Friends as follows: Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins, are musicians who play and sing a unique combination of Celtic and […]