For week of Jan. 15 ARIES: Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you’re in a good mood, and you begin to express your inner child this week. You want to participate in as many activities as you can. TAURUS: Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, your idealistic view of work this week may win you extra points with the […]

BOWDOINHAM — Long Branch School and General Store plans to launch a series of screenings and discussions of classic and contemporary films. The films will be shown at 20 Main St. Admission is free, but donations will be graciously accepted. “Join us for Saturday night movies at Long Branch,” a Long Branch release states. “We’ll […]

LOS ANGELES In “The Iron Lady,” which opened in limited release last week, Meryl Streep plays an aging Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister. The film from Phyllida Lloyd is set as a series of flashbacks. We meet the once formidable world leader in her old age, attended to by her staff, slightly senile, […]

BATH — “ Midwinter’s Night Dream,” an exhibit of works by nine Maine artists will open with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Chocolate Church Art Gallery, 804 Washington St. “Midwinter’s Night Dream” is the first of seven exhibits planned for 2012 at the gallery. “ The planned seven […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) Tuesday Classical concert on Jan. 24 features three works by two composers who were each deeply inspired by their homelands, according to a PSO release. The concert features guest conductor Christopher Warren Green and violinist Steven Moeckel, and will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium, 20 […]

BOWDOINHAM The Ice and Smelt Festival is scheduled to take place Feb. 3 and 4 at Mailly Waterfront Park. The snow date is Feb. 5. The Merrymeeting Arts Center will host a public reception from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 3. The reception will include a reading and storytelling of “Smelt Makes Ice” from […]

BRUNSWICK Curtis Memorial Library will screen “Double Indemnity,” director Billy Wilder’s 1944 murder mystery, at 7:30 p. m. today as the second installment in its four-part “Film Noir for Dark Nights” series. The film, directed by Billy Wilder, stars Fred McMurray as Walter Neff and Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis. Based on a novel by James […]

YARMOUTH — Award-winning musicians Jesse Brock (mandolin), Mike Bub (bass), Gary Filgate (banjo) and John Miller (guitar) will lead an intensive, bluegrass music workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Community Music Center, 317 Main St. The workshop is open to the general public. For the first two hours of the […]

BATH — Studio Theatre of Bath will hold auditions on Jan. 20 and 21 for its spring fundraiser, which will follow the first 25 years of Billboard rock ’n’ roll hits from 1955 to 1979. A seven-piece house band will provide the music, while performers who successfully win roles via auditions will strut their stuff […]

BOOTHBAY The Boothbay Railway Village will host a program titled “Largest Public Works in Maine, 1900-1950” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. This is the second in the museum’s winter speakers series. Historian and model maker George Barrett will discuss the significance of the biggest public works projects in Maine during the first half […]