Magic 8 Ball plans a Winter Solstice concert for 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. The annual winter solstice acoustic performance will combine original tunes with Bob Dylan and Tom Waits covers and some fan favorites. The band is Chris Dombrowski, Ben Hunsberger and Ted DeMille, with […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Things to Do: Tasty treats, holiday laughs and a Portland-themed ‘Nutcracker’
See a ‘A Victorian Nutcracker’ at Merrill Auditorium.
‘A Castle for Christmas’ something to brighten your tree
Oh my goodness and golly gee, June Allyson and Van Johnson are back, and just in time to save your Christmas Eve. Of course, it’s not really June Allyson and Van Johnson, who made six movies together, because they’re both on the “other side” in Hollywood Heaven watching over us. But if they were here, […]
‘Don’t Look Up’ full of biggest stars, best talents
We meet Kate Dibiasky, a brilliant semi-nerdy astronomy grad student who spends her days looking up into space. One day, she accidentally spots a planet-killing comet the size of Russia, making a beeline for Earth. Oh sure, It’s Lisa Kudrow finally breaking out into a … Wait. That’s not Lisa Kudrow in a for-sure Lisa […]
Light, playfulness, the beauty of nature are first offerings in its soon-to-open downtown gallery
Light, playfulness, and the beauty of nature will enliven the Colby Museum’s first offerings in its soon-to-open downtown gallery Waterville, MAINE, December 5, 2022— The Colby College Museum of Art will welcome the first visitors to its new Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on Saturday, Dec. 17, […]
Stone Mountain LIVE for Christmas event set
Stone Mountain LIVE for Christmas is set to begin at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Carol Noonan, who hosts this unique revue style show with her house band the Stone Mountain Boys featuring guitarists Duke Levine and Kevin Barry and special guest Bill Kirchen, famed of […]
Running Down a Dream, Music of Tom Petty, to take stage at Somerset Abbey
Running Down a Dream, Music of Tom Petty, is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St. in Madison. The band was created by five veteran Maine musicians to perform the 40 years of music Tom Petty performed with authentic renditions from every stage of his career. Timeless classics with […]
Pick your favorite Maine song from 2022
Listen to our playlist and choose.
‘Curtiz’ reminds reviewer that watching the making of anything is usually boring
In Netflix’s black and white Hungarian film “Curtiz” we are introduced to one of Hollywood’s most notorious film makers of the past- Micheal Curtiz (played here by Ferenc Lengyel). Curtiz was a Hungarian refugee who acted and directed myriad films in his native country after WWI, and then fled Europe in 1926 to come to […]