Maine movie theaters get ready to reopen, but will viewers show?

Arts & Entertainment

Published
July 7, 2020

Maine movie theaters get ready to reopen, but will viewers show?

Smitty's Cinemas, Cinemagic theaters and the Nickelodeon in Portland all plan to open in the next couple of weeks, knowing that getting people back to the movies will be a challenge.
Published
July 7, 2020

Family of girl killed by drunk driver who died 50 years later in hit-and-run finally gets an apology

'The Hero of Goodall Park,' a documentary airing Tuesday on ESPN, tells the story of Douglas Parkhurst, who was killed by a rampaging driver in Sanford in 2018, five years after confessing to hitting a 4-year-old girl in upstate New York in 1968.
Published
July 6, 2020

MIFF staff excited for opening night, prepares drive-in for crowd

This year's Maine International Film Festival will be held at the Skowhegan Drive-In, which accommodates 350 cars.
Published
July 6, 2020

Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83

Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at age 83
Published
July 6, 2020

From the radio, North Atlantic Blues Festival will feel like it’s really happening

Recordings and interviews played on air will take place of the annual event in Rockland.
Published
July 6, 2020

Indie Film: Filmmakers find right place at the right time for ‘Wrong Lanes’

The Maine crew's submission to the 48 Hour Film Project made it to the semifinals.
Published
July 6, 2020

Bay Chamber mines its archives as it takes its programming online

The festival will feature the 'best of the best' past performances and combine them with a visual narrative of Maine art.
Published
July 5, 2020

Illinois museum: ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ car with Confederate flag to stay

The Volo Auto Museum's director says people 'aren't offended by it whatsoever.'
Published
July 4, 2020

U.K. judge says Amber Heard can be in court for Depp testimony

Johnny Depp’s lawyers have failed to stop the American actor’s ex-wife from attending his libel trial against a British tabloid newspaper until she is called to give evidence.
Published
July 2, 2020

State pulls plug on music festival at Brunswick campground

Promoters hoped to win state approval for Summer Jam Camp Out 2020 by promising to spread people out among campsites to minimize large gatherings. The state rejected that idea.