Here’s the best news of all: Lisa’s Legit Burritos, Gardiner’s
delightful gathering place for great food and conversation,
will soon open a second location on Water Street in Augusta.
“Blue Jasmine” A New York woman (Cate Blanchett) must move to San Francisco after a serious life crisis. 98 minutes (PG-13)
Jacqueline Berry exhibit, through September, SugarWood Gallery, 248 Broadway. Open house reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at in Farmington. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; sugarwoodgallery.com/store/manufacturer/jacqueline-berry.
HARMONY — Heads in Harmony Music Festival will take place Thursday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 15, at Freedom Field, 75 Carson Hill Road. Twenty bands, including: Blast Addicts, Rapplesauce, Goose Pimp Orchestra, Dime Store Heroes, Pipeline Riot, Stack of Bones, Black Sheep Revival, Lazy Lightning, Turtle Soup, Lynguistic Civilians and more.
WATERVILLE — Aqua City Actor’s Theatre (ACAT) presents Michael Kimball’s dark comedy, “The Secret of Comedy,” Sept. 6-15.
There is a music festival coming that deserves special mention. It is the Crossroads International Celtic Festival set for Wednesday to Sunday, Sept. 15 through western Maine. I recently telephoned Phill McIntyer, director of New England Celtic Arts and the Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center as well as the Artistic Director of this huge festival.
Contra Dance, dance instruction review for new/experienced dancers, 7:15 p.m., main dance, 8 p.m. Bring clean nonstreet shoes, Falmouth Congregational Church Hall, 267 Falmouth Road. Cost is $10 for adults, $7 for those younger than 21, $5 for children 5-12, free for children younger than 5; [email protected] or 358-9354.
The movie is called “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” because it seems that back in 1916 there was a silent film called “The Butler.” Isn’t that silly?
Flagship Cinemas • Pittsfield Community Theater • Narrow Guage Cinemas • Railroad Square Cinema • Regal Augusta 10 • Skowhegan Drive-In • Strand Cinema
In 1961, famed British author C.S. Lewis wrote: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” He might have written that sentence just for 12-year-old Florine Gilham, whose mother mysteriously disappears, leaving the young girl with nothing but overwhelming grief and fear.
