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May 6, 2010

Low-Flying Airplanes soar in Rock Off finals

Yarmouth High School quartet Low-Flying Airplanes won the title of Best High School Band in Maine from a field of six finalists Saturday night at the Maine Academy of Modern Music Rock Off finals at Port City Music Hall. The band consists of lead singer Andrew Gabrielson, who also plays guitar and trombone; Dan Wiggins, […]
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May 6, 2010

Ready, set, go

7 DAYS OF FUN STUFF TO DO
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May 6, 2010

The Night Is Young

Indie folk star Laura Marling highlights a Space invasion
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May 6, 2010

‘Iron Man 2’: Lots of villains and firepower – but no cliffhanger

Tony Stark breaks all the rules (even the one that says superheroes must keep a secret identity). Now comes “Iron Man 2,” a film about secret dangers, the sins of the father and the nasty price of modern celebrity. The movie opens Friday. Here are a few tidbits to get you ready. • SOUNDTRACK FOR […]
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May 6, 2010

‘Juno’ offers far more than an Irish theme

PORTLAND – In many ways, Sally Wood was the perfect choice to direct the Irish tragedy “Juno and the Paycock,” which the American Irish Repertory Ensemble opens this week at the St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center. The play portrays a poor Irish family struggling to survive the upheaval of Ireland’s Civil War. Juno, the […]

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May 6, 2010

Go See a Movie

OPENING FRIDAY “Babies” (PG) Stars Bayarjargal, Hattie, Mari and Ponijao. Directed by Thomas Balmes. A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia and Namibia to San Francisco and Tokyo. Cultural and maternal nudity throughout. Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) NOW SHOWING “Alice in Wonderland” (PG) (1:48) Stars […]
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May 6, 2010

Cover Story: Got ink?

Sanctuary Tattoo celebrates 10 years in the skin-art biz with a birthday blowout Friday at Port City Music Hall.
Published
April 29, 2010

Bull Moose Top 10

Top 10 for Portland store April 19-25: 1. “Avatar” (DVD) 2. “Avatar” (Blu-Ray and DVD) 3. MGMT, “Congratulations” 4. “Crazy Heart” (DVD) 4. Gorillaz, “Plastic Beach” 4. “Sherlock Holmes” (DVD) 7. “The Lovely Bones” (DVD) 8. Cypress Hill, “Rise Up” 9. Bill Chinnock, “Dime Store Heroes” 9. “The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs […]
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April 29, 2010

Colin Hay comes from the land Down Under to play Pine Point

Colin Hay stands to lose a lot of money. Maybe millions. An Australian judge recently ruled that the quirky songwriter’s ’80s Aussie anthem, “Down Under,” plagiarizes parts of an old children’s tune. But Hay doesn’t use the stage as a soapbox — he’s here instead to share a much more intimate loss with his audience. […]
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April 29, 2010

DVD Releases

NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY: “THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS,” starring Johnny Depp and Heath Ledger. Convoluted but fascinating fantasy from director Terry Gilliam (“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”) is notable for being the film that Ledger was in the midst of making upon his untimely death. Inevitably, “Imaginarium” has an incomplete feel about […]

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