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NT Live: Traveling Light, Rockland Shorts an International Short Film Series, Super Bowl XLVI, The Art of The Book, The Descendants, The Farnsworth Art Museum, The Thin Red Line are all at the Strand this week WOW!
James Armstrong has been described by one music writer as “an artist in a world of craftsmen, harking back to a time when each bluesman had a distinctive musical voice. James shares with the legends the ability to go beyond rocking the roadhouse (though he excels at that), to telling the kind of story that the blues tells the best. He’s one of a very few seasoned artists who manages to honor the sound of traditional blues, while giving it the contemporary feel that makes modern fans groove.”
This 4-part lecture series is presented in conjunction with The Art of the Book exhibition on view in the Farnsworth’s Craig Gallery January 14 through April 1, 2012, which is an exploration of the museum’s eclectic collection of primarily nineteenth and twentieth century rare, first edition, and out-of-print books ranging from the earliest purchases by Robert Bellows in the 1940s to important donations made throughout the museum’s history.
DAYS OF HEAVEN is the long-awaited follow-up to Malick’s 1973 debut Badlands, and confirmed his reputation as a visual poet and narrative iconoclast with a story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. In this love triangle set in the early 1900’s, Bill (Richard Gere) works in a Chicago steel mill, but must flee the city after accidentally killing a man. Heading for the wheat fields of Texas, he packs up his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and his younger sister (Linda Manz). Instead of a better life, they head straight into tragedy when a wealthy farmer (Sam Shepard) falls for Adams.
Never attended a pie tour? This is not your average pie-in-the-sky event. Move aside Mom’s apple pie, Rockland’s inns and restaurants will serve up everything from Shepherds Pie and a number of gourmet Pizza Pies to sweet and savory Italian Galettes, seafood pies, Whoopie Pies and the signature Key LimeRock Pie at the LimeRock Inn.
3 SUPERSTARS IN BERLIN A Special HD Broadcast Starring Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott & Jonas Kaufman Three of the biggest names in opera come together for a once in a lifetime performance. Opera superstar Anna Netrebko returns to Berlin’s stunning Waldbuhne, one of the world’s most impressive open stages.
The Skin I Live In (2011) Golden Globe Nominee Best Foreign Language Film! In this scary, sexy, and terrifically twisted new film by Pedro Almodóvar (Volver, Bad Education, Talk to [...]
The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
Camden Conference Lecture by Roger DellFor the third consecutive year, the Farnsworth will participate in the Camden Conference Community Events, which lead up to the February Conference, The United States in the Twenty-First Century: Do We Have What It Takes?. Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell will deliver an illustrated lecture organized in two parts, presenting the beginnings of American mass culture and its pervasive transatlantic influence.
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For the third consecutive year, the Farnsworth will participate in the Camden Conference Community Events, which lead up to the February Conference, The United States in the Twenty-First Century: Do We Have What It Takes?. Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell will deliver an illustrated lecture organized in two parts, presenting the beginnings of American mass culture and its pervasive transatlantic influence.
Nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, this new film is an intimate bioptic which brings to life one of Hollywood’s most iconic actresses, Marilyn Monroe. Michelle Williams’ portrayal of Monroe was deemed “PURE PERFECTION” by the New York Observer. Based on the famous missing chapter in Colin Clark’s memoir “The Prince, the Showgirl and Me”, My Week With Marilyn reveals the enchanted week that the then-lowly production assistant spent with the most famous celebrity of the era during the production of the classic 1957 comedy romance The Prince and the Showgirl.
WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954) Special Holiday Presentation – $5 Admission! The lavish 1954 Technicolor musical built around the unforgettable music of IRVING BERLING, starring BING CROSBY, DANNY KAYE, VERA ELLEN and ROSEMARY CLOONEY!
With her smoky vocals and swinging rhythms, rising star Eilen Jewell sings songs that sound born of speakeasies, honky-tonks and train rides. In her short career, Jewell has surveyed a wide range of traditional musical styles, from the folk and jug band leanings of her early recordings, through an album-length homage to Loretta Lynn and the country gospel of her work with The Sacred Shakers, right up to 2009′s Sea of Tears, which bristled with the electricity of ’60s UK garage rock and Chicago blues
REMINDER: "Trouble Is my Business" on Stage at Portland Stage Company January 24th to February 19th
Jazz Pianist Robert Glasper to Perform at Bates College on February 9, 2012
Weekly Message from Governor Paul LePage for February 4th, 2012
Local Love Muscle Valentines Day Film Festival At Geno’s 2/14/12
The Bill Thibodeau Band at Next Generation Theatre Feb. 11, 2012
George Lopez, Classical Pianist to Perform at Jewett Hall Auditorium, Sunday, February 12, 2012.
February 2012 Deals, Events, News and all things Gritty!
Stop Dirty Tar Sands Oil from Coming Through Maine: Public Meeting Feb. 9, 2012