Archive for February, 2010
Marooned on the Wells walkway
Police received report of a maroon car being driven erratically near Wells Commons at 4:28 p.m. Feb. 22. The car was driven onto the walkway towards the building, almost striking pedestrians. The …
Some people learn Klingon, some learn Elven. Now there is a new fan-based cult language joining the ranks: Na’vi.
The 1,000-word language created for James Cameron’s 2009 movie “Avatar” has exploded in the online community of learnnavi.org, …
Shards of glass and cigarette butts line the alley leading from the back parking lot to Harlow Street in downtown Bangor. A glimpse through a dead-bolted door reveals a vacant hallway. Neon wristbands and dust bunnies …
If you’ve got the blues — the dirty, rotten Delta blues — you might want to head to downtown Bangor.
“Spunk,” by George C. Wolfe, is running now through March 7 at the Penobscot Theatre in Bangor. …
With weather hopefully getting warmer, it is time to say sayonara to our down North Face and Patagonia jackets for another year. Unfortunately it’s not warm enough to lie in the quad in a tank top, …
Good Kids Sprouting Horns are about as indie as you can get — their music is folksy, nerdy and emotional. But the simplistic beauty in their songwriting catches listeners off-guard, even in a genre where creativity …
“Shutter Island” is Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s fourth and best collaboration yet. Scorsese blends hard-boiled film noir with gothic terror in his most eloquently horrifying work yet.
The first thing we see in “Shutter Island” is …
Let’s face it — when the average person is in college, he or she doesn’t have extra money. With this in mind, it is pretty safe to say only a miniscule amount of those greenbacks to …
Tiger Woods is clearly not a sex addict, despite what he says. He is only trying to displace the blame for his problem and regain his image.
Bad things happen, but what results from those mishaps is what’s important. How we deal with tragedy, along with everyday trivalities, as a community says a lot about who we are.
