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The Bollard Bulletin for Sept. 7, 2026
Local Music Monday
It took about 40 years, but this summer I finally soured for good on Bad Company. Can’t remember what bar I was in, but one of their overplayed FM hits came on — maybe “Feel Like Makin’ Love” — its shiny cro-mag chorus...
This Month at the Movies: September 2026
This Month at the Movies
The theme of September’s installment of This Month at the Movies is the art of the mundane. We’re talking concrete, sewage, marital problems, a clothes dryer, a portal to hell … wait, what?
As always, visit us a...
The Bollard Bulletin for Sept. 5, 2026
Scientist.
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Finally, some science we can understand! Legendary Jamaican dub producer Scientist mixes the music of Maine reggae band Royal Hammer as they play live at Oxbow Brewing Company (49 Washington Ave., Portland) at 6 p....
The Bollard Bulletin for Sept. 4, 2026
Performance artists outside The Place on Peaks Island last year. photo/Noel Walker
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Anyone else have trouble sleeping last night after reading that piece in the Times about 1,000 experimental AI “agents” that broke out of thei...
The Bollard Bulletin for Sept. 3, 2026
Film & Gender.
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The Northampton drum-and-bass duo Film & Gender harnesses the elemental power of punk to smash anti-queer bigotry and give voice to the sexual and identity angst of a generation. Oh, and also to play a wild-ass...
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Editor & Publisher of The Bollard, Maine's most fearless monthly news and arts magazine. Former editor of Casco Bay Weekly. Former columnist for the Bangor Daily News. Also known as The Soul Proprietor (soul & funk DJ).
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