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July 7, 2013

Classical Beat: Bowdoin festival offers myriad musical choices

The Bowdoin International Music Festival (continuing through Aug. 3) is an embarrassment of riches — so many concerts, so little time, and at the height of the Maine regional festival season too. And then one begins to regret what one hasn’t seen and heard. Maybe there should be a complete, searchable archive of each BIMF. […]
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July 7, 2013

Calendar: Your Arts and Entertainment Guide

Art Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational, works by 10 artists, University of New England, Art Gallery, Portland. une.edu/artgallery. Through Oct. 31. “Monhegan Island” by Kevin Beers, and “Drawing on Porcelain” by Tim Christensen, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through July 27. Kennebec Valley Art Association Presents “The Vaughan Legacy,” special exhibition celebrating the Vaughan family […]
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July 7, 2013

Felicity Sidwell to show new paintings

PHIPPSBURG — Sidwell Art Gallery is showing new work by gallery owner and artist Felicity Sidwell. There is an opening reception from 1 to 4 p.m. July 14 at the gallery on Wallace Circle in Westpoint village. The reception will feature music by Pat Colwell, member of the Colwell Brothers and Soul Sensations. Sidwell’s work, […]
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July 7, 2013

Dine Out Maine: Humble El El Frijoles takes Mexicali dining to joyful height

Maybe it was the summer solstice, a stretch of sunshine so long it was hard not to feel the world was bursting with positive energy. Maybe it was the day that preceded the meal, filled as it was with glorious views from the top of Blue Hill Mountain and the lookout at the Penobscot Narrows […]
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July 7, 2013

Signings, etc.: Andrew Carroll

Author, editor, activist and historian Andrew Carroll will discuss his new book, “Here Is Where: Discovering America’s Great Forgotten History,” detailing unmarked historic sites across America where extraordinary moments occurred. WHEN: Noon Wednesday WHERE: Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium, 5 Monument Square HOW MUCH: Free INFO: 871-1700; portlandlibrary.com

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July 7, 2013

Movie review: So much to love in ‘Despicable Me 2’

“Despicable Me 2” is a gag-filled delight from start to finish. It’s got more laughs in its first five minutes — from its larynx-bending voice actors, its loopy, goofy design and its milling, mewling Minions — than “Monsters University” managed over its entire length. And if much of the message, the warmth and the “changed […]
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July 7, 2013

Book review: Summer scorcher sexy and sublime

'My Education' is at once smart, witty and extremely well-written.
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July 7, 2013

Bob Keyes: World-class dance troupes about to put their feet down in Lewiston

Nejla Yatkin has all the credentials a dancer needs. Dance Magazine put her in the “Top 25 to Watch.” Critics have called her “a fierce performer capable of haunting, gripping theatricality.” She’s young and multicultural, raised in Berlin to Turkish parents, and makes work about the Middle East that involves movement, shadow play, humor and […]
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July 7, 2013

Movie review: ‘The Bling Ring’ derides thieves, celebrity victims

It must be tough, being “average” and “middle class” and living within sniffing distance of L.A.’s rich and beautiful people. The designer clothes, the pricey homes, flashy cars and flashier jewelry must seem just within reach, especially to the young and avaricious. That’s the temptation of “The Bling Ring,” Sofia Coppola’s scintillating follow-up to the […]
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July 7, 2013

Author Q&A: Heroic couplet

Oliver Otis Howard headed the Freedmen’s Bureau, which directed Reconstruction after the Civil War. Born in Leeds, Howard graduated from Bowdoin, continued his education at West Point and was a general in the Civil War. He lost his right arm during the Battle of Fair Oaks early in the war, returned to duty three months […]

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