Arts & Entertainment

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April 14, 2013

Book Review: ‘Margaret’ a tale of romance in modern era

New England writer Joseph Monninger has an affection for Maine that runs deep. You can see it, hear it and feel its magnetic pull in the characters and settings of his new romantic novel, called simply “Margaret from Maine.” Behind that plain title, however, awaits a complex story of love, loss and loyalty that explores […]
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April 14, 2013

Movie Review: ‘Trance’ plays with mind, not heart

The heist picture gets a few Danny Boyle head-game twists with “Trance,” a movie about memory, the mind and manipulating both to find some “lost” stolen art. James McAvoy is Simon, trusted employee of a London auction house. On the day they put Goya’s “Witches in the Air” under the gavel, thieves attack. But Simon […]
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April 14, 2013

Art Review: ‘Lines,’ ‘Figure’ fortuitiously converge in Portland spaces

There is an exhibition of African-American book illustrators at the Museum of African Culture in Portland that includes multiple winners — all Mainers — of the prestigious Coretta Scott King Award. “Lines Converge, Colors Dance” is particularly interesting not only because it puts the work in a context of African roots, but because it puts local […]
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April 14, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Today’s column features three poems about arrivals that celebrate spring in Maine.
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April 14, 2013

Signings, etc. …

DAWN POTTER

Published
April 7, 2013

Book Review: A murder mystery that adds breadth

Holly Goddard Jones infuses the genre with more emotional themes.
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April 7, 2013

A poet’s promise

Leslea Newman feels a powerful and deeply personal connection with Matthew Shepard, and has made it a mission to keep his memory alive by spreading a message of tolerance and compassion.
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April 7, 2013

Art Review: At ICA, as interactive as it gets

Have you ever wanted to be an art student for a day? Sit in on a studio crit? Or join a conversation about art? You can do this by visiting a work of art so well camouflaged that you might not even realize it is art. The piece — “The Peninsula School of Art” by […]
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April 7, 2013

Calendar

Art Lois Dodd: “Catching the Light,” career retrospective — 1955-2012 — for the Maine painter, through Sunday; “Voices of Design” — 25 Years of Architalx, interactive exhibition that showcases the power of design, through May 19; “Blueberry Rakers:” photographs by David Brooks Stess, through May 19, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives,” […]
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April 7, 2013

Dine Out Maine: David’s Opus Ten creates a saga of culinary indulgence

Every once in a while, a writer gets to tell a story in food sophistication. From the first engaging opening sentence to that final sigh when the last page is turned. For David’s Opus 10, the story is an epic. I booked a 6:30 p.m. reservation, and I unlocked the car door for the drive […]

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