Arts & Entertainment

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March 10, 2013

Calendar

Art Lisa Dombek, mixed media/white series, Katie Made Bakery, Portland. 771-0994. Through March 30. Lois Dodd: “Catching the Light,” career retrospective — 1955-2012 — for the Maine painter, through April 7; and “Voices of Design” — 25 Years of Architalx, interactive exhibition that showcases the power of design, through May 19, Portland Museum of Art. […]
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March 10, 2013

Bob Keyes: Driven to succeed by a love of Longfellow

His friends and admirers call him dedicated. Chip Kaufmann just shakes his head, and in a private moment wonders if he might be a little crazy. Not crazy demented, but foolish crazy. As in, perhaps he has finally taken on too big a load. But he catches himself in that weak moment, looks up from […]
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March 10, 2013

Author Q & A: Fine, By Me

Maine writer Katherine Lippa comes to terms with an unorthodox and sometimes difficult upbringing in her new memoir, 'Hiding in Water.'
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March 10, 2013

Penobscot stages Pulitzer winner ‘WIT’

BANGOR — Penobscot Theatre Company presents “WIT,” a Pulitzer Prize winner for drama, Wednesday through March 31 at the historic Bangor Opera House. “WIT,” written by Margaret Edson, tells the story of a poetry professor named Vivian Bearing, who is undergoing experimental treatment for Stage IV ovarian cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to […]
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March 10, 2013

Art Review: Portland’s arts scene has special ‘Space’

Right now, Space Gallery is arguably Portland’s most vibrantly pulsing arts organization. Despite ostensibly lean times, Space has been mounting ever-stronger exhibitions of visual art. At the moment, the multi-purpose gallery/performance venue has four challenging and interesting exhibitions. Carly Glovinski’s window installation, “X-Ray (Space)” has a very different flavor from her previous, highly camouflaged show […]

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March 10, 2013

Signings, etc.

KIERAN SHIELDS
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March 10, 2013

USM professor has David Bowie covered

Shelton Waldrep has been teaching a seminar on David Bowie, who is releasing his first album in 10 years on Tuesday.
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March 10, 2013

Book Review: That fly on a wall has a racy, droll voice

Rebecca Miller gives a housefly a leading role, and Jacob handles it well.
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March 10, 2013

Classical Beat: Through movement, choreographer tells a soldier’s story

Nell Shipman, choreographer and associate artistic director of the Portland Ballet, never ceases to surprise. She combines a thorough grasp of classical ballet with innovative postures, sequences and combinations reminiscent of modern dance. The result is ballet that enhances the effect of the music while telling a story so graphically that words are unnecessary. I […]
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March 10, 2013

Dine Out Maine: You can’t see Italy from here, but you can certainly taste it

Like George Lazenby as James Bond, a response to Ribollita is apt to be “Right, I remember that one. It’s good.” Rustic, cozy and date night: These are other immediate word associations for a spot that, despite being part of Portland’s old guard restaurant establishment, has flown low under the culinary radar lately. Ribollita’s first […]

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