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February 24, 2013

Classical Beat: ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ an anthem that needs no embellishing

“Whoever plays, sings or renders ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ in any public place, theater, motion picture hall, restaurant or cafe, or at any public entertainment other than as a whole and separate composition or number, without embellishment or addition in the way of national or other melodies, or whoever plays sings or renders ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ […]
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February 24, 2013

In the Arts: Amsterdam artist’s first U.S. show a rare opportunity

Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston is offering three shows; two of which I would call traditional. The third is so nontraditional that it challenges my expectations. To add weight to its novelty, a portion of that third — “Color at the Center” by Fransje Killaars — is not presented in the museum itself, […]
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February 24, 2013

Bard comes to the cabaret

STONINGTON – Opera House Arts presents “Congratulations, Macbeth,” its second in a series of contemporary cabaret versions of Shakespeare’s classics, at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Stonington Opera House. “Congratulations, Macbeth” is written by Justin Badger and Stephanie Dodd, two of Opera House Art’s family of New York City-based actors. In addition to the performance, […]
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February 24, 2013

Calendar

Art “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, through Sunday; 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, […]
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February 24, 2013

It’ll be ‘Argo,’ Spielberg, Day-Lewis and Lawrence

LOS ANGELES – Surprises and snubs on nominations day held the promise of an unpredictable Academy Awards night. But things have settled into the usual predictability, with clear favorites emerging in key categories. Associated Press movie writers Christy Lemire and David Germain prefer to disagree, but they’re in harmony on the top prizes for Sunday’s […]

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February 24, 2013

Society Notebook: Party Mardi

The Mardi Gras Ball raises $10,000 for Community Partners of Maine.
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February 24, 2013

Book Review: Rewriting a father’s obituary

With a journalist's doggedness, the author sets out to discover what really happened to his dad.
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February 24, 2013

Signings, etc.

ISABEAU ESBY and A.J. KITT
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February 24, 2013

Art Review: ‘Everything’ pretty well describes it

How could anyone underestimate a show titled “Everything”? Yet it’s practically impossible not to underestimate Astrid Bowlby’s drawing installation on view and ever-growing in the University of Southern Maine Gorham art gallery. It’s an installation of simplified black ink drawings of easily identifiable things. Bowlby has taken requests from the public via written suggestions dropped […]
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February 24, 2013

Academy Awards: And another Mainer hoping for a piece of the Oscar ‘Pi’

One of the films standing in the way of Eric Saindon’s chance for a visual effects Oscar is “Life of Pi.” And one of the key consultants on that shipwreck epic — who survived a shipwreck himself and is currently battling complications from leukemia — is Steven Callahan of Lamoine. The film is nominated for […]

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