Arts & Entertainment

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December 2, 2012

Signings, etc.

Doropthy Radigan and Judith Durant
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December 2, 2012

Stars align for Bates, Space shows

We are carbon-based life forms. All life on Earth is carbon-based. Carbon is small, light and abundant, and it happens to have a practical atomic structure for making complex molecules. But where does that carbon come from? The carbon atoms in your body come from long-dead exploded stars — probably even from thousands of different […]
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December 2, 2012

Classical Beat: Stockingful of local Christmas concerts offers wide variety of music

This weekend marks the beginning of the Christmas season for Maine music lovers, with the Choral Art Society’s 25th annual Christmas at the Cathedral concert, continuing at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. This year’s program features soprano Suzanne Nance, music director of MPBN, and a new work from composer […]
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December 2, 2012

Dine out Maine: Tandoor still satisfies when craving for Indian food strikes

An upper Exchange Street fixture for as long as I can remember, Tandoor’s green awning and decorative elephant window welcome patrons with a familiar greeting. The decor? Undeniably kitschy, with colorful hand-painted walls, ornate sleigh-style booths, fabric-covered ceiling tiles and a Bollywood-inspired revolving crystal light fixture. Tandoor is not elegant, but the restaurant provides a […]
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December 2, 2012

The art doctors

Fine-art conservators Bonnie and Domenico Mattozzi treat each of their 'patients' with equal care, be it a high-priced work by a famous painter or one man's beloved hunting camp heirloom.

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December 2, 2012

Suspense novel brings Russian intrigue to Maine coast

Carla Neggers could have aptly given her latest suspense novel the classic title “Worlds in Collision,” by Russian writer Immanuel Velikovsky. But “Heron’s Cove” is fitting, for it is in this small seaside Maine town where multiple worlds collide, all centered around an anticipated theft of a priceless collection of jewelry that dates from Czarist […]
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December 2, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Robert Siegel of South Berwick is one of Maine’s most accomplished poets. In today’s poem he describes the encounter with a nude in a museum painting.
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November 25, 2012

Book Review: Maine humor overdone? Not if done well

I never had a fondness for books of “Maine humor.” You know, titles that focus on the supposed quirks of Down Easters and the oddness of the state’s locale. Oh, it’s not the political incorrectness thing that bugs me; every state and its “typical inhabitants” (think Texas) has its foibles and deserves to take some […]
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November 25, 2012

Art Review: A bold feminist statement at UNE

I am deeply conflicted about “Maine Women Pioneers III: Vanguard” at the University of New England in Portland. While it’s a rare opportunity to see a number of installations shown as a group, it will be an incoherent and potentially off-putting experience for many. “Vanguard” is ostensibly a follow-up to a pair of 1980s shows, […]
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November 25, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Gather succeeds in building community around local food

The new Yarmouth restaurant succeeds in providing good, locally-sourced fare at reasonable prices.

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