Arts & Entertainment

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September 30, 2012

Calendar

Art “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Iconic America: The U.S. Outline as National Symbol,” University of Southern Maine (Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education), Portland. usm.maine.edu/maps. Through Feb. 28. Maine Art Gallery Artists Exhibit, art depicting the open road […]
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September 30, 2012

Author Q & A: Cook illustrated

In 'Dearie,' biographer Bob Spitz offers an in-depth portrait of the much-beloved American culinary icon Julia Child.
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September 30, 2012

Edward Hopper in a whole new light

Portland Ovations launches its 2012-13 season with 'Voyeur,' a multi-media/motion piece created by Bridgman | Packer Dance and inspired by the great American painter.
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September 30, 2012

Scene & Heard: Splendor in the grass

It would be difficult to paint a more idyllic setting for an art installation than that of Hawk Ridge Farm in Pownal. Driving into this quiet country town nestled along rolling hills, lush foliage becoming bright with the first touch of fall, a scene is being set. Quietly. Unobtrusively. Only 20 minutes out, the steady […]
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September 30, 2012

Book Review: Rowling’s adult tale falls short of magic

The book lacks depth, fails to engage us and doesn't know what it wants to be.

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September 30, 2012

Signings, etc.

MONICA WOOD
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September 30, 2012

Dine out Maine: Squire Tarbox Inn does Old World food in a tranquil way

A historic farmhouse with a barn rests on an idyllic clearing in the woods on Westport Island. This is the cozy, quaint Squire Tarbox Inn, about 8.5 miles from Route One near Wiscasset. Owners Roni and Mario De Pietro have been offering sustenance and respite here since 2002. The inn’s ambience adds much to the […]
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September 30, 2012

From U.S.A. to far corners, a lineup of global proportions

Portland Ovations begins its season this week with “Voyeur by Bridgman | Packer Dance. It continues into spring with a series of concerts, musicals, family events and dance performances featuring performers from the United States, across North and South America, and across the globe. Although the concert is not part of the regular season, Portland […]
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September 30, 2012

Art Review: ‘Not the Usual Politics’ a breath of fresh air

There is propaganda. There is art that is political. And then there is art about political structure. The work by the five artists in “Not the Usual Politics” at Rose Contemporary in Portland falls largely in the last category, but with a solid dose of political art as well. It is a handsome and thoughtful […]
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September 30, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Poet Lynn Ascrizzi, from Freedom, writes that in her garden she raises fruits, vegetables, “and those elusive crops, the perennial ones, that hide in between the sown and planted,” yielding “poems like ‘New England Asters.’”

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