Arts & Entertainment

Published
August 19, 2012

Movie Review: Pair of creative duos ignite ‘Sparks’

Their sharp observations about couplehood and a series of surprises give the movie some extra sizzle.
Published
August 19, 2012

Plans in motion

At a fundraising gala, Portland Ballet offers sneak peeks of some of this year's upcoming shows.
Published
August 19, 2012

Signings, etc.

DAVID ROSENFELT
Published
August 12, 2012

Review: Actors bring A-games to ‘Hope Springs’

You’ve never seen Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones quite like this. As old marrieds facing “intensive” couples counseling over their comatose sexual relationship, two of America’s finest screen actors are by turns silly, befuddled, awkward and confused. And “Hope Springs,” the new comedy from the director of “The Devil Wears Prada” and scripted by […]
Published
August 12, 2012

Art Review: Among the many at Stable, clay bubbles to the top

Art galleries come in all shapes and sizes. But somewhere in the last century, we all sort of tacitly agreed that an art gallery was a clean, well-lighted space in which one could usually expect to find work that would relate to itself in some sort of series by a single artist. Damariscotta’s Stable Gallery […]

Published
August 12, 2012

Arts Planner for Aug. 12

• Maine photographer Peter Ralston is showing some of his favorite photographs about 20 feet from Rockport Harbor, in the harbormaster’s office. Ralston and harbormaster Abbie Leonard collaborated on the project, which covers the walls of the building on the west side of the harbor. The exhibition includes an image of this year’s Camden fireworks […]
Published
August 12, 2012

Audience Calendar for Aug. 12

Art “Two Visions,” paintings by Lenora Leibowitz and photo- graphs by Rita Spinella Olsen, 3Fish Gallery, Portland. 3fish gallery.com. Through Aug. 25. “Illustrated Passages,” Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset. maineartgallery.org. Artists chose a piece of text to accompany their art. Through Aug. 19. “The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860–1960),” European and American paintings and works […]
Published
August 12, 2012

DaPonte String Quartet ending summer on scandalous notes

The DaPonte String Quartet has an intriguing idea for its final concerts this summer, scheduled for Aug. 22, 26 and 29 at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. They’re calling it the “Scandalous Music Festival,” and it will consist of works that caused a furor in their own day as well as ours, from Ravel, Piazzola, Brahms […]
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August 12, 2012

Dine Out Maine: For authentic Vietnamese, Thanh Thanh 2 shines

The pho is still a major draw for Thanh Thanh 2.
Published
August 12, 2012

Scene & Heard: Midsummer soiree

MaineStage Shakespeare doth celebrate a second successful season.

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