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Arts & Entertainment

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June 24, 2012

Film Review: Bold director switch saved Pixar’s distressed ‘Brave’

A kilt-wearing artist with a 'sense of action and heart' took over the story of a rebellious teen princess.
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June 24, 2012

Calendar: Your Arts & Entertainment Guide

Art “The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860–1960),” European and American paintings and works on paper, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Sept. 3. “From Portland to Paris: Mildred Burrage’s Years in France,” paintings, drawings and letters, Portland Museum of Art, Portland. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through July 15. “Back to the Garden,” garden-themed art in […]
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June 24, 2012

Q&A: Holding out Hope in Bangor

A new book by Trudy Irene Scee offers the fascinating story behind the beautiful garden-style Mount Hope Cemetery.
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June 24, 2012

Festival offers dancer classes, performance

The Maine Island Dance Festival takes up residency this week at Chebeague Island in Casco Bay.
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June 24, 2012

Film Review: Jane Fonda enlivens a timeworn tale

Whatever other thin virtues 'Peace, Love & Misunderstanding' can claim, she alone is worth the price of admission.

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June 24, 2012

Art Review: Landscapes, drawn or fired, a great show

Nancy Meader’s pots have an organic feel that revels in their maker’s hands. On her tall vases, her thumbprints run up and down the outer seam. Her “People Pots” are loose and varied. With a head, neck and body, they have that recognizable regularity that makes them human but enough individuality to make them people. […]
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June 24, 2012

Scene & Heard: Petal pushers unite

The Garden Club Federation of Maine caps an ambitious 81st convention with a gorgeous, bloom-filled gala.
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June 24, 2012

Signings, etc.: Jacqueline Sheehan

Jacqueline Sheehan will be talking about her new novel, 'Picture This.'
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June 24, 2012

Film Review: ‘Vampire Hunter’ a complete failure, and it’s not even funny

Hollywood has a long, rich tradition of historical abominations, but never has there been a history done more abominably than “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” If only they’d made this insane conceit more fun. If only they’d taken it all a bit less seriously. But this film, adapted by the same fellow who wrote the inexplicably […]
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June 17, 2012

Maine opera house celebrates 100 years

The Stonington Opera House has seen good times and bad — and good again — in its 100-year existence. This year, a major celebration.