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February 5, 2012

Signings, Etc.: Judy Prescott

Poet and actress Judy Prescott will be reading and signing her book "Searching for Cecy: Reflections on Alzheimer's" on Tuesday at Longfellow Books.
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February 5, 2012

Snapshots: Ice bars, wine tastings and ‘Urbanized’

The following photos were taken at these events: • AIGA “Urbanized” pre-show reception on Jan. 24 • Portland Harbor Hotel Ice Bar on Jan. 26 • Casco Bay Sunrise Rotary’s Beer & Wine Tasting on Feb. 1
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February 5, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

The late Philip Booth of Castine had his own way with free verse, creating his music from the repetition of words and their placement on the page. Today’s poem, about the realities of old age, provides a striking example. Old By Phillip Booth Old, the old know cause to be bitter: they’ve seen their […]
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February 5, 2012

Book Review: They’re friends, gay and straight

'Jack Holmes & His Friend' plumbs a decades-long bond of real complexity.
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February 5, 2012

Society Notebook: Veni, Vidi Vino

At Toast on the Coast, partygoers raise their glasses to sample some 145 different wines – and raise nearly $25,000 for Easter Seals Maine.

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January 29, 2012

Arts Planner

• At 7 tonight, St. Lawrence Arts Center will present a program of recent short films by filmmaker Walter Ungerer. He was a fixture in the Village art community and underground film scene in New York City in the 1950s and ’60s. His work spans 50 years of filmmaking, from cinema verite documentaries to recent […]
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January 29, 2012

Movie Review: ‘Underworld: Awakening’

Beckinsale should have stayed away from this 'Underworld'
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January 29, 2012

Audience Calendar

Art Photographers Bruce Brown, Corliss Chastain, James Marshall and Mathew Smolinsky talk about their experiences in Asian countries and the “Eyes on Asia” exhibit, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. addisonwoolley.com. 3 p.m. today. First Friday Art Walk, photographer Robin Farren will be doing portraiture photography, Constellation Gallery, Portland. 409-6617. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Altered book […]
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January 29, 2012

Art Review: Celebrity, artistry explored in photographic exhibit at Portland Museum of Art

Photographs can be remarkable for their inherent qualities as works of art. Or they can be remarkable because of what they depict. That the best photographers would routinely combine both sets of qualities is obvious. But what is less obvious is how these affect each other. After all, sometimes the document and the work of […]
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January 29, 2012

Fiction with fangs

Portland author Sarah Thomson puts her own spin on the vampire tale and, say critics and her young-adult audience, it's a bloody good read.

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