Arts & Entertainment

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January 15, 2012

PMA show features actor and artist portraits

The Portland Museum of Art showcases its collection of celebrity portraits in the exhibition 'Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists.'
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January 15, 2012

Profiles in courage

Stories of heroism from the front lines of the civil rights movement are told in 'Warriors Don't Cry,' a theatrical homage to the history-making Little Rock Nine.
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January 15, 2012

Signings, etc.

AMY WOOD
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January 15, 2012

Art Review: Strength and diversity put Flat Iron on the map

In my roundup of 2011, I mentioned Portland’s Flat Iron Gallery as one of my favorite new art venues in Maine. It’s a handsome and interesting space that showcases the work of some good local artists. That so many of the artists are familiar to the Portland arts community, combined with the fact that owner […]
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January 15, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Jay Davis' offbeat poem honors potatoes and immigrants at the same time.

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January 15, 2012

Author Q&A: The lady vanishes

Set in Maine, Morgan Callan Rogers' debut novel is about a mother's disappearance and the effect it has on the daughter left behind.
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January 15, 2012

Arts Dispatches

ROCKPORT Fundraiser for nonprofit will feature graffiti art Dunk the Junk, a local nonprofit campaign against childhood obesity, will present the Hip Hop Dance Hall at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. The evening will feature an exhibition of graffiti art by Too Rich (aka Mike Rich of Portland) and other graffiti artists, as well […]
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January 15, 2012

Arts Planner

After a brief respite, the winter theater season begins in earnest in the weeks ahead. • Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of the recent Broadway success “Next Fall” beginning Jan. 25 and running through Feb. 19 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. The story revolves around Luke, who believes in […]
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January 8, 2012

Movies: A life-affirming drama about 9/11? Director thinks yes

LOS ANGELES — When British director Stephen Daldry first met his cast for “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” he did not start by asking their thoughts about 9/11, the precipitating event in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel on which the movie is based. He skipped a presentation about how he planned to depict Asperger’s syndrome, the […]
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January 8, 2012

Arts Planner

• Portland Ovations brings a touring version of the musical “Mamma Mia!” to Merrill Auditorium at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday. This show features the music of the pop band ABBA. It’s a story of summer love that unfolds on a Greek island, featuring familiar songs such as […]

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