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Published
December 11, 2011

Elizabeth Jabar imbues ‘Kindred’ with spirit of Lebanon

I had been waiting for years for a show like Elizabeth Jabar’s “Kindred” at Waterville’s Common Street Gallery. The reason is that Waterville has been home to a significant Lebanese population since the 19th century — a fact known by far too few Mainers who aren’t themselves of Lebanese descent. While I wish it were […]
Published
December 10, 2011

Building on a job weld done

Sculptor Jay Sawyer has made it his personal mission to carry on the work of his late friend Dave McLaughlin, who committed suicide last year.
Published
December 4, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Come for the noodles, stay for the cozy atmosphere

It used to be that Thai chicken soup was cold-season comfort food. Not so now. The Saeng Thai House lady shook her head with disapproval and said I did not want the Tom Kha Gai ($4.50), with its spicy coconut milk and tender chicken slices; I wanted the Tom Yum Koong (also $4.50) instead. Turns out, she […]
Published
December 4, 2011

Arts Planner

• The Portland Symphony Orchestra unveils this year’s version of “Magic of Christmas” beginning Friday at Merrill Auditorium and continuing through Dec. 18. This year’s show will feature acrobatic feats, joyful holiday songs, Christmas carols and music from “The Nutcracker.” Music director Robert Moody will lead the orchestra in a program of classical and popular […]
Published
December 4, 2011

Back from the brink

This close to shutting the doors, the owners of Freeport Factory Stage instead took a deep breath and forged ahead.

Published
December 4, 2011

Bob Keyes: Waynflete kids see trees, create a forest

PORTLAND – The exhibition hanging in the Art Gallery at Waynflete School in Portland came about by chance and circumstance. The artists who made it do not consider themselves artists, and they certainly didn’t set out to make art for public consumption when they began their project earlier in the fall. But “Arboretum” is very […]
Published
December 4, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31. “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” Shaker furniture, art, tools, textiles and crafts, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 5. “Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection,” Bowdoin College (Peary-MacMillan Arctic […]
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December 4, 2011

Fryeburg Academy exhibits John Hultberg

FRYEBURG – Fryeburg Academy hosts an exhibition of paintings by the late John Hultberg through Jan. 21. “John Hultberg and Monhegan Island: The Man, the Place, and His Dreams” is on view at the Pace Galleries of Art, 18 Bradley St., on campus. The Pace Galleries are free and open to the public from 9 […]
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December 4, 2011

Farmiga asks tough questions about faith in ‘Higher Ground’

Since childhood, Corinne has been searching for something. She might have found it in a book, if the local librarian hadn’t yanked “Lord of the Flies” out of her hands. She might have found it in music, if mom (Broadway great Donna Murphy) hadn’t dismissed her interest in learning it. And she might have found […]
Published
December 4, 2011

Author Q&A: The name of the game

Bill Belichick's reign over the Patriots, as well as his influence on all of football, is the topic of a new book by Michael Holley.

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