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October 9, 2011

Public invited to ‘Dwelling Place’

Between Wednesday and Oct. 22, the University of Southern Maine community and the public are invited to see and experience “Dwelling Place,” a temporary public art installation in front of Luther Bonney Hall near Bedford Street in Portland. “Dwelling Place” is modeled after a traditional Jewish sukkah in celebration of a weeklong festival in which […]
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October 9, 2011

Signings, etc.

BARBARA WALSH
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October 9, 2011

Society Notebook: Tickled pink

A York Hospital breast cancer program benefits from a party with many parts.
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October 9, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Today’s column features Richard Aldridge, a poet, anthologist and educator who lived on the Maine coast. In Aldridge’s poem, a moth becomes the source of thoughts about the unknown. Moth at My Window Against my pane He beats a rapid Pitapat In trying to reach The desk lamp lit In front of me. Wing flurries […]
Published
October 8, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Step back in time with Maria’s Old World cuisine

Rose-colored walls. White brick. Fake columns. Cut-glass chandeliers. Italian Renaissance sculptures in miniature. An open kitchen with a Plexiglas partition. No windows. Where are we? Maria’s in Portland. For some, it’s a nostalgic and enjoyable throwback. Think 1970s. The grown-ups are taking the family to a rare dinner out, to a gourmet spot, with fancy […]

Published
October 2, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Landmarks honors MECA for preservation of building Greater Portland Landmarks has given a Preservation Honor Award to the Maine College of Art for the preservation and adaptive reuse of the historic Miller Building (1904 and 1911), formerly the Porteous Mitchell & Braun department store, as a center of excellence for art education. MECA’s building, […]
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October 2, 2011

Arts Planner

• In Gorham, the University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre presents “A View from the Bridge” by Arthur Miller, one of the great plays of American theater. Thomas Power directs. The play, which opens Friday and runs through Oct. 16 at Russell Hall, focuses on Brooklynite Eddie Carbone, who dives into a pit of […]
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October 2, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Big, hearty dining experience at cozy Cafe Miranda

Cafe Miranda feels real big. This is despite the fact it’s a converted fraternal hall with 40 seats, a handful of bar stools and a few tables on a side patio in the nice weather. It’s been open since 1993. That giant experience comes from a variety of factors: a menu with a staggering variety […]
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October 2, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art First Friday Art Walk, various locations, Portland, free. firstfridayartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. “John Marin: Modernism at Mid-century,” with work from Marin’s career between 1870 and 1953, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Oct. 10. “The Photographs of Madeleine de Sinety,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 18. “Paul Caponigro: […]
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October 2, 2011

Author Q &A: Compulsive gamboling

Janice Spaulding loves goats, so her new book aims to teach the like-minded both how to care for the animals and how to cook with their milk and meat.

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