Arts & Entertainment

Published
August 7, 2011

Classical Beat: Cutting edge at chamber fest

The Portland Chamber Music Festival, which runs Thursday to Aug. 20 at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center in Portland, may not have gone as far as the Salt Bay Chamberfest in programming contemporary music, but it comes very close. It uses the classical-contemporary sandwich to avoid alienating traditional audiences too much, while presenting […]
Published
August 7, 2011

Society Notebook: Poetry in motion

The Maine State Ballet and the Florestan Recital Project kick off a two- week run of 'The Poet's Love' with a party to benefit the ballet.
Published
August 7, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Appleton’s Ellen Taylor is a poet and a professor at the University of Maine, Augusta. This week, she offers two poems in different moods about birds – one wild and the other domestic. Hummingbird By Ellen Taylor A hummingbird’s heart beats 250 times per minute when resting and 1200 times while feeding. A surprise can […]
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August 7, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art Openings “Maine to France,” Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta. 563-2992. 75 pieces, including pastels, watercolors and oils. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Saturday; opening reception 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Through Sept. 19. “Her Mark,” women artists working in a diverse range of media, style and subjects. Bayview Gallery, Brunswick. 729-5500. 10 a.m. […]
Published
August 7, 2011

Book Review: Usual suspects, unusual smarts

Once again, Michael Harvey, who titled an earlier novel “The Chicago Way,” distills the City of the Big Shoulders into a dark-hearted, intoxicating, sometimes bitter beverage, as hearty as the Guinness poured at his pub, with a touch of that nasty stuff that Mithridates used to imbibe to make himself immune to poison. Harvey starts […]

Published
August 6, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Sunsets top off lovely seaside dining at Sebasco

Sun glints off the water at Sebasco Harbor Resort, located on the Phippsburg peninsula where upper Casco Bay opens to the sea. The resort sparkles in other ways, too. The rolling grounds are manicured, the saltwater pool is pristine, and the buildings of classic New England architecture are freshly appointed. The resort is easy to […]
Published
July 31, 2011

Author Q & A: A Marin of Letters

Debra Balken’s book focuses on the beloved American painter’s late career, when he worked mostly at his Down East home.
Published
July 31, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Grant will fund programs centered on Homer studio The Portland Museum of Art has received a $100,000 grant from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation to support the first two years of educational programming for the Winslow Homer Studio at Prouts Neck. With this grant, the museum will launch a series of ambitious programs connecting […]
Published
July 31, 2011

Arts Planner

THIS WEEK • Maine State Ballet in Falmouth collaborates with baritone Aaron Engebreth and pianist Alison d’Amato to present “The Poet’s Love,” a song cycle composed by Robert Schumann in 1840. Maine State Ballet artistic director Linda MacArthur Miele created the work with Engebreth and d’Amato, who co-direct the Florestan Recital Project. The ballet fuses […]
Published
July 31, 2011

Decision time for ‘Bachelorette’

On Monday, Maine's Ashley Hebert will make her choice from the 25 men who romanced her on TV.

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