Arts & Entertainment

Published
July 17, 2011

Movie Review: ‘Winnie the Pooh’ a full honeypot of gentle, warm family fare

“Winnie the Pooh,” Disney’s latest film revival of A.A. Milne’s “willy, nilly, silly old bear,” is longer on charm than it is on laughs. Or length. But it’s a treat for children making their first trek to the multiplex and for parents and grandparents with fond memories of the “Hundred Acre Wood.” This “Pooh” is […]
Published
July 17, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

TUESDAY DOWNEAST PRIDE ALLIANCE, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Harbour’s Edge Room, Portland. Network with members of Portland’s gay and gay-friendly business community and enjoy a cash bar. Free. www.depabusiness.com. THURSDAY YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INGRAHAM Evening Behind the Scenes, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Brick Hill Circle, South Portland. Tour the facility and enjoy appetizers, beer and wine. […]
Published
July 16, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Seafood by the sea with a dock and shack? Summer’s sublime

It’s high summer, and time to hit those tucked-away seasonal restaurants while you can. Bring the whole family or a passel of friends and a stocked cooler to one of Maine’s classic seafood shacks. Order a pint of fried clams, steamed lobster, an over-sized haddock sandwich, a hot dog. You find these casual restaurants along […]
Published
July 10, 2011

Book Review: Gripped anew by a Swedish thriller

There be monsters in this gripping Swedish thriller. Unlikely monsters, but no less terrifying for that. The second book to feature dogged police detective Joona Linna, “The Hypnotist” begins with the gruesome murder of a family. Linna enlists the help of Erik Maria Bark, an acute-trauma expert. The detective wants the doctor to hypnotize the […]
Published
July 10, 2011

Society Notebook: Opera and Opulence

PORTopera and the Victoria Mansion make beautiful music together.

Published
July 10, 2011

Signings, etc.

PENDRED NOYCE
Published
July 10, 2011

Author Q & A: The real deal

'Killer Stuff and Tons of Money' shares secrets of the great American treasure hunt for valuable antiques and collectibles.
Published
July 10, 2011

Book Review: Vivid memoir springs from fertile ground

It was the summer of 1976 when Heidi Coleman was playing on her family’s farm in Maine, her little toy boat in hand. Somehow the 3-year-old wandered into a pond on the property, where she accidentally drowned. That incident is the puzzle at the core of a haunting new memoir, “This Life Is In Your […]
Published
July 10, 2011

Arts Dispatches

CAMDEN Sebold show to feature more than 100 artists Back for its 35th year, the Carol Sebold Summer HarborArts Juried Show will open in Camden on Saturday and continue through Sunday, July 17. More than 100 established and emerging artists and crafts people will show and sell their work at the show. Featured fine works […]
Published
July 10, 2011

Arts Planner

• The summer concert series of the Friends of Kotzschmar Organ begins this week with Felix Hell, the German-born organist of great renown. He’s performed on the Kotzschmar several times, and FOKO is lucky to continue to lure him back to Portland. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, and features the century-old organ that […]

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