Arts & Entertainment

Published
May 29, 2011

Arts Planner

• Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris debuts “The Fabulous Problemas” beginning Friday and Saturday and continuing June 10-11. In this new comedy, a renegade trio schemes to make it rich with a life of crime, violence, song and dance. The show stars Amanda Huotari, Daniel Orrantia and Aaron Tucker. Davis Robinson directs. Showtime is […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Art Dispatches

PORTLAND Greater Portland Landmarks offers home, garden tour Greater Portland Landmarks will offer a private home and garden tour in the Deering Highlands and Coyle Park neighborhoods of Portland from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18. Seven homes and three gardens will be included. Architectural styles range from Greek Revival to Shingle and Craftsmen […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Arts Planner

• Say what you will about Dennis Bailey and his politics. At least he’s got good taste in music. Bailey, a high-profile political consultant, fronts the Bob Dylan tribute band The Bob Band at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Dog Fish Bar & Grille, 128 Free St., Portland. Dylan turns 70 on Tuesday, and Saturday’s […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Bob Keyes: Come July, Maine students get free pass to MFA

Going forward, there is no excuse for a Maine student not to visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Beginning in July, any Maine student of any age will be admitted to the museum free of charge, at any time, thanks to a $2 million endowment by the Lunder Foundation of Portland. Let’s say […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Society Notebook: Successful Draw

Maine College of Art issues honors -- and gains kudos -- for making Portland a more attractive city.

Published
May 22, 2011

Art Review: Funny, sweet, bleak: Woodcut prints carry it off

Across America, we are seeing more psychological surrealism in art. Artists are showing more representational paintings based on first-person narratives and personal meanings. In general, we are comfortable with the difference between metaphor (this means that) and narrative (a story), but in a post post-modern era where dreams, fantasies and personal narratives are almost universally […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Classical Beat: Hard to imagine: Chopin was a ‘show me the money’ artist

It was Mahler’s birthday last week, but because of recent columns devoted to his work, I decided on Chopin, whose Concerto No. 1 in E-minor (Opus 11) will be played at 2:30 p.m. today by Laura Kargul and the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra at Olin Hall in Topsham. (Tickets are $15 for adults and free for […]
Published
May 22, 2011

In touch with reality

Mainers have been surviving, singing and looking for love on television all year long, so we caught up with past reality-show contestants from Maine to see how their experiences affected them.
Published
May 22, 2011

Paintings may look historic, but look again

Portland painter Tim Clorius shows work from his Conversation Pieces series through June 11 at Aucocisco Galleries, 89 Exchange St., Portland. In this work, Clorius’ inspirations are the rich 18th- and 19th-century historic paintings of Great Britain, surrealistic works of a more modern time and contemporary abstraction. The artist’s personal experiences, politics, social commentary and […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Author Q &A: Sea change

The main character in Hampden writer Ardeana Hamlin's newest novel experiences life in the wider world thanks to a transformative ocean voyage.

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