Arts & Entertainment

Published
May 15, 2011

What a funny way to start summer theater season

OGUNQUIT — The summer theater season opens with the Tony-winning hit “Avenue Q” at Ogunquit Playhouse. The parody that asks the question, “What do you do with a B.A. in English?” is on stage May 25 to June 18. “Avenue Q” won three Tony Awards in 2004 for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book […]
Published
May 15, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

TUESDAY • Local Food Network Breakfast, 8 a.m., Local Sprouts Cooperative Cafe, Portland. Join others interested in the local food movement for a casual gathering. Free. Cost for breakfast items. jeremy@internet-farmer.com. • Leon Anderson Art Reception, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Maine Medical Center, Dana Center, Portland. Meet artist Leon Anderson and view the exhibition of […]
Published
May 15, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Refashioned,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 775-6148. www.portlandmuseum.org. Artists Lauren Gillette, Anne Lemanski and Angelika Werth. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through July 31. “Will Barnet at 100,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland. 775-6148. $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to […]
Published
May 14, 2011

Dine out Maine: Topsham’s Sea Dog is more than just a pretty view

You hear it before you see it, the pounding and frothy Androscoggin as it tumbles over the dam and roars under the bridge at the Brunswick/Topsham boundary. As you step down the brick walkway to the entrance of the Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Topsham, the broad river rushes just underfoot, green steel and bridge […]
Published
May 8, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Meserve’s life and legacy subject of memorial exhibit From 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Gleason Fine Art, 540 Congress St., Portland, will host a memorial exhibition and reception for Round Pond sculptor Don Justin Meserve, who died in November. The exhibition, “Don Justin Meserve — Sculptor,” will run through June 25. Proceeds from the […]

Published
May 8, 2011

Arts Planner

The spring theater season is in full swing, with several shows on stage in the region: • Mad Horse Theatre closes its season with “Spring Awakening” featuring local high school actors. The play (not the Tony-winning musical) runs through May 22 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and […]
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May 8, 2011

Author Q&A: Back Pages

Liz Thomson and Patrick Humphries restore Dylan biographer Bob Shelton's original manuscript of 'No Direction Home.'
Published
May 8, 2011

Art Review: Barnet’s savvy geometry sparkles brighter than ever

PORTLAND — Will Barnet spent many of his summers painting in Maine. Considering the artist turns 100 this month, we’re talking about a lot of summers and very deep roots. To celebrate Barnet’s milestone, the Portland Museum of Art has mounted a disappointingly limited but nonetheless delightful little show, “Will Barnet at 100.” Barnet is […]
Published
May 8, 2011

Bob Keyes: Cape’s leading lights inspire new music

CAPE ELIZABETH — It was in Chicago of all places that Tom Lizotte hatched the idea of commissioning a piece of music to celebrate the legacies of Cape Elizabeth’s famous former and current residents. Lizotte, the Cape high school band director, had completed a touristy afternoon and was leafing through a book about film director […]
Published
May 8, 2011

Classical Beat: Lack of success with fusion underscores classical greatness

The Choral Art Society’s recent performance of Carol Barnett’s “Bluegrass Mass” got me thinking about fusion in general and its influence, or lack thereof, on classical music. The classical example of fusion that didn’t work is the experiment, many years ago, that proclaimed the existence of “cold fusion,” a nuclear process that was to produce […]

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