Arts & Entertainment

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May 1, 2011

PMA tips hat to Barnet on 100th birthday

PORTLAND — To honor the 100th birthday of artist Will Barnet, the Portland Museum of Art is showing an installation of his work through Aug. 14. “Will Barnet at 100” features more than a dozen lithographs, drawings, watercolors and oils on canvas from the museum’s collection, as well as works on loan. Barnet, a longtime […]
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May 1, 2011

Author Q & A: Serial thriller

The seventh mystery novel by Buxton writer Julia Spencer-Fleming cracks the prestigious New York Times best-seller list.
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May 1, 2011

Signings, etc.

RICK RIORDAN
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May 1, 2011

Book Review: Tale of a map reveals road to ‘America’

Toby Lester was an editor at The Atlantic when a news release crossed his desk announcing the Library of Congress’s purchase of a map. It had been created by one Martin Waldseemuller in 1507. The land mass across the Atlantic was being defined with every new voyage of discovery, and Waldseemuller gave it a name: […]
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May 1, 2011

Society Notebook: Show Tunes

Slaid Cleaves performs in support of the St. Lawrence arts venue.

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May 1, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

WEDNESDAY • Good Shepherd Food Bank Humanitarian Award Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland. Albert Lepage and Andy Barowsky of Lepage Bakeries will be honored during this event, which features a reception with cash bar, dinner and a performance by comedian Bob Marley. $200. http://gsfb.org. THURSDAY • USM Multicultural & International Student […]
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May 1, 2011

Poetry: Take heart

A Conversation in Poetry Edited by Wesley McNair, Maine Poet Laureate As we say goodbye to April, which was National Poetry Month, it’s the perfect time to introduce Take Heart, my new column for Maine newspapers. Take Heart will feature one poem each week by a Maine poet. The column’s first poem, by Stuart Kestenbaum of Deer Isle, […]
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May 1, 2011

Time has added texture to Prine’s mastery of love songs

– By BOB KEYES Staff Writer PORTLAND – With all the talk of royalty and weddings, it seems appropriate to anoint John Prine as the king of the love song. Certainly, the highly regarded American songwriter has mastered the art of emotional devastation in verse, but does anyone write a better song of devotion? His […]
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April 30, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Metamorphosis complete, Henry and Marty still delivers

Disclosure: I’ve been eating at Henry and Marty since it opened in July 1998, when it was a hole in the wall for a vegan lunch run by partners Henry D’Alessandris (actor/dancer/chef) and Martin Perry (concert pianist). Soon it expanded and morphed into a spot for upscale dinners, frequented by locals and a slew of […]
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April 30, 2011

John Prine masters the love song at Merrill

PORTLAND — With all the talk of royalty and weddings, it seems appropriate to anoint John Prine as the king of the love song. Certainly, the highly regarded American songwriter has mastered the art of emotional devastation in verse, but does anyone write a better song of devotion? His brilliance was on display Friday night […]

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