Arts & Entertainment

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February 27, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Weston: Leaves of Grass,” Edward Weston photographs, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10, free under age 6. 775-6148. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through March 13. “Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 […]
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February 27, 2011

Author Q & A: FREAKY NEWS

Former journalist Harrison Thorp drew on many recollections for his new self-published novel.
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February 27, 2011

Preu conducts PSO show, with Murray as soloist

Guest conductor Eckart Preu leads the Portland Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with guest soloist Tai Murray at 7:30 p.m. March 8 at Merrill Auditorium. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, was the composer’s last large orchestral work. Its popularity has continued to grow, and is one of […]
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February 27, 2011

Signings, etc.

GABRIELLE HAMILTON Award-winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton of the restaurant Prune in New York City will help cook a family-style roasted lamb dinner, read from “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef” and sign copies of her memoir. The dinner menu is from a childhood meal she writes about in the book. […]
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February 27, 2011

Book Review: Writer’s research turned into a tale of terror

David Rohde is a Pulitzer-Prize winning correspondent for the New York Times who, in November 2008, took leave from the Times to research a book about the war in Afghanistan. Based in Kabul, he learns via a trusted translator that a Taliban commander three hours south of the city has agreed to be interviewed. Rohde […]

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February 27, 2011

Art Review: ‘Everyone should see this show’

Think of Jonathan Mess' work as abstract expressionist painting on ceramic canvas.
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February 27, 2011

Society Notebook: Forces of habitat

Building contractors and suppliers who help Habitat for Humanity complete its affordable-housing projects garner praise and thanks at an appreciation dinner.
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February 27, 2011

Arts Planner

• What would have happened had the Wright Brothers failed? Would we drive to Florida for spring training? Take a boat to Europe or a balloon around the world? A whimsical new play at Portland Stage Company ponders that question in a flight of fantasy. “The Center of Gravity, or the Disinvention of the Airplane” […]
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February 27, 2011

The kids are all night at this year’s Oscars

It’s not just young hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway, but the number of youthful nominees that’s remarkable.
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February 27, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Fiddler, fiddle-maker share stage at Rines The Portland Music Foundation and Portland Ovations continue their partnership on Wednesday with a co-presentation of fiddler and violinist Mark O’Connor and Portland-based fiddle-maker Jonathan Cooper. Both artists will speak about and demonstrate what makes a beautiful-sounding violin and why it matters. The event will be at 7 […]

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