Arts & Entertainment

Published
February 27, 2011

Book Review: Roarke, Eve provide another solid story

An overheard conversation between two corrupt cops spurs an intense and intriguing investigation.
Published
February 20, 2011

Book Review: Mainer’s terrific debut novel dares to ask big questions

Authors come to storytelling by different routes. Ellen Meeropol took the long way: a seasoned nurse and political activist, she started writing fiction in her 50s, earning an MFA at the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast creative writing program. Her debut novel, “House Arrest,” is a smart, edgy page-turner with characters who get under our […]
Published
February 20, 2011

Classical Beat: Black violinist’s musical ties ran far and wide

The mercurial Beethoven had a way of tearing up dedications to people he once admired. If not for this habit, the Kreutzer Sonata would have been titled “Sonata for a Mulatto” and Tolstoy would not have written his short story decrying the salacious effects of violin sonatas. (The final dedicatee disliked Beethoven’s music and never […]
Published
February 20, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Portland Stage names new managing director Portland Stage Company has announced the hiring of Jon J. Wojciechowski Jr. as managing director. He begins on Monday. Wojciechowski brings considerable professional experience in marketing and development with nonprofit organizations and with hospital and health care systems in Maine and New York. His most recent positions were […]
Published
February 20, 2011

Book Review: A private author shares her grief

The prolific Joyce Carol Oates has never written such a book before.

Published
February 20, 2011

Arts Planner

• Lucid Stage on Baxter Boulevard in Portland marks Black History Month on Friday with “Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist and Other Conversations of Color: A Celebration of African American History.” The evening includes music, a play and a visual arts exhibition. It begins, as good things often do, with music. Mehuman Jonson will perform […]
Published
February 20, 2011

In the arts: Awed by black and white portraits and sculptures in stainless steel

Sculptors are the heroes of the arts. They are the least appreciated, the greatest riskers of time, the most restricted in expression and the most poorly rewarded of artists. Their perseverance is an act of defiance, whether or not they see it as such. To produce an object that manipulates space, dances with the light, […]
Published
February 20, 2011

Authors Q&A: Fresh thrills

Round Pond's Douglas Preston and writing partner Lincoln Child introduce a new protagonist in their latest cliffhanger, 'Gideon's Sword.'
Published
February 20, 2011

In the world of opera, this man rocks

'The heartbeat' of PORTopera since he helped launch it in 1994, Jack Riddle is being honored for his efforts in a big way -- in the Big Apple.
Published
February 20, 2011

Society Notebook: Love to have a good time?

Well then, you may want to join others who've made Maine State Music Theatre's Valentine's Day fundraiser a tradition.

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