Arts & Entertainment

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February 6, 2011

Art Review: Downes paints brilliantly, but misses on visceral connections

The works in Rackstraw Downes’ exhibition “Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008” at the Portland Museum of Art first struck me as psychologically disengaged renderings of unexciting panoramas. A typical Downes painting is a long, thin industrial landscape. “In the High Island Oil Field, February, After the Passage of a Cold Front” (1990), for example, shows the barren […]
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February 6, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

MONDAY • Social Network of Maine, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saltwater Grille, South Portland. Meet other local businesspeople in a casual happy-hour setting. Free. socialnetworkofmaine.com. THURSDAY • Artists of Freeport Opening Reception, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. View works by more than 10 local artists and meet other art enthusiasts. Free. 865-4519. […]
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February 6, 2011

Signings, etc.

TESS GERRITSEN Camden’s Tess Gerritsen is a best-selling author who now has a TV show to her credit. The TNT crime drama “Rizzoli & Isles” is based on her characters. Gerritsen will be talking about the latest book in the “Rizzoli & Isles” series, “Ice Cold,” among other things, Wednesday at the Portland Public Library. […]
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February 6, 2011

Super Bowl MADNESS

As the much-anticipated 2011 Super Sunday ads are about to air, we reflect back on a wacky 10 that became the stuff of TV-commercial legend.
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February 6, 2011

Super Bowl marketers use every trick in the playbook

NEW YORK – The Super Bowl commercial blitz is extending beyond the usual talking babies and office chimps to engage viewers online and get more for advertisers’ $3 million-plus investment. Marketers are using every trick in the playbook to dominate the buzz before the game and long afterward, too. The gimmicks include online contests, a […]

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February 6, 2011

The Contemporaries will host annual Winter Bash at museum

PORTLAND — The Contemporaries, a group of young art enthusiasts, will host its annual Winter Bash from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Portland Museum of Art. The museum will transform its Great Hall into an urban backdrop with graffiti art, fake construction sites and food carts. The “Urban Landscape” theme echoes the Rackstraw […]
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February 6, 2011

‘Always’ stars reunite for MSMT Valentine’s Day show

Maine State Music Theatre opens for a rare winter show to present a sweetheart-themed concert for Valentine’s Day. The show, “Our Funny Valentines,” stars the actresses who appeared in last summer’s hit show “Always … Patsy Cline,” Charis Leos and Jenny Lee Stern. They will perform an intimate concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in […]
Published
January 30, 2011

Signings, etc.

DAVID ROBINSON AND ELIZABETH TANEFIS David Robinson and Elizabeth Tanefis will be at a book-signing event Friday to celebrate their new history book, “The Saco River” (Arcadia Publishing). WHEN: 6 pm. Friday WHERE: Saco Museum, 371 Main St. HOW MUCH: Free
Published
January 30, 2011

Author Q&A: Amen brother

Dan Harrington befriended some missionaries who prosthelytize door to door, joined them at times, and wrote a book about the experience.
Published
January 30, 2011

Book Review: Edwards’ readers find cause to rejoice

Fans of Kim Edwards will find that her newest novel was worth waiting for.

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