Arts & Entertainment

Published
January 23, 2011

Author Q&A: The survivors’ stories

Ron Franscell's new book answers the question 'Whatever happened to ...' people who lived through some of the nation's notorious mass murders.
Published
January 23, 2011

Classical Beat: Third Concerto from the enfant terrible of Russia to the PSO

“Every dog knows the Third Concerto, so every single passage has to be perfect,” Prokofiev told composer Dmitri Kabalevsky in 1937, after having played it many times before to great public acclaim. Prokofiev was a brilliant if eccentric pianist, who gave his instructors at the Moscow Conservancy an infinite amount of aggravation. But Kabalevsky had […]
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January 23, 2011

Exhibit takes art lovers through the prism of Alison Hildreth

'The Feathered Hand' is full of narratives of what has absorbed the artist for a long time.
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January 23, 2011

Taste & Tell: Tulsi’s elegant sauces recall the excitement of Indian food

KITTERY — At Tulsi, attention has been paid to elegance in a dining room and to good wine, but most of all to complex sauces infused with Indian flavors and heat that make a customer remember why all those years ago it was so exciting to eat Indian food. First of all, it’s spicy. Maybe […]
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January 23, 2011

In the Arts: Two photography exhibits to banish winter’s doldrums

January may not be the cruelest month, but by tradition it is the dullest month. Museums and galleries stagger through it with make-dos, holdovers and darkened windows. There are some exceptions to the syndrome and I report, with pleasure, on two of them. I begin with “Weston: Leaves of Grass” at the Portland Museum of […]

Published
January 23, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: MONDAY Social Network of Maine, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Brian Boru, Portland. Meet other local businesspeople in a casual happy hour setting. Free. http://socialnetworkofmaine.com. TUESDAY DownEast Pride Alliance, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Yankee Lanes, Portland. Network with members of Portland’s […]
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January 23, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Islands and Sirens,” work by Tom Curry and Brian Mark, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 30. “Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008,” Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; […]
Published
January 16, 2011

Book review: Tales of lost ships leave research to the imagination

Two short, nice-looking volumes came my way for review, and having read and thought about them as individual works, as types, they need some discussion. This is because the book world is changing every day, and diverse readers crave books written at different levels of intensity, length and presentation. The new entries are popular in […]
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January 16, 2011

Book review: Proulx is good, not great, this time out

Her insights into building an expensive manse don't always resonate.
Published
January 16, 2011

Society Notebook: Photo Finish

Arthur Fink celebrates the readying of his exhibition of dance photos with a gala opening complete with improvisational movement pieces by Karen Montanaro.

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