Arts & Entertainment

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January 16, 2011

Art review: Cobey knits a powerful exhibit contemplative in spirit

The Maine Crafts Association named Katharine Cobey Maine’s 2010 “Master Craft Artist.” Cobey is a knitter. If you haven’t yet wrapped your head around the idea that fiber, clay, glass, wood and other media traditionally associated with fine craft can handle edgy artistic content as well as painting, stone and bronze, then you should definitely […]
Published
January 16, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: TUESDAY • Slow Food Portland Potluck, 6 to 8 p.m., Portland Food Lab, 769 Congress St., Portland. Mingle with others interested in local food and learn about the upcoming events at the Portland Food Lab. Bring a dish to share […]
Published
January 10, 2011

PMA educators win national awards

Dana Baldwin and Stacy Rodenberger will receive awards at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference in March.
Published
January 9, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries,” chair collection of American and European seating furniture from 1470 to the present, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick, free. 725-3275. 1 to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; […]
Published
January 9, 2011

Arts Planner

After a brief post-holiday pause, the Portland theater scene starts back up beginning this week. • The Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., stages the musical version of “The Wizard of Oz,” opening Friday and continuing with a four-week run through Feb. 6. The playhouse staged this show during its inaugural season and sold it […]

Published
January 9, 2011

Taste & Tell: Sabieng Authentic Thai redeems itself with classic dishes

Sabieng, a Thai word, means “reserved savory food eaten when someone is traveling a great distance,” according to the menu of the Maine restaurant of that name. Although winter is just at its start, it already feels as though we have traveled a great distance from warm weather, and that has made most of us […]
Published
January 9, 2011

Bob Keyes: The irony of the verseless inauguration

We’ve heard a lot of talk lately about poetry in Maine. Gov. Paul LePage’s snub, intentional or otherwise, of Maine poetry at last week’s inauguration galvanized the literary community and created a perfect learning moment. Wesley McNair, one of Maine’s best-known poets on a national scale, was surprised when he learned the LePage team opted […]
Published
January 9, 2011

Year of the Drawing

Throughout 2011, museums and galleries celebrate this ephemeral art form with The Maine Drawing Project.
Published
January 9, 2011

Art Dispatches

PORTLAND MECA graduates to compete in snow-sculpting event For the second year in a row, a team of graduates from Maine College of Art has been invited to compete in the annual U.S. Nationals Snow Sculpting Competition Feb. 1-5 in Lake Geneva, Wis. Tim Wade, Jake Knight and Ryan Hauge will carve a 10-foot, 3-ton […]
Published
January 9, 2011

Author Q&A: Portland’s Fiery Fourth

A new book by William Daicy and Don Whitney tells with great drama and detail the story of the blaze that ravaged the peninsula 125 years ago.

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