Arts & Entertainment

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December 12, 2010

Movies: Jeff Bridges turns back the clock in ‘Tron’

LOS ANGELES – Hollywood has famously had better luck using makeup to make young actors look old — like Russell Crowe in “A Beautiful Mind” — than making old actors look young. But the ability to manipulate images digitally could prove to be a fountain of youth for some. In “Tron: Legacy,” which opens Friday, […]
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December 12, 2010

Bob Keyes: A farewell, an honor and a ‘Magic’ act

PORTLAND — The presence of Whitney Art Works is much bigger than its footprint. Deb and Peter Whitney have operated their gallery in Portland for seven years, the last three in the heart of downtown on Congress Street. Consistently, Deb Whitney has mounted shows that give commercial opportunity to contemporary artists from Maine. She has […]
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December 12, 2010

Arts Dispatches

AUGUSTA Report outlines cross-border opportunities Gov. John Baldacci has received the initial report outlining future opportunities for expanding cross-border cultural and business opportunities with New Brunswick, Canada. In July, the governor signed a Memorandum of Understanding with then-Premier Shawn Graham of New Brunswick. The Maine Arts Commission was tasked to work with its counterpart in […]
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December 12, 2010

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth,” by Jeff Kinney (Abrams) 2. “The Confession,” by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) 3. “The Emperor’s Tomb,” by Steve Berry (Random House) 4. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 5. “Port Mortuary,” by Patricia Cornwell (Penguin) 6. “Cross Fire,” by […]
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December 12, 2010

Signings, etc.

DON WHITNEY, MICHAEL DAICY The fire that destroyed 1,500 buildings over 68 blocks in July 1866 still marks Portland today. Don Whitney, a retired Portland firefighter and current curator of the Portland Fire Museum, and Portland firefighter Michael Daicy chronicle the fire and why and how it happened in “Portland’s Greatest Conflagration: The 1866 Fire […]

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December 12, 2010

New on the Shelf

“The Other Side” by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas. Jove. 407 pages, $7.99 (paperback) In “Possession In Death,” J.D. Robb’s segment in “The Other Side” anthology, Eve tells hunky husband Roarke, “I need you to give me a really open mind. I mean wide open.” Well, same […]
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December 12, 2010

Art Review: Whitney show is simply compelling

Surrealism developed in the 1920s following the ideas of Sigmund Freud and the raucous art objects of the Dada movement. With its emphasis on self-expression, internal conflict, subconscious motivation and personal symbolism, Surrealism is easily seen as the movement that most influenced the American view of art. One of surrealism’s greatest American ambassadors was Joseph […]
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December 12, 2010

Exhibit features expressions in wood by Maine sculptors

ROCKPORT — Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship presents “Contemporary Maine Wood Sculpture” through April 8. This exhibition explores the breadth of expression achieved by contemporary sculptors who live in Maine and work with wood. Pieces include an installation of beech switches and jute by Barbara Andrus, Frederick Lynch’s minimalistic works and Tom […]
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December 12, 2010

Society Notebook: Feeling ‘the spirit of what was’

‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ is the decor at the Victoria Mansion, done up to the nines for its 26th annual gala and beyond.
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December 12, 2010

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. […]

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