Arts & Entertainment

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October 31, 2010

Almost there

Following his success with ‘Almost, Maine,’ playwright and actor John Cariani puts the final touches on a new Maine play, ‘Last Gas,’ before its premiere at Portland Stage.
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October 31, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND MECA art auction fundraiser, school’s largest, is Saturday The Maine College of Art’s annual Art Auction will take place 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday at the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA. It is the oldest charity art auction in Maine, and the college’s largest fundraising event. Since its inception in 1974, the auction […]
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October 31, 2010

Commission honors traditional arts masters

Four Maine artists have received the title of Traditional Arts Master through the Maine Arts Commission’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program. Through their work, these masters seek to preserve Maine’s cultural traditions by teaching apprentices in the coming year. Each received $4,000 to facilitate handing down Maine’s traditions to a new generation. The four masters are: […]
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October 31, 2010

Taste & Tell: Food and views put the Ramp a step above

CAPE PORPOISE — We had a 20-minute wait to sit down in a bar called the Ramp, literally down a ramp from the pavement at this scenic point of land. But I was more than content. For one, we’d been intending to review a place up the road, had called to confirm it was open […]
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October 31, 2010

Society notebook: The latest in ghoul cool

Goodwill's inaugural Ghoulwill Ball draws hundreds of partygoers dressed in fiendishly clever costumes.

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October 31, 2010

Herbie inspires art devoted to trees

YARMOUTH – The majestic elm tree known as Herbie succumbed to the ravages of Dutch elm disease this past winter. But Herbie’s legacy lives on. A group of artists from Yarmouth has kept the memory of the 217-year-old elm alive with an exhibition, “Majesty of Trees,” at Merrill Memorial Library. The exhibition includes two distinct […]
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October 31, 2010

Arts Planner

On stage • A new Shakespeare play? Hardly seems plausible. See for yourself at 8 p.m. Monday, when the Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble continues the company’s 2010-11 season with another edition of the troupe’s “Sonnet and Soliloquies” series at the Wine Bar on Wharf Street in Portland. Monday’s pre-election edition will feature four selections from “Double […]
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October 31, 2010

Sunday Calendar

Art “John Haberle: Master of Illusion,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through Dec. 12. “Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64,” Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]
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October 31, 2010

Book review: Who ya gonna call?

It’s Halloween and you’re looking for a little fright reading – just in time comes ghost hunter David J. Pitkin with a new book on New England spirits.
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October 31, 2010

Signings, etc.

VAL WALKER When you sit down to write a sympathy card, do you freeze with worry as you try to write the “right” thing? A new book, “The Art of Comforting,” written by Maine resident Val Walker, addresses how we can offer comfort to people in distress. She’ll be talking about and signing copies of her […]

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