Arts & Entertainment

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October 17, 2010

In the Arts: Ten Years Later provides a long view on a decade of photos

“Photography Maine: Ten Years Later at CMCA” is a large handsome show and a pleasure to see. It offers work by 150 Maine photographers and by implication picks up where an earlier CMA show left off. The predecessor, “Photography Maine: 1840-2000” was a comprehensive event that, in two parts, carried the viewer across the decades to […]
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October 17, 2010

Art review: Commercial, yes, but Gorman shines through in his work

Mike Gorman’s show at Sanctuary Tattoo is all about blurred lines, and I like that. Well, metaphorically at least: Gorman’s drawings couldn’t be any crispier. Many people believe art must push the envelope while at the same time they insist that it must clearly define itself as art. This might sound cynical and broken, but […]
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October 17, 2010

Arts Dispatches for Oct. 17

BRUNSWICK Pull up a chair: Bowdoin show features furniture collection Bowdoin College Museum of Art has several events this week that are open to the public. They include the opening of “Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries” on Thursday. “Sit Down!” celebrates the museum’s collection of American and European furniture, focusing on chairs dating from […]
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October 17, 2010

Books: All Aboard

Geoffrey Wolff has long been enthralled by Joshua Slocum's solo sail around the globe. Now he's inviting you along on Slocum's adventures.
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October 17, 2010

Arts Planner

On stage • Summer’s over, but the Ogunquit Playhouse remains in warm-weather mode. The venerable summer theater’s season extends deep into October with a high-energy production of the musical “Chicago.” Sally Struthers stars, but the success of “Chicago” is the deep cast, with strong performances from Rachelle Rak as Velma Kelly, Broadway veteran Angie Schworer […]

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October 17, 2010

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Fall of Giants,” by Ken Follett (Penguin) 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” by David Sedaris (Little Brown) 4. “The Reversal,” by Michael Connelly (Little Brown) 5. “Painted Ladies,” by Robert Parker (Penguin Group) 6. “Torment,” by Lauren Kate (Random House) […]
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October 17, 2010

Four honored with MAC fellowships

Four artists from across Maine won 2011 Artists’ Fellowship Awards, the Maine Arts Commission has announced. Each artist will receive $13,000, one of the highest awards for individual artists made by a state arts agency. The winners are Theresa Secord of Waterville in the traditional arts; Ethan Hayes-Chute of Freeport in the visual arts; Elizabeth […]
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October 17, 2010

Henry’s Place

When painter Henry Finkelstein commits the colors and textures of his Great Cranberry Island retreat to canvas, it's a labor of love.
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October 17, 2010

Society Notebook: Sold! On STRIVE

Mainers open their hearts and wallets to raise $40,000 at an auction for the organization that helps developmentally disabled youths.
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October 17, 2010

Bob Keyes: Twenty years at home in the Grange

Early last week, Pat Packard gathered a small army of volunteers. They stuffed fliers advertising an upcoming performance into envelopes and hauled them down to the post office. “It’s labor-intensive,” allowed Packard, president of Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills. “We do not go through the commercial guys, because we like to keep our […]

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