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October 10, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Biennial to include 66 works at Portland Museum of Art The Portland Museum of Art Biennial exhibition, scheduled to open on April 7, 2011, will include 66 works by 47 artists. A panel of three jurors — Jim Kempner, owner and director of Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York; David Row, a painter based […]
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October 10, 2010

Arts Planner

Now playing • Mad Horse Theatre Company christens the new performance space at Lucid Stage on Baxter Boulevard in Portland with a production of John Guare’s masterpiece “Six Degrees of Separation.” Director Peter Brown calls the play an “imaginative tour de force.” It’s 20 years old, but the Portland production marks the first time the […]
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October 10, 2010

Guests join DaPonte quartet for concert in Lewiston

LEWISTON – Bassist Richard Hartshorne and pianist Chiharu Naruse will join the DaPonte String Quartet in performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College, 75 Russell St. The program includes Dvorak’s quartet No. 12 in F major (“American”) and Schubert’s piano quintet in A major (“Trout”). Admission is […]
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October 10, 2010

Taste and Tell: Inventive 50 Local loves to keep it, you know . . .

KENNEBUNK – From the basil-scented Mrs. Meyer’s hand soap in the black and white bathroom to the Harris Farm steak rimmed with delectable fat, 50 Local had me pegged. It was almost as if a social media website had been tracking me to the table and setting out the items I was likely to find […]
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October 10, 2010

King Coz: Comedian has soft spot for Portland

Beloved Bill Cosby has two shows Saturday in Portland.

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October 10, 2010

Society Notebook: Grand Opportunity

A gala event celebrates Opportunity Farm -- in the business of helping Maine children for 100 years -- and its generous sponsors.
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October 10, 2010

Art Review: Surface, subtlety and geometrical grace: Kellar at Icon

Jeff Kellar’s paintings are pared-down, hard-edged geometrical abstractions. If you enjoy this type of art, you’re in for a treat. If you’re not comfortable with it in general, then you’re the person who really should see the show currently on view at Icon, because Kellar just might lead you to appreciate a world of spiritually […]
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October 10, 2010

Survey says? Museums are vital to Maine’s economic health

For a long time now, we’ve heard museum directors talk about the economic impact of their institutions in Maine, but we’ve never really heard them talk in specific terms. Most of their discussion has been anecdotal, or limited to individual museums. Those generalities and the limited scope of their argument have made it easy for […]
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October 10, 2010

Classical Beat: Tough-love teaching methods often defeat their purpose

The one-man play “Muse of Fire,” performed last month at the Franco-American Heritage Center, deals with the teaching methods of Charles Bruck, who presided over the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians in Hancock, Maine, after the demise of its founder. Bruck, at least in the play, seems to have been one of […]
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October 10, 2010

Book review: Amateur or scientist, ‘Landscapes’ helps lead the way

Some high-quality books have recently come out of the Maine Department of Conservation. While aimed at the professional scientist, they offer considerable leeway to engage the enthusiastic amateur as well. A couple of years back, I reviewed the Maine Geological Survey’s formidable “Maine’s Fossil Record: The Paleozoic” for this publication. Now the Maine Natural Areas […]

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