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Published
October 3, 2010

Calendar

Art “botanical propaganda,” multimedia work depicting urban and suburban plant life by Karen Gelard, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 338-0986. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Group show, with work by Nina Jerome, Sandy Wadlington and Jeffery Becton, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. 348-9977. 2 to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 2 […]
Published
October 3, 2010

Concert Review: Kargul’s Chopin, Schumann dazzle

GORHAM – Pianist Laura Kargul has been waiting for the 200th birthday celebrations of Schumann and Chopin so she “can play them (exclusively) without guilt,” she said in opening remarks on Friday night at USM’s Corthell Hall. Her program, which included two all-time masterworks for piano, needed no special occasion. The concert hall was sold […]
Published
October 3, 2010

Theater Review: Versatile PSC’s ‘Steps’ a marvel

PORTLAND – There are more “authors” cited for the theater version of “The 39 Steps” than there are actors in it. First among the former is Alfred Hitchcock, whose 1935 film of the story has long been known as a classic. But there was also John Buchan, whose novel formed the basis of Hitchcock’s movie. […]
Published
September 26, 2010

Book Review: Fighting illness, author finds solace in snail

Some story lines defy the odds. A book about an ailing woman who befriends a bedside snail, for instance, might seem cloying and schmaltzy on the one hand, or satirical on the other. In the case of Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s observational memoir, “The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating,” both woman and snail handily quash […]
Published
September 26, 2010

Book Review: Novel echoes author’s real life

David Grossman's 'To the End of the Land' tackles the Mideast conflict.

Published
September 26, 2010

Arts Planner

• In our rush to anoint a new celebrity diva with every turn of the moon, perhaps we’d be wise to remember the reigning diva has not relinquished her crown. There is no diva more deserving of the title than Liza Minnelli, a superstar by any measure. A winner of an Oscar, Tony, Grammy, Emmy […]
Published
September 26, 2010

Taste & Tell: Trattoria Athena’s cuisine piques curiosity, taste buds

BRUNSWICK – Greek and Italian cuisine celebrate their differences at Trattoria Athena, where the wise-in-counsel namesake would be pleased to see her gift of olives appreciated in an olive oil “service” ($2.50). It’s also clear someone wise in counsel came up with a thoroughly intriguing menu, highlighted by enough unusual dishes to sharpen any food […]
Published
September 26, 2010

PSO Season Preview: ‘Great music is great music’

That's what conductor Robert Moody stresses on the eve of the 2010-11 season, not all of which fits neatly into the 'classical' box.
Published
September 26, 2010

Arts Dispatches

LEWISTON Bates College names new art museum director Dan Mills is the new director of the Bates College Museum of Art. Mills comes to Maine from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, where he served as director of the Samek Art Gallery for nine years. Bates President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has asked the institution to renew its […]
Published
September 26, 2010

Art Review: Art gallery show is a wide-ranging delight

Nationally, Maine’s art reputation is in no small part held aloft by schools dedicated to the arts such as the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the Watershed School for the Ceramic Arts and the Maine College of Art. As well, our top-shelf colleges dedicated to the liberal arts […]

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