Arts & Entertainment
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Signings, etc.
Erika Waters of Freeport will be signing copies of her new book “Kittery to Bar Harbor: Touring Coastal Maine” Saturday at Borders in South Portland. The book is part of Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series and features pictures from more than 25 Maine historical societies and individuals, including from the archives of the Maine […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2010
Studios, farms to welcome Fiber Arts Tour visitors
More than 50 studios and farms across the state will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Aug. 8 for Fiber Arts Tour Weekend. The free weekend event sponsored by Maine Fiberarts offers folks a chance to see demonstrations and participate in workshops, children’s crafts and farm living. The sites […]
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Book Review:Mainer spins taut tale of unknowing killer on the streets
Fast-moving. Polished. Taut. These are qualities that dominated my thoughts as I neared the end of “Walking Homeless,” a thriller by Al Lamanda of Raymond, author of “Dunston Falls” and a Maine writer with a firm hand on a good story. There’s little hint of Maine, however, in the book itself. Lamanda is a former […]
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Book Review:A skewer of literati falls on its sword
Adam Langer's satiric, witty novel gets a tad too preposterous at the end.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Three exhibits will bring art lovers to Courthouse
ELLSWORTH – Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will open three exhibitions Thursday with an artist’s reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibitions will run through Aug. 25. Solo shows by David Graeme Baker and Gregory Dunham will feature new work, and Baker will give a gallery talk from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 15. Gallery […]
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Arts Planner
This week • Beginning Friday, the Theater at Monmouth presents William Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” an adventure of love, danger and mystery. Directed by Jeri Pitcher, “Pericles” opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, with additional performances on Saturday and Aug. 1, 5, 11, 14 and 19. Tickets range from $22 to $26. Call 933-9999 or […]
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Big and bold opera is back
PORTopera returns to full production with 'Hansel and Gretel,' and chooses a story that deals with hard times.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Art Review:Finding strength in ‘Sea Geometry’
Maine culture is defined by its relationship to our coast — gorgeous and bountiful but craggy and mortally tough. Our landscape is transcendentally beautiful, yet more often than not, impenetrably dense. Maine soars as a source of great paintings of Western culture. But the vast majority of these paintings are defined by the distance of […]
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Author Q&A:Hanging judgment
Jerry Genesio's new self-published book tells the fascinating tale of the first execution ordered under the U.S. Constitution -- which took place in Portland.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2010
Bob Keyes:Home of Homer expertise
PORTLAND – This coming weekend, the Portland Museum of Art will move one step closer toward establishing itself as the pre-eminent authority on Winslow Homer. On Friday and Saturday, the museum will host Winslow Homer Weekend. Scholars and invited guests from around the country will gather at Homer’s studio at Prouts Neck on Friday night […]
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