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Published
June 20, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Museum of Art announces new members of the board The Portland Museum of Art recently announced new members to its board of trustees: Scott M. Black, Harry W. Konkel, Samuel A. Ladd III, Frank G. McGinty and S. Donald Sussman. In addition, the following officers were elected: president, John F. Isacke; chairman, Hans Underdahl; […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Arts Planner

• After several months of interior work, the Tides Institute & Museum of Art in Eastport reopens with a reception 5 to 7 p.m. Friday for “Terra Nova (Newfoundland): Contemporary Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia.” Holownia is head of the department of fine arts at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. He will discuss […]
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June 20, 2010

Farnsworth honoring Katz on Saturday

Alex Katz is eager to satisfy the social obligations early so he can settle in and get serious about summer in Maine. Katz, a trendsetting figurative painter who turns 83 in July, will receive the 2010 Maine in America award on Saturday at the Farnsworth Art Museum. The award is part of the museum’s Summer […]
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June 20, 2010

Society Notebook: Guitar heroes

Five up-and-coming innovators of the area's creative economy win the coveted strings at Wednesday's Entreverge event.
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June 20, 2010

Herbie’s come down, sadly. Happily, there’s a big upside

There was quite a bit of sadness when arborists in Yarmouth made the difficult decision this winter to cut down the ancient elm tree known as Herbie. It started growing in 1793, so Herbie’s demise represented a tangible loss for generations of people who had come to know and love the stately old tree. But […]

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June 20, 2010

Hopper, Marin, O’Keeffe, Kent …

American art royalty will look down from every corner of the PMA's big summer show.
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June 20, 2010

Taste & Tell: Join the club for elaborate, appealing flavors of 91 South

GORHAM – Several of the ideas on the plates at 91 South catch the eye and the appetite. Rice noodles and thin strips of zucchini with shrimp, ginger, lime and grilled green onions is intriguing, and so is pizza with Manchego, caramelized onions and spinach. Quinoa — with dried fruit and almonds — made a […]
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June 20, 2010

Renovated library shines as art venue

Boston’s Copley Square is framed by Henry Richardson’s monumental Trinity Church (1872) on one side and McKim, Mead & White’s masterful Boston Public Library (1888) on the other. While Stanford White was the biggest name in the firm that was once the grandest feather in America’s architectural cap, his partner Charles McKim quietly designed many […]
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June 20, 2010

Young pianists descend for festival

The world continues to grow smaller at the Portland Conservatory of Music. This week, the conservatory hosts its annual International Piano Festival, featuring nearly two dozen students from around the United States and overseas, as well as respected professional players with ties to Maine. While the marquee concerts take place at the conservatory’s home at […]
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June 20, 2010

Books Q & A: They couldn’teat another bite

Andrew Caldwell's new book dishes on the last meals of the stiff and famous.

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