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May 16, 2010

Movies: Comic-bookish Robin in the ‘hood this go-’round

“Robin Hood,” the latest collaboration between star Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott, may have its roots in the foggy past of 12th-century legend about the man in tights who robbed the rich and helped the poor. But, with its origin-story approach, jut-jawed good guys, hiss-worthy bad guys, splashy action, and setup for a sequel, […]
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May 16, 2010

Taste & Tell: Crab cakes give beef a run for the money at Steakhouse

WELLS – A properly cooked steak is one of the most popular meals in America, and The Steakhouse serves them up best medium rare. The menu blazons the restaurant’s loyalty to corn-fed “heavy Western beef” rated Choice and Prime by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a superior grade of beef that’s nicely marbled with fat […]
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May 16, 2010

Books Q & A: History in the making

Loretta Krupinski brings to life Maine waterfronts as they once were.
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May 16, 2010

Night of nights

Prom season's here and the kids are, as usual, stylin.'
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May 16, 2010

Oratorio Chorale takes on a ‘Whale’ of a challenge

The Oratorio Chorale has adopted an aesthetic of adventure. It doesn’t shrink from challenges. The community chorus will be tested this week when it presents composer Dominick Argento’s “Jonah and the Whale” at Falmouth Congregational Church. “This is a very big effort. It’s a demanding piece of music,” said Peter Frewen, the chorale’s director for […]

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May 16, 2010

Review: Sheer poetry: the paintings of Nancy Morgan-Barnes

The irony of poetry is that it must be presented literally verbatim for its rhythms, forms and gestures to fairly unfurl their complexity and subtly colored content. Stories, on the other hand, are the stuff of prose — so any retelling is valid. Nancy Morgan-Barnes’s painting “Little Red Riding Hood,” now on view in Greenhut’s […]
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May 16, 2010

Book Review: When four wives just aren’t enough

The author's hilarious tale has roots in his family's Mormon history.
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May 16, 2010

In the Arts: ‘Vernal Pools’ exhibit evokes the sweet haste of spring

“Vernal Pools” at the Atrium Art Gallery at Lewiston-Auburn College is the primavera of the spring season. I offer such redundancy as an affectionate bow to an exhibition that softly stirs the biologic soup of spring. Vernal pools — more saucers than bowls — appear almost as much from memory as in fact, stay around […]
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May 16, 2010

Signings, etc.

Howard Frank Mosher
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May 16, 2010

‘Bach at Leipzig’ wraps up Portland Stage season

– From staff reports Portland Stage Company wraps up its season with the final week of the comedy “Bach at Leipzig,” a fast-paced, funny and mostly true retelling of the time when a group of musicians bypassed by history joust for the most coveted musical post in all of Europe. The story is set in […]

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