Arts & Entertainment

Published
April 18, 2010

Concert Review: Youth is served in ensemble performance for the ages

PORTLAND — As the cynical old proverb has it, “Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.” I went to the University of Southern Maine Youth Ensembles concert on Friday night at Merrill Auditorium to see how the next generation of musicians is coming along, and to hear some student work […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Book Review: Disaster of drugs gives way to hope

Anne Lamott's seventh novel skillfully lays bare a family's dysfunction.
Published
April 11, 2010

Book Review: Cohen gives the other Longfellow his due

Richard Shain Cohen, a retired English professor and president of academic affairs at the University of Maine, has set out to rescue Alexander Longfellow Sr. (1814-1901). A younger sibling of poet Henry Wadsworth, this Longfellow, in Cohen’s words, “provided an important addition to the history, environment and geography of the east end of Maine.” In […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Society Notebook: Modern smart

Bowdoin infuses its latest exhibition with color and charisma.
Published
April 11, 2010

Book Q&A: Meet the neighbors

Buddy Doyle's portraits introduce Mainers to the citizen-soldiers in their midst.

Published
April 11, 2010

Signings, etc.

Los Angeles-based author Lisa See will be reading from her book “Shanghai Girls” (Random House, 2009), which is now out in paperback. The book is about two Chinese sisters who grow up in comfort in 1930s Shanghai until their father gambled away the family wealth. He then sells his daughters to suitors from America, and […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Theater Review: Dreamworld adds to the tales told the night before ‘Mary’s Wedding’

PORTLAND — Anyone who has ever remembered a dream knows how surreal dreams can be. Time periods collide, and things that really happened become intertwined with things imagined and things that might have been. Portland Stage re-creates this fantastic experience in a moving romantic drama, enacted from the meandering subconscious of Mary on the night […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Portland Symphony wins governor’s excellence award The Portland Symphony Orchestra received the 2010 Maine Association of Nonprofits Governor’s Award for Nonprofit Excellence in the mid-sized organization category, which consists of organizations with budgets between $1.2 million and $3 million. The PSO is the first arts organization to earn first place in any of the […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Arts Planner

This week • The New England alt-country scene gets spotlight treatment on Friday. At One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., local favorite Roy Davis and his band celebrate the release of “We Are a Lightning Bolt” while hosting a taping party for a live CD and DVD. The Boston-based band Girls Guns & Glory shares […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Art Review: Fore Street exhibition glows with Black brilliance

One of the greatest things about paintings is that you set your own pace for looking at them. You can see a lot in just a few seconds, or you can gaze at one for hours. Arts such as music, movies and theater, on the other hand, control the length of your experience. Some even […]

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