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January 20, 2011

Music and Nightlife: How does free sound?

At Stone Mountain, thanks to Carol Noonan, it sounds like up-and-coming acts playing a lot of great music.
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January 20, 2011

Art and Theater: Larson family ready for South Portland debut

In 1976, Maine artist David Larson opened a gallery in the Down East community of Penobscot. Surely you’ve seen it — or at least seen the sign for the Larson Studio Gallery while driving down Route 175 toward Blue Hill. Larson died in 2007, and his widow and sons have relocated the gallery to South […]
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January 20, 2011

Art and Theater Listings

• CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Noonday Concert with the Portland String Quartet, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. Chorus auditions, Musica de Filia Studio, Portland. Call to schedule: 807-2158. For the chamber choir, 6 to 8 p.m. today; for the women’s choir, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday; for the lyric choir, 4:30 […]
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January 20, 2011

From the Editor: Loose lips aren’t hip — think about it

I used to know a guy in college who was a straight-A student but didn’t have the wherewithal to look both ways before crossing the street. I’ve been thinking about him a lot lately because of recent events in the news that are indicative of this guy’s mindset — a mindset that has become so […]
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January 20, 2011

Dining and Drink: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill

• HOT TICKET Love cheese? Love beer? Get to Vignola WANT TO LEARN why stouts and porters pair well with bleu cheese, or why strong cheddar goes well with English beer? Meet the experts at Vignola’s Fifth Annual Beer and Cheese Tasting and sample more than 40 different kinds of cheese and beer. Arrive by 3:30 […]

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January 20, 2011

Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill

• HOT TICKET Mad Horse presents Albee’s ‘The Goat’ EDWARD ALBEE’S “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?” is on stage tonight through Feb. 6 at Lucid Stage in Portland. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents this bitterly funny story of a prize-winning architect whose midlife meltdown descends into barnyard excess. WHEN: 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday; […]
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January 20, 2011

At the Movies

OPENING FRIDAY “NO STRINGS ATTACHED” (R) Stars Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Kline. Directed by Ivan Reitman. A guy and a girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical but it’s not long before they learn that they want something more. Sexual content, language and some drug material. Opening at: Brunswick 10 Fri-Wed 2, 4:30, […]
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January 20, 2011

Bar Guide: Travelers can enjoy the sweet life at Fire and Water bar

If you’re traveling through southern Maine and find yourself staying at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland, the Fire and Water Lounge is the way to rest your weary feet and find a classy, welcoming cocktail. You won’t find the typical “regulars” at Fire and Water. Instead, the lounge draws a unique crowd of […]
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January 20, 2011

Et Cetera: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill

• HOT TICKET Whole lotta soul at Space GET DOWN to classic tunes from artists ranging from Etta James to James Brown at the Soul Clap Dance Party at Space Gallery. If you think you’ve got what it takes, enter the dance-off that takes place later in the evening and compete for a $100 cash prize. […]
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January 20, 2011

Indie Film: ‘Marwencol’ finds fantasy and real life aren’t so different

A guy crouches in his backyard, playing with dolls. A pugnacious, gruff New Yorker who wouldn’t seem out of place on “The Sopranos,” Mark Hogancamp was viciously beaten by some thugs outside a bar in 2000. His face and memory shattered, with inadequate health insurance jettisoning him from mental and physical therapy way too soon, […]

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