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November 18, 2010

Music and Nightlife: LIVE! From southern Maine!

If you can't find a place to see live music in southern Maine, you aren't looking hard enough. In the past few months, a half dozen performance spaces opened in southern Maine. They range from Venue Music Bar and Grille in Portland, which opened in June in the old Raoul's space on Forest Avenue and has shows almost every night, to the brand-new music, film and art space in Biddeford called The Oak + The Ax, which opened in October. There's also Bayside Bowl in Portland, a bowling alley on Alder Street that has live music two or three nights a week and can hold up to 300 people. It opened in June.
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November 18, 2010

Art and Theater: Looking for an edge

A talented USM cast pushes the envelope with the dark musical 'The Wild Party.'
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November 18, 2010

From the Editor: Meet the Beatles all over again

All together now — a big “yeah, yeah, yeah!” for The Beatles finally coming to iTunes. Unfortunately, not every Beatles CD is available for download, most notably “Live at the BBC,” the “Anthology” series and the mono versions of their ’60s catalog, which can still only be obtained via an expensive box set. But all […]
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November 18, 2010

At the Movies

OPENING FRIDAY “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1” (2:26) (PG-13) Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Directed by David Yates. Voldemort’s power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron and Hermoine decide to finish Dumbledore’s work and find the rest of the […]
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November 18, 2010

Music and Nightlife Listings

• CONCERTS TODAY USM Youth Ensembles, performances by several area youth groups, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $3-$6/donation. 780-5555. 7 p.m. Arlo Guthrie, folk, with Abe Guthrie and The Burns Sisters, Kents Hill School (Performing Arts Center at Newton Hall), Kents Hill. $55-$75. www.kentshill.org/concertseries. 7:30 p.m. James Keelaghan, folk/roots, Unity Centre for the Performing Arts. $10. 948-7469. […]

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November 18, 2010

Making Noise: Prolific Jeff Beam delivers versatile psychedelic sound

Jeff Beam has done a difficult but crucial thing in integrating a bit of cheek throughout his catalog early on. The young Maine-based songwriter and Of Montreal admirer swings his own versatile sound, from a spritely early Elvis Costello all the way to a more musing Elliot Smith, but his songs enjoy the burst of […]
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November 18, 2010

The Movies: Scary Potter

Dark times and a dangerous mission await Harry Potter as the blockbuster series nears its end with the second-to-last film, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I," opening at midnight tonight in select theaters. But don't worry: Maine Muggles are ready to meet the challenge. They've re-read the books, brushed up on the previous films, put the finishing touches on their costumes and purchased their tickets -- often weeks in advance.
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November 18, 2010

Music and Nightlife: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill

• HOT TICKET Settle in at State for Sexton session BORN IN gritty Syracuse, N.Y., folk singer-songwriter Martin Sexton knows all about Northeast winters. So before the Maine winter sets in, why not see Sexton play a show in Portland? WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday WHERE: State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland HOW MUCH: $20 to $25; […]
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November 18, 2010

CD Review: Steve Jones delivers a solid blues retrospective

With the tightening of social knots around the holidays, it’s nice to have a simple, trusty record around to loosen up with. Steve Jones’ retrospective “Dreamer’s Blues” has just that effect — a group of old friends laying it down with few surprises, but steady bluesy bounce. As a guitarist for The Boneheads, Jones developed […]
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November 18, 2010

Eat and Run: That bread! Those fillings!

You're going to fall for Market Day's sandwiches.

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