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November 4, 2010

Face the Music: Harmer’s long-awaited return tops busy season

Wow, the Halloween candy surplus situation in my office is troubling. Wow, the thrust into “the holiday season” is startling. And wow, there’s a lot going on this week. I’m highlighting two shows, but will also deliver a string of one-liners about several others. I trust you to figure out the details, because you’re all […]
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November 4, 2010

CD review: Fawcett’s solo debut shows a poignant singer-songwriter

I’ve been waiting for this day to arrive for a very long time — 10 years (give or take), to be exact. That was when I first heard Andi Fawcett sing with the band Relish. Since then, Fawcett’s been involved in a couple of other music projects, but I always knew the day would come […]
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November 4, 2010

Art and Theater Listings

CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Kronos Quartet, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $36-$42; $10 for students. www.porttix.com. 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY “Something Borrowed, Something Blue,” with the Portland Wind Trio, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $5-$15. www.usm.maine.edu/music. 8 p.m. SATURDAY Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, Gorham Middle School. $3-$6. 780-5555. 8 p.m. Augusta Symphony Orchestra, with the Androscoggin […]
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November 4, 2010

What Ales You: Beer lovers get a taste of Maine’s best at brew fest

Southern Maine’s biggest beer bash arrives in three versions this weekend. For beer geeks, the opening day of the Maine Brewers Festival on Friday is a chance to taste most of the beers made in Maine in one location and talk with some of the people who make that beer. But those who just want […]
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November 4, 2010

Bull Moose Top 10

Top 10 for Portland store Oct. 25-31 1. Taylor Swift, “Speak Now” 2. Fable 3 for X360 3. Bob Dylan, “The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9 — The Witmark Demos” 4. Kings of Leon, “Come Around Sundown” 5. “Sex and the City 2” (DVD) 6. Elton John and Leon Russell, “The Union” 7. “The Venture Bros.” […]

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November 4, 2010

Indie Film: Claims film is anti-gay draw attention to new dark comedy

The premise of the new Maine film “Killing Toni”: “A guy gathers his friends together to murder his ex-girlfriend once he finds out she’s a lesbian.” It’s a comedy. If comedy is hard, then dark comedy is harder. Creating laughs out of subjects (in the case of “Killing Toni,” murder, misogyny and homophobia) which are […]
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November 4, 2010

Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill

• HOT TICKET Come along on a spoofy trip to ‘Forbidden Broadway’ PORTLAND OVATIONS brings the cabaret-style spoof “Forbidden Broadway” to town. The show, which has been rewritten many times since its debut in the early 1980s, pokes fun at showtunes, characters and plots of contemporary Broadway hits. WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday WHERE: Merrill Auditorium, 20 […]
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November 4, 2010

Music and Nightlife: Great DANE

As a comedian, Dane Cook has built his reputation on sharp observations and quick retorts about virtually anything. That may be the kind of thing a person is born with, but still, it's not surprising to find out that Cook is a diehard Red Sox fan. No wonder he can find humor in anything.
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November 4, 2010

Dining and Drink Listings

Rwandan Cooking Class, followed by a traditional Rwandan meal, St. Pius X Church, Portland. $15. 797-7026, Ext. 211. 5:30 p.m. Friday. Dinner with the Brewers, pre-Maine Brewers Festival dinner and beer tasting, Windham Hotel, South Portland. www.learnyourbeer.com. 6 p.m. Friday. $69 dinner only; $99 for dinner and festival. Maine Brewers Festival, sample beer and listen […]
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November 4, 2010

DVD Releases

‘Toy Story 3’ fully meets standard set by ‘1’ and ‘2’ NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “CENTURION,” starring Michael Fassbender and Dominic West. Lean, mean and extremely bloody, director Neil Marshall’s (“The Descent”) overlooked actioner pits the always-interesting Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) and a dwindling army of Roman soldiers against the Picts, who relentlessly pursue them […]

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