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    October 7, 2010

    Music and Nightlife: Pearls of Wylde wisdom

    Hard-rocking, hard-working Zakk Wylde took to heart lessons learned from 20-plus years with Ozzy Osbourne.

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    October 7, 2010

    DVD Releases

    Remakes offer all the '80s you can handle -- and more

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    October 7, 2010
    Diane Lane, John Malkovich

    Movie Review: Horse-racing drama fails to set riveting onscreen pace

    Secretariat, the 1973 super-horse, was no Seabiscuit. And that creates problems that “Secretariat,” the movie, never overcomes. A well-acted tale of an underdog’s triumph that sorely lacks an underdog, it teeters between pleasantly generic film biography and rank manipulation. Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery, the plucky, rich Virginia horsewoman who wouldn’t let her daddy’s […]

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    October 7, 2010

    Movie Review: ‘Funny Story’ deftly depicts coming of age on psych ward

    The pressures of modern-day adolescence — that ongoing struggle to participate in dozens of extracurricular activities, score good grades and find the perfect prom date — is a familiar topic for movies, especially for those of us who grew up on John Hughes’ works of the 1980s, such as “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day […]

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    October 7, 2010

    Medieval feast strictly hands-on

    Modern-day diners have gotten out of touch with their food. <br /><br /> Back in the medieval day, eaters dove into dinner hands first, unabashedly plunging their fingers into a plump goose thigh, herring or eel. <br /><br /> As uncouth as it may seem to present-day folk, spoons and forks simply weren't used. It wasn't a silverware misunderstanding, as though those utensils existed but were shunned from the table and used only to farm very small plots of land.

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    October 7, 2010

    Art and Theater: Listings

    • CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Noonday concerts, presented by Portland Conservatory of Music and the church, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. Chiharu Naruse, piano, Wren Saunders, bassoon and Kristen Finkbeiner, clarinet, 12:15 p.m. FRIDAY Masanobu Ikemiya and Gus La Casse, piano and violin, Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor. $7-$15; free for under age 12. […]

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    October 7, 2010

    Et Cetera: Listings, Oct. 7

    • BENEFITS Black Frame Art Sale and Show, benefits the Bayside Neighborhood Association’s children’s art programs and other community activities; works of art available for purchase at $200 each. Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Free admission. www.blackframeartsale.com. 5 to 8 p.m. (preview noon to 3 p.m.) Antiques show and sale, Medomak Valley Land Trust’s annual event with […]

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    October 7, 2010

    Dining and Drink: Listings, Oct. 7-14

    Supper club, series presented by the New England Farm 2 Fork Project, Raven Hill Orchard, East Waterboro. www.thenewenglandfarm2forkproject.com. National Moldy Cheese Day/Made in New England Cheese Social Saturday; Lunch on the Land/National Cider Day Sunday. Gateway Farmers Market, Greater York Region Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, York. www.gatewayfarmersmarket.com. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Open […]

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    September 30, 2010

    GO Poll: Are artsy benches in Bayside a good way to spend our money?

  • Published
    September 30, 2010

    Bull Moose Top 10

    Top 10 for Portland Sept. 20-26 1. “Robin Hood” (DVD) 2. Halo: Reach for X360 3. John Legend with the Roots, “Wake Up!” 4. Michael Franti and Spearhead, “The Sound of Sunshine” 4. Santana, “Guitar Heaven” 4. “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” — Season 1 (DVD) 7. Maroon 5, “Hands All Over” 7. Robert Plant, “Band […]