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April 28, 2013

Book Review: Book a memoir for people of the woods

“Someone — I wish I could remember who — has since described me as ‘a man in the woods with his head full of books, and a man in books with his head full of the woods.’ “ So writes Sidney Lea, Vermont’s current poet laureate. Without sentiment but with a lot of love, his […]
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April 28, 2013

Calendar: Your Arts and Entertainment Guide

Art “Forest for the Trees,” multi-artist show, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. aarhusgallery.com. Through Sunday. “Voices of Design — 25 Years of Architalx,” interactive exhibition that showcases the power of design, through May 19; “Blueberry Rakers,” photographs by David Brooks Stess, through May 19, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. “Decorating the Everyday: Popular Art from the Farnsworth,” […]
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April 28, 2013

Art Review: Follow Stephan’s maze of ‘Paths’ at Coleman Burke

Aaron Stephan’s “Paths” at Coleman Burke Gallery in Brunswick is amazing. But it doesn’t look like an exhibition; it’s a work site. The huge gallery is filled with tools, materials, dust and the elements of a giant construction project. The completed art brought for display is hung around the corner out of immediate sight, leaned […]
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April 28, 2013

Bob Keyes: For Fort Kent native and Bates alum, all’s well in Metropolis

Andrew Cyr admits, it feels really good to be right. The Fort Kent native and Bates College graduate began the Manhattan-based Metropolis Ensemble seven years ago for the single purpose of giving young classical music composers a chance to be heard. So far, it’s worked out well. The ensemble performs across New York, drawing nontraditional […]
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April 28, 2013

Gleason opens Barter, Chatterton exhibits

PORTLAND – Gleason Fine Art will present two new shows Friday at its Portland gallery: “Philip Barter: New Work,” and “Clarence K. Chatterton (1880-1973): An Artist’s Artist.” The exhibit will start with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 545 Congress St. Barter began creating art in the 1960s. He […]

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April 28, 2013

Television: Harvey hits on a winning daytime formula

CHICAGO – “Steve Harvey” is not everyone’s cup of afternoon tea. Devotees of, say, “The Colbert Report” will find “Harvey’s” right-down-the-middle humor uninspiring. Funny newspaper headlines and jokes about how men behave versus how women behave — where have we seen that before? “Dr. Phil” fans might consider the veteran stand-up comic’s version of common […]
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April 28, 2013

Movie Review: Heavyweight cast makes for a happy ‘Big Wedding’

Coarse, crude but often cute, “The Big Wedding” serves up the spectacle of its title, and the bigger spectacle of four AARP-eligible Oscar winners cursing like sailors. A teasing sex farce littered with f-bombs and c-words, it’s the filthiest (sounding) movie of the year — so far. Justin Zackham’s adaptation of the French comedy “Mon […]
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April 28, 2013

Must-see modernism at Portland museum

The Portland Museum of Art unveils its main event for summer, a gift from a media titan who had an astute eye for art.
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April 28, 2013

Dine Out Maine: New restaurant makes splash with interesting spices, dishes

A cavernous space in a small strip mall on Route 1 in Falmouth that was once home to O’Naturals is now Bueno Loco, which literally means “Good Crazy.” Or, as the website says, “Crazy good.” The new restaurant’s renovation is attractive and cheerful. The long open kitchen and the wavy counter from the natural foods […]
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April 28, 2013

Classical Beat: PSO calls on Mahler to honor victims of marathon bombings

The Portland Symphony Orchestra, under music director Robert Moody, will devote almost the entire final concerts of the season on May 5 and 7 to Mahler’s Fifth Symphony in memory of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. According to a press release, “The Adagietto movement of the Mahler Symphony particularly serves as music for […]

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