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December 25, 2011

Arts Planner

• The Portland Public Library will open “Around the House,” an art show by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, on Jan. 6. The exhibition features 17 contemporary Maine photographers, and will be on view through Jan. 28 in the Lewis Gallery on the Lower Level of the Main Library on Congress Street. Organized by […]
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December 25, 2011

Audience Calendar

ART “The Hidden Presence of Places,” photography by Paul Caponigro, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Jan. 5. “Focus on India,” photographs by Lawrence Elbroch, Red Door Pottery Studio and Gallery Shop, Kittery. 439-5671. Through Feb. 1. “Courting the Muse,” watercolors by Ken Fellows, York Public Library. 363-2818. “The Global Lens,” photography by Dominic […]
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December 25, 2011

Television: Charlie to Oprah, TV’s dramatic year

Coming and going … going and coming: Our own lives can change dramatically, but why are we surprised when the lives of the rich and famous do? Maybe because those lives can suddenly turn into volcanic eruptions of booze and drugs, those verbal emissions best described as insane or, more charitably, unbalanced. We watch in […]
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December 25, 2011

Crowd pleasers

The holiday season has been pure magic for area arts organizations, with the likes of Portland Stage and the PSO filling seats and reaping a bonanza that bodes well for 2012.
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December 25, 2011

Book Review: Everest backstory another conquest

Wade Davis finds that the mountain's conquerors had complex motivations.

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December 25, 2011

Author Q & A: Kitty treat

Father Tom is a delightful Maine coon, the parish cat of Temptation of Christ Church in a new book by Cape Elizabeth's J.R. Mackenzie.
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December 25, 2011

Art Review: Part 2 of the Vogel collection: Contemporary concepts rule

Christmas is when many of us spend more time standing in lines at the post office than any other time of the year. Have you ever wondered about those postal clerks and the passions of their private lives? One of the most famous postal clerks in America right now (though retired) is a guy named […]
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December 25, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Plush a prime spot to linger, converse and please the palate

I visited Plush, a new tapas bar and lounge in Portland’s West End neighborhood, in mid-December to see what kind of dinner a group might cobble together from small plates amid the chic bar scene. A satisfying one, as it turned out. Two clusters of lounge seating occupy one side of the entrance of this […]
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December 25, 2011

Saco Museum celebrates the art of rug hooking

SACO – The Saco Museum celebrates hooked rug innovator and entrepreneur Edward S. Frost with the show “Rugs All Marked Out,” opening Jan. 14. Frost launched a rug-pattern business in Biddeford in the mid-19th century. Originally presented at the Maine State Museum in 2006, “Rugs All Marked Out” features rugs, burlap patterns and metal stencils […]
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December 25, 2011

Classical Beat: Speaking of music, 2011 was a noteworthy year indeed

The time has come, as the Walrus said, to reflect back on the most memorable musical events of 2011. I hadn’t realized there were so many. To begin with, all of the Christmas concerts (at least the ones I was able to attend) were outstanding. The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s “Magic of Christmas” shone brightly by returning […]

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