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December 4, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31. “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” Shaker furniture, art, tools, textiles and crafts, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 5. “Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection,” Bowdoin College (Peary-MacMillan Arctic […]
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December 4, 2011

Fryeburg Academy exhibits John Hultberg

FRYEBURG – Fryeburg Academy hosts an exhibition of paintings by the late John Hultberg through Jan. 21. “John Hultberg and Monhegan Island: The Man, the Place, and His Dreams” is on view at the Pace Galleries of Art, 18 Bradley St., on campus. The Pace Galleries are free and open to the public from 9 […]
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December 4, 2011

Farmiga asks tough questions about faith in ‘Higher Ground’

Since childhood, Corinne has been searching for something. She might have found it in a book, if the local librarian hadn’t yanked “Lord of the Flies” out of her hands. She might have found it in music, if mom (Broadway great Donna Murphy) hadn’t dismissed her interest in learning it. And she might have found […]
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December 4, 2011

Author Q&A: The name of the game

Bill Belichick's reign over the Patriots, as well as his influence on all of football, is the topic of a new book by Michael Holley.
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December 4, 2011

Playing Santa for a serious movie buff?

Films or collections worth giving this year: • “Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Innovation.” (Abrams Books, $50) Pamela Glintenkamp’s photo-laden coffee-table tome offers an exhaustive survey of the visual effects produced by the house that George Lucas built — and that’s responsible for some of the most iconic screen images of the last […]

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December 4, 2011

Society Notebook: Presenting POP

Shopping for something cool to give this yule? 'Art is the perfect gift,' says one partygoer celebrating the opening of the limited-time-only pop-up gallery in Portland.
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December 4, 2011

Signings, etc.

LUANN YETTER
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December 4, 2011

Book Review: Tales from life of man known for mischief

Michael Moore's authentic voice comes through in a book of humor and candor.
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December 4, 2011

Art Review: Three pairs make for a great hand at ICA

Usually, the art we see gathered in galleries and museums is organized by curators and gallerists rather than the artists themselves. In the 2011 Maine College of Art faculty show, however, each of the three professors selected by juror Patricia Hickson (a curator of contemporary art at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, […]
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December 4, 2011

Book Review: ‘Infernals’ a dark matter, quantum physics morality tale

Although he is lord of the realm, even the devil doesn’t like hell in John Connolly’s “The Infernals,” the young adult fantasy sequel to “The Gates.” Lightly scolding readers who haven’t read the first book, the narrator kindly provides a brief synopsis to ensure everyone is on the same page, so to speak, in the […]

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