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November 27, 2011

Arts Planner

This week • For First Friday Art Walk in Portland, the Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., will extend its hours until 8:30 p.m., and admission after 5 p.m. is $5. There will be holiday refreshments in the Carriage House Museum Shop, which will also host an art exhibition featuring contemporary art by Jackie Reis and […]
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November 27, 2011

Book Review: Assassin’s family drama explains a lot

As we mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the amazing cultural and economic changes that followed in its wake, historian Nora Titone’s brilliant new account of the Booth family of actors, “My Thoughts Be Bloody,” proves a perfect starting point. No observer with a pretence to fact would call the family of […]
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November 27, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art Jason Larkin “Past Perfect,” Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. Ends today. “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, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles and small crafts, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 5. “Imagination […]
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November 27, 2011

Book Review: Daughter sees fun in mom, the nun

Their relationship deepens as the writer cares for her monastic elderly mother.
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November 27, 2011

Classical Beat: Even silent, musical instruments are lovely to behold

The other day, a friend gave me a card from master woodcarver Robert Jones of Thomaston depicting a working French horn that he had made out of wood rather than brass. (Search for “58scallop” on YouTube to see it yourself.) The instrument is most certainly a tour de force, but I was wondering why anyone […]

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November 27, 2011

Exhibit features professor’s plein air paintings

BIDDEFORD – The University of New England’s Biddeford Campus Center will exhibit the paintings of UNE art professor Charles Thompson beginning Thursday and running through mid-January. Thompson will show his latest series of en plein air paintings, which depict the rugged coastline and dense woods surrounding his Maine homes. He works from start to finish […]
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November 27, 2011

Bob Keyes: Fighting hunger with the Messiah

The numbers are grim. Since 2009, demand is up 25 percent and donations are down 80 percent. As a result, reserves at the Project FEED food pantry in Portland are down 27 percent. It’s enough to keep volunteer pantry manager Delene Perley up at night. How can she possibly feed so many needy people as […]
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November 27, 2011

Art Review: Hunan bronze: Impressive, ancient, fun

Thanksgiving was implemented as a national holiday dedicated to appreciation, prayer and reverence for the past by none other than President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 during a time of war. The idea of important dishes and vessels for food and drink that are used only for special occasions dedicated to respecting rituals of tradition is […]
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November 27, 2011

Holiday TV we love

Every year at about this time, these unsung heroes of holiday TV show up and remind us why.
Published
November 27, 2011

Author Q&A: Peak experience

Donn Fendler, who famously was lost for days on Mount Katahdin as a young boy, co-writes his story in graphic novel form.

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