Cue the stirring overture. Train the spotlight directly on the food. The table is full of an energetic and colorful cast of characters. Think of this as the opening act of an exotic musical you suspect is going to end happy. This is Bandaloop. The word is fun to say as well as puzzling. The […]
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Book Review: ‘Sleep’ explores power of memory
British author S.J. Watson bends his psychological thriller in myriad ways.
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Book Review: ‘Conflagration’ best account of Portland fire
It was a turning point in the development of Maine’s largest city, and the largest urban blaze in the United States up to that time.
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Bob Keyes: PORTopera voices soar ever higher
GORHAM — It’s been fun watching PORTopera grow up. Back in the day, Maine’s professional opera company hosted one mainstage production each summer featuring professional singers from New York, and a series of smaller shows with young singers from the University of Southern Maine School of Music. Each summer, the college singers would present a […]
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Arts Planner
THIS WEEK The Bowdoin International Music Festival begins this week in Brunswick. More than 250 musicians from 25 countries are in Maine to study, teach and perform. Over six weeks, established artists and aspiring virtuosos will present more than 80 concerts, including Brahms’ double concerto, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, and Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, performed by pianist Yefim […]
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On the Move
PROMOTIONS • Woodard & Curran promoted the following people in its Portland office: Amy Wallace of Portland was promoted to project engineer 1; David Bouffard of Biddeford to project engineer 2; Denise Cameron of Westbrook to project manager 1; Gillian Wood of Bangor to project engineer 2; Joshua Ayers of Westbrook to a engineer 3; […]
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Music takes center stage in Bar Harbor in July
The 45th season of the Bar Harbor Music Festival begins Friday with the return of Brass Venture for the eighth consecutive year. The season includes 12 performances, including recitals, chamber music, pops, new composers, opera, jazz and string orchestra concerts through July 31. Highlights will include the 28th annual New Composers Concert on July 13; […]
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Marin: Mainer
John Marin loved Maine for many reasons. The architecture of the built-up villages along the coast thrilled him. The rugged, unruly sea captivated his imagination. The language of the fishermen tickled his ears.
But the sunsets were something else altogether. They held Marin’s imagination as little else could. He told his New York art dealer, Alfred Stieglitz, that the Maine sunsets were made to order, “the kind no artist can paint.”
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Art Review: Magic of Marin on marvelous display at Portland museum
In 1942, Clement Greenberg, the most influential art critic in American history, considered that John Marin (1870-1953) might be “the greatest living American painter.” The Portland Museum of Art’s new exhibition “John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury” does more to buoy Greenberg’s comment than any exhibition in at least a generation. In fact, this show is […]