Art “Are You Really My Friend?”, Tanja Alexia Hollander’s photographs of her Facebook friends, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through June 17. Edgar Degas: “The Private Impressionist,” drawings, prints, pastels, photographs and sculptures, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through May 28. “Trucks and Landscapes,” new paintings by Kevin Beers, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. […]
2012
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Tom Sexton divides his time between Alaska and Maine, spending half of every year in Eastport. His poem describes the movement of a porcupine through the twists, turns and surprises of a single sentence. Sexton writes, “I hope my short lines move as slowly as the porcupine does.” PORCUPINE By Tom Sexton Its movement on […]
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Maine Festival of the Book: Schedule highlights
All events are free and unticketed unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit mainereads.org THURSDAY 7 p.m., John Cole, founding director of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress; Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine, Portland. Presented by the Maine Humanities Council, the Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts […]
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Art review: Greenhut’s ‘Portland Show’ presents expansive view
Greenhut Galleries’ sixth biennial “Portland Show” is a terrific exhibition. It presents a solid view of art in Maine from the perspective of Portland’s oldest gallery. It’s an invitational show, so it doesn’t pretend to give up its own involvement. In fact, the sense of community associated with the show is an appealing quality; presenting […]
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Maine Festival of the Book: Saturday’s author talks
From ABCs and history lessons to remembering E.B. White, this year’s festival has many worthwhile sessions.
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Carol Bass opens new show at public library
PORTLAND — Carol Bass will exhibit “A Powerful Joy of Colors” April 6-27 in the Lewis Gallery of the Portland Public Library. The show includes her walking houses, energy sculptures, large dancing paintings and poems created over the past three decades. A public reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. April 6 as part […]
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Classical Beat: DaPonte explores two musical approaches to themes in Freud’s work
The DaPonte String Quartet’s March program, “Fatal Attraction,” the final concert of which is today at the Presbyterian Church in Topsham at 3 p.m., is a fascinating exploration of two musical approaches to Freud’s theme of Eros and Thanatos. It couples Schubert’s Romantic treatment of the subject in “Death and the Maiden” with Alban Berg’s […]
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Society Notebook: Yes, we’re going to an arty party
It felt like summer and revelers looked the part at the Artist Studio Building open house.
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Letters to the editor, March 24, 2012Stop the harm done by bags
We are facing a global epidemic, which is indiscriminately wreaking havoc on the planet and her inhabitants. The collective human consciousness is decidedly uncluttered by thoughts of the before, during and after repercussions of our blind consumption, yet the evidence abounds, in waterways, on beaches, in our parks and streets, in trees, in the stumps […]
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Maine Observer: She knows where the term ‘bugging’ came from
A handsome interloper of the insect variety overstays his welcome and even hitches a ride to church.