My goal in writing these columns is to tell you things you didn’t already know without being so boring that it makes your hair hurt. This particular column was more of a challenge because of the topic, but I bet when you finish reading this you’ll say, “Very interesting. I didn’t know that!” By now […]
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We Love To Eat
Free community supper – Saturday, July 27, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street United Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. VFW meal – Wednesday, July 31, VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Salisbury streak with gravy, mashed potatoes, veggie, rools and dessert. $7. To be included in this listing, nonprofit organizations planning public meals […]
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Indie Film: Documentary traces Big Star’s rise and inexplicable fall
‘Nothing Can Hurt Me’ chronicles the hard-luck tale of perhaps the quintessential cult band, a critical darling that never broke through.
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Austen to have pride of face on currency
LONDON – Jane Austen will become the new face on England’s 10-pound notes — in an attempt to add a little pride and fight the prejudice against women on the country’s currency. The Bank of England chose the chronicler of 18th-century English country life as the new face of the note, bowing to critics who […]
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Indie Film: Documentary traces Big Star’s rise and inexplicable fall
‘Nothing Can Hurt Me’ chronicles the hard-luck tale of perhaps the quintessential cult band, a critical darling that never broke through.
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VIA Agency employs creativity to compete nationally
Leeann Leahy leads the Portland ad agency, which has 13 major clients ranging from Samsung and Klondike bars to Welch’s juice and Perdue chicken.
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Arts Calendar – 7/25
Theater Through July 27 “Adrift in Macao,” Maine premiere, presented by The Originals, Saco River Theater, Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. 7:30 p.m. on July,25,26,27; 2 p.m. July 21. $22 adults, $20 students and seniors. Thursday, pay what you can. 929-5412. Through July 28 “Charlotte’s Web,” Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., […]
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Arts Calendar – 7/25
Theater Through July 27 “Adrift in Macao,” Maine premiere, presented by The Originals, Saco River Theater, Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. 7:30 p.m. on July,25,26,27; 2 p.m. July 21. $22 adults, $20 students and seniors. Thursday, pay what you can. 929-5412. Through July 28 “Charlotte’s Web,” Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., […]
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Current calendar – 7/25
Thursday, July 25 “The Incredibles,” Disney movie, shown at sunset at Bug Light Park, South Portland. Hosted by The South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber and the city of South Portland. The park opens at 6:30 p.m. with live music, games, children’s activities. Free. 767-7650. Concerts in the Park, 6:30 p.m., Memorial Park, Sawyer Road, Scarborough, […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Some things change, some don’t
The lazy, hazy days of summer in The Borough…a summer with 100-degree temperatures, and also nine kids travel baseball games, and American Legion games rained out… What climate change? Like Mark Twain said, in New England, if you don’t like the weather, or are seeking climate change data, just wait a minute. (Just kidding about […]