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Arts & Entertainment
Calendar: Museums and galleries, music, comedy, dance, theater
• Art “Departures and Arrivals,” geometric drawings by Josefina Auslender. Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Portland. mainejewishmuseum.org. Through April 21. Recent Acquisitions and Selections from the Permanent Collection, through June 15. Includes works by Bernard Langlais, Emilio Sanchez and several others Art Gallery, University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. une.edu/artgallery. Mansion as […]
Art Review: The painterly path of Abbott Meader
The longtime Colby College professor shows his distinctive style in “Drawn from the Earth,” on view at June Fitzpatrick Gallery along with vessels created by his wife Nancy Meader.
Tony Bennett is Gaga over state of his career
The crooner, 87, who’s at Merrill Auditorium on Saturday, is still having fun with artists decades his junior, including a certain Lady.
Artists Avy Claire, Anne-Claude Cotty and Nancy Manter to exhibit work at PhoPa Gallery in Portland
The three artists, who hail from Down East, work in a variety of mediums.
Portland Conservatory music program reaches out to kids in the neighborhood
The youth program targets those who might not have access to instruments.
Concert Review: Lake Street Dive fulfills billing as ‘best new band’
The conservatory-trained musicians of LSD put on a soulful, spirited show at the State Theatre.
Art Review: Josefina Auslender’s astonishing drawings at Maine Jewish Museum
The artist, who came to Maine from Argentina, is a virtuoso of draftsmanship.
Movies: Double dose of Gyllenhaal in the skillful metaphysical thriller ‘Enemy’
The actor plays two characters who are physically identical in this creepy metaphysical thriller.
Greenhut Galleries hosts seventh Biennial Invitational Portland Show
Fifty artists interpret the city in a variety of mediums.