Some actors will win, some will lose, and co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler should be a funny pair.
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Society Notebook: Facebook to Face
Social media friends like the chance to mingle in person.
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Dine Out Maine: The Bayou Kitchen’s a brunch joint worth the early visit
Given the complexity, subtlety, history and character in Cajun and Creole cooking, Maine’s lack of sit-down dinner options featuring this style of food perplexes me. My husband Travis maintains that Cajun food is “poor people” food (in a good way), and that aesthetic might explain why a higher-end restaurant might offer an entree or two […]
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Classical Beat: Symphony to take daring plunge into the erotic
I was thinking of writing about Beethoven’s Fifth this week, because it will be featured in the Feb. 5 concert of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, but everything that can be said about this symphony has already been written. One can only hope that, as he and pianist Andrew Russo did with the recent performance of […]
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The new flat-earth society
Two friends from Portland have taken the theme of Thomas Friedman’s book ‘The World Is Flat’ and applied it to an edgy trans-Atlantic art show.
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Calendar
Art “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine,” exploring the artistic relationship between Homer and the architect John Calvin Stevens and the early years of the Portland Society […]
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In The Arts: Along for the ride with Eddie, and other good stuff
Traveling with Eddie is not easy. It requires patience and an unlimited amount of good will. I know; I’ve been there. The Eddie in this article is the redoubtable Eddie Fitzpatrick, restaurateur, collaborator with artists and former features editor of this newspaper. He is also a frequent subject of the amiable and shrewd eye of […]
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Book Review: Understanding ‘Maine’s psychic sculptor’
When sculptor Harry Stump of Warren died at age 82 on an early fall day in 1998, he left behind a population of athletes and other lithe and graceful figures he had created to mark the human race. It is a legacy to treasure. Now, 14 years after his death, Maine journalist Lloyd Ferriss has […]
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CONTEST: Guess Oscar winners and win
When it comes to this year’s major Oscar races, Maine can claim a big piece of the “Pi.” Mainers don’t always have a rooting interest in the Academy Awards. But this year, they do, thanks to Steven Callahan of Lamoine, a small town near Ellsworth. Callahan, a shipwreck survivor and marine designer, was a key […]
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UMaine museum opens three new exhibits
BANGOR – The University of Maine Museum of Art opens three new exhibitions this week along with a selection from the museum’s permanent collection titled “Steve’s Picks.” The new shows are “Michael Crouser: Dog Run,” “Robert Rivers: The Promised Land” and “Candace Ivy: Honey from the Belly of the Lion.” All shows open Friday and […]