One of the most famous, beloved and — indeed — powerful paintings in the world is Salvador Dali’s surrealist masterpiece, “The Persistence of Memory.” The iconic painting depicts a dreamy landscape in which even clocks are so mellowed that they melt in sleepy repose. I have seen it many times at the Museum of Modern […]
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Classical Beat: PSO performs opening shows in hue of ‘Blue’
It’s hard not to admire a composer who quotes Wittgenstein in his program notes, but I think I can manage it. The composer in this case is the highly successful Michael Torke, whose “Javelin” Olympics music was played last year by the Portland Symphony Orchestra under Robert Moody. I recall characterizing it as fascist bombast […]
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Dine Out Maine: Big, hearty dining experience at cozy Cafe Miranda
Cafe Miranda feels real big. This is despite the fact it’s a converted fraternal hall with 40 seats, a handful of bar stools and a few tables on a side patio in the nice weather. It’s been open since 1993. That giant experience comes from a variety of factors: a menu with a staggering variety […]
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PORTLAND Landmarks honors MECA for preservation of building Greater Portland Landmarks has given a Preservation Honor Award to the Maine College of Art for the preservation and adaptive reuse of the historic Miller Building (1904 and 1911), formerly the Porteous Mitchell & Braun department store, as a center of excellence for art education. MECA’s building, […]
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Book Review: Life spent pursuing normalcy
A new novel details the fame and misfortune of Mrs. Tom Thumb.
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For openers . . .
Conductor Robert Moody likens the Portland Symphony’s first concerts of the 2011-12 season – featuring pianist Awadagin Pratt – to a ‘great, gratifying, electric’ journey.
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Bob Keyes: Somewhere, the gallery gods are smiling
PORTLAND — Matt Welch understands that the economy is not well. Especially as it relates to the arts, the sluggish economy poses the single greatest challenge to visual artists and the galleries that represent them. But Welch isn’t interested in wallowing in the fear that’s associated with these difficult times. “Sometimes you get to the […]
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Book Review: New book hits close to home with tales from War of 1812
Next year, the United States, Canada and Great Britain will observe the bicentennial of the War of 1812. For the U.S., which declared the war, it was mostly a string of defeats and humiliations. For Great Britain, it was a pesky, expensive sideshow of empire, hardly a war at all. For British North America, it […]
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• Portland Ovations opens its season Thursday with a concert by contemporary jazz trumpeter Chris Botti. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium. A Grammy Award winner, Botti fuses jazz and pop. Since the release of his 2004 album “When I Fall In Love,” Botti has become the largest-selling American jazz instrumental artist. He has […]