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Ann Fisher

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September 16, 2019

Out & About: New directions for music theater, symphony

The sun will slide below the celestial equator on Monday, officially beginning autumn. On cue, two of southern Maine’s venerable cultural organizations are launching their fall-winter-spring seasons, and both are marking the occasion with major changes. Lyric Music Theater is running “Matilda,” a recent British musical that has received multiple awards. What’s especially surprising is […]
Published
September 16, 2019

Here’s Something: Boos & Bravos

Welcome to another edition of Boos and Bravos, the quick-hit, catch-all column of Here’s Something. This week, remarkably, we have nothing but positive bravos to report: Bravo to a fantastic, though fleeting, Maine summer. The weather was what Goldilocks would have ordered – warm but not oppressively so. There was little rain and few beach […]
Published
September 16, 2019

Superintendent’s Notebook: Expanded pre-K will help Portland meet goals

The new school year has begun and so has our expanded pre-kindergarten program. We’ve added two new pre-K classrooms this year and will continue to add more each year over the next five years in an effort to eventually offer pre-K to all Portland 4-year-olds who need it. The pre-K expansion is just one of […]
Published
September 16, 2019

Greater Portland Community Calendar: Sept. 18-27

Greater Portland Books/Authors Tuesday 9/24 “Three Flames,” new novel by Alan Lightman, 7 p.m., Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St., Portland, stories of one Cambodian family. Free, www.printbookstore.com. Thursday 9/26 “Seeking Hyde,” debut novel by English professor Thomas Reed, 7 p.m., Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St. Free. Ongoing Morning Book Group, 9:30-11 a.m. second […]
Published
September 16, 2019

Mainewhile: We need to unbend to help those who are broken

I’ve never been to the Bahamas, which I regret. I’ve heard the stories. Everyone I’ve met who has been there came back deeply in love with the place. The blindingly beautiful white sand beaches, the crystal clear azure waters – and the people. Always the people. Whatever adventures their stories held, at some point there […]
Published
September 13, 2019

Arts Calendar: Sept. 18-28

Greater Portland Auditions “Elf The Musical,” 6:30-9 p.m., Sept. 22 & 23, Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. More at facebook, Joshua Chard at [email protected] Exhibits “The Art of the Comic,” UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, through Oct. 6, www.une.edu. “Visible Discourse from Maine’s Western Foothills,” Union of Maine Visual Artists, Portland […]
Published
September 12, 2019

Southern Meetings: Sept. 13-20

Cape Elizabeth Tues. 9/17 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Wed. 9/18 7 p.m. Conservation Committee TH Thur. 9/19 6:30 p.m. Thomas Memorial Library Committee TML Thur. 9/19 6:30 p.m. Energy Committee TH Thur. 9/19 7 p.m. Fort Williams Park Committee CECC Scarborough Tues. 9/17 5:30 p.m. Finance Committee CCA Wed. 9/18 7 p.m. Town […]
Published
September 12, 2019

Cooking at the Cove: Tomato Time

Embrace this year’s tomato harvest with a sumptuous soup accompanied by savory biscuits.
Published
September 11, 2019

Midcoast Community Calendar: Sept. 11-21

Benefits Saturday 9/14 Neighbors Helping Neighbors 5K Run/Walk, check-in 7:30-8:15 a.m., Lisbon United Methodist Church, 14 School St., Lisbon. Benefits LACO Food Pantry and Tedford Shelter. All ages, lisbonumchurch.org. Books/Authors Saturday 9/14 The Epic Conversation: “Melville and the Universal Song of the Ages” with David Peloqui, 4 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath. […]
Published
September 11, 2019

Midcoast Meetings: Sept. 13-20

Bath Tues. 9/17 6 p.m. Bath Recreation Commission Rec. Dept. Wed. 9/18 4 p.m. Bath Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee Rec. Dept. Brunswick Mon. 9/16 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee TH Mon. 9/16 6:30 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 9/17 7:15 p.m. Village Review Board TH Wed. 9/18 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee TH Wed. 9/18 […]