Arts & Entertainment

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December 29, 2013

Signings, etc.

Author Deborah Freedman to speak at Friday Local Author Series.
Published
December 29, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

According to the old expression, seeing is believing. But in this week’s hopeful poem for the new year, Robert Chute of Poland Spring shows that believing can be seeing.
Published
December 29, 2013

Audience Calendar

• ART Amy Stacey Curtis, nine video projections, each an exploration of movement in time and space, via the motif of a walk in the woods. Through January 5. $10. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square Plaza. portlandmuseum.org. “Redacted,” paintings and drawings by Ahmed Alsoudani, Iraqi artist and MECA graduate. Through Feb. 2. Portland […]
Published
December 22, 2013

Art Review: ‘Five Artists’ at A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts in Portland

The current five-person show at A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts is a great reminder that gallery directors are some of Maine’s art assets. Pollack has assembled a show of artists whose work reflects back on each other in such a way that elevates all of the work. Walking into the gallery, you […]
Published
December 22, 2013

Movies: Sometimes a film leaves you wondering

An ending scene can lock an entirely specific emotion in your head.

Published
December 22, 2013

Two PMA docent trips planned

The Portland Museum of Art Docents will travel to Philadelphia March 1-3 to visit the 2014 Philadelphia International Flower Show, “ARTiculture.” The show combines art and horticulture celebrating artists from Michelangelo to Monet, Picasso to Pollack, and da Vinci to Dali. The group will also visit the Barnes Foundation, Winterthur and the Rodin Museum. Cost […]
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December 22, 2013

Book Review: ‘The Illusion of Separateness’ an arresting work by Simon Van Booy

Set during World War II, the novel offers up richly drawn characters and lovely prose.
Published
December 22, 2013

Audience Calendar

• Art “Breakthrough: Work by Contemporary Chinese Artists,” eight pioneering women artists, through Jan. 5; “Regarding the Forces of Nature: From Alma Thomas to Yayoi Kusama,” selection of works by distinguished women artists includes paintings by Yayoi Kusama and Alma Thomas, through March 9; “The Object Show,” small and rarely seen objects from diverse collections, […]
Published
December 22, 2013

Movie Review: Bruce Dern embraces role of lifetime in ‘Nebraska’

Dylan Thomas taught us all we ever need to know about old age, death and dying: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Woodrow “Woody” Grant makes his rage a quest. He’s 80ish. He’s gotten a letter in the mail that tells him he “may have already won” a million bucks in a magazine […]
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December 22, 2013

Movie Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ is irresistible

Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson shine in the true story of Walt Disney trying to win over the author of 'Mary Poppins'.

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