Arts & Entertainment

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March 31, 2013

Signings, etc.: Neil Rolde

Award-winning historian, author, former legislator and York native Neil Rolde will talk about the newly updated edition of his book, “York Is Living History.” Originally published 41 years ago, the work features a lively, succinct history of York’s first four centuries, and is chock-full of events, drama and change. Rolde’s latest edition details changes from […]
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March 31, 2013

Society Notebook: Telling Time at Glitterati

Maine authors and many supporters turn out at Glitterati, the sparkling event for Portland's nonprofit writing center for young people.
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March 31, 2013

Premiering at Portland Stage: That thing called love

It's intoxicating, it's infuriating, it's ever-elusive. Maine playwright John Cariani tries to pin it down with his latest, 'Love/Sick,' which is getting its world premiere at Portland Stage.
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March 31, 2013

The Lunder: A gift that will keep on giving

Peter and Paula Lunder are local folks with deep roots in central Maine and at Colby College.
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March 31, 2013

Book Review: Tracing the ebb and flow of grief

A tsunami survivor shares her story about loss and healing in 'Wave.'

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March 31, 2013

Book Review: ‘Burgess Boys’ has hallmarks of a classic

Four years after winning the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for the book “Olive Kitteridge,” Portland native Elizabeth Strout is back. Her latest novel, “The Burgess Boys,” doesn’t disappoint. This post-9/11 story of family and forgiveness, identity and dislocation, has the hallmarks of a classic and the urgency of today’s news. The plot stems from a […]
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March 31, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

The poet Gary Lawless of Nobleboro often honors in his work the purity of the natural world that continues to exist around us, despite the corruption of our civilization. In today’s poem he follows a path that leads beyond destroyed totem poles in Sitka, Alaska, to a wild nature, calling us to join him.
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March 25, 2013

Society Notebook: Rock Around the World supports language program

Imagine a dance party that is a melting pot of cultures – including Cambodian, Iraqi, Chinese, Bolivian and Namibian, among others. A woman in Sudanese dress hula hooping. A belly dancer swing dancing in a sari. Last weekend’s eighth annual Rock Around the World fundraiser for the Multilingual Summer Academic Program in Portland was its […]
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March 24, 2013

Calendar: Your Arts and Entertainment Guide

Art Lois Dodd: “Catching the Light,” career retrospective — 1955-2012 — for the Maine painter, through April 7; and “Voices of Design” — 25 Years of Architalx, interactive exhibition that showcases the power of design, through May 19, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives,” historic photographs, documents, artifacts and first-person accounts, Maine […]
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March 24, 2013

Giving voice to books

Tavia Gilbert has recorded more than 200 audio books, learning along the way that sometimes it gets deeply personal.

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