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February 10, 2013

Midtown Men takes ‘Boys’ success and runs with it

The phone call interrupted the harmonies. J. Robert Spencer was rolling across Pennsylvania in a tour bus with the other three members of the Midtown Men. While he talked on the phone, the other three sang in the background. “We’re having a lot of fun,” Spencer said, stating the obvious. “This all comes very naturally […]
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February 10, 2013

Miniature ships exhibited in USS Constitution Museum show

BOSTON – If you are headed to Boston over February vacation week, considering adding the USS Constitution Museum to your list of museums worth visiting. Members of the USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild display the finest of their craft in a War of 1812-themed exhibition. Commemorating 200 years of peace between the United States and […]
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February 10, 2013

No clear favorite in this year’s wide-open contest

It's gonna be fun. Or it might be Jay-Z and Kanye. Or Mumford & Sons. Or . . .
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February 10, 2013

Music: Producer Bhasker having fun. Period

When music producer Jeff Bhasker — the mastermind behind fun.’s breakthrough — had thoughts of becoming a musician, the high school student in the jazz band figured he would play keyboard for a talented singer looking to carve a space in the musical universe. “In the jazz world you become a sideman, say with like […]
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February 10, 2013

Classical Beat: PSO revisits some of the great movie scores

The printed program for “A Night at the Movies,” the Feb. 23-24 Pops! concerts of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, was as fascinating as those ancient maps with a blank space for uncharted territory. What were they going to play, and by whom? (The program, selected by guest conductor Carl Topilow, has since appeared on the […]

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February 10, 2013

Signings, etc.

RON CURRIE JR.
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February 10, 2013

Movie Review: Soderbergh channels Hitchcock to good ‘Effects’

The baseline mystery of Steven Soderbergh’s masterful Hitchcockian thriller “Side Effects” is “What’s really going on here?” The film keeps viewers emotionally invested yet intellectually off-balance, suffusing even the most ostensibly straightforward scenes with a sense of free-floating anxiety. It pays off with edge-of-the-seat chills, walloping surprises and an uncanny ability to make complex plotting […]
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February 10, 2013

Who’s your Grammy favorite?

Is it Bruce? Kanye? Adele? We asked some music-biz insiders to handicap Sunday night's races.
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February 10, 2013

Book Review: Drama, heart in blended family dynamics

Which is tougher on a young girl — losing a father to death or losing a father to divorce? That is the question Meg Wilson of North Yarmouth explores in a new novel, “Crappy New Year.” And she explores it honestly and well. As humorist Elizabeth Peavey has observed, this is “a snappy, funny and […]
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February 10, 2013

A couple of local storylines to play out at Tinseltown

Every year, Portland has a very strong connection to the Grammy Awards, thanks to the work of Bob Ludwig and Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering. The two are stars in the world of mastering – the final fine-tuning of a recording – and they master recordings for dozens of star acts. This year, more than […]

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