Arts & Entertainment

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January 20, 2013

Book Review: Latest on Lincoln boasts a new angle

David Von Drehle focuses on a single year, 1862: 'America's most perilous.'
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January 20, 2013

Society Notebook: Open Admiration

Fans of Lois Dodd's work flock to be the first to see the artist's 'Catching the Light' exhibit at Portland Museum of Art.
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January 20, 2013

Author Q & A: Safety in numbers

Kathryn Miles' new book recalls the only so-called 'coffin ship' to keep every one of its passengers – refugees of the Irish potato famine – alive.
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January 20, 2013

Signings, etc.

DUANE ROBERT PIERSON
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January 20, 2013

Winter Theater Roundup: Texas to a ‘T’

Meet the oddball denizens of Tuna, Texas, in a ribald comedy at Portland Stage

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January 20, 2013

Theater lineup ranges from somber to silly, from tried-and-true to new

The winter theater season is full of mystery and intrigue, with ample doses of drama and humor mixed in. Here are a few clues: • The Public Theatre in Lewiston presents the Maine premiere of “The Hound of Baskervilles,” a Sherlock Holmes spoof that takes its cue from “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shksp (Abridged).” […]
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January 20, 2013

Portland figures in Jeanie Johnston history

The most harrowing trip the Jeanie Johnston took to North America has a little-known connection to Portland. It was far too late in the season for the Jeanie Johnston to cross the ocean, Miles explained, and the ship was overloaded with more people than was allowed by nautical law. They hit some serious storms that […]
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January 20, 2013

Space Annex shows work of photographer Kolster

The Space Gallery Annex, 538 Congress St., Portland, is showing a collection of prints and glass plates by photographer Michael Kolster in a new exhibition, “itiswhatitis.” The exhibition includes two series of works, one featuring abstracted tangles of binding ribbons and one collecting cliched phrases, typset in a similar tangle. Kolster shoots each unique glass […]
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January 20, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Kenneth Rosen of Portland has published numerous collections of poetry, including “The Origins of Tragedy,” which includes “The Alligator’s Hum.” The poem brings together alligators, dating and poetry in a combination that makes us rethink all three.
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January 20, 2013

Bay Chamber winter show coming up

Bay Chamber Concerts presents its Odeon Winter Concert at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Rockport Opera House. The concert is free. Odeon Allegro, Symphony and Adult Orchestras, conducted by Deirdre McClure and assisted by Gilda Joffe, will perform. The Winter Concert will feature work by Beethoven, Handel and the familiar “Scarboro Fair” of Simon and […]

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