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January 20, 2013

Creative Portland, Arts Commission to offer updates

Creative Portland is co-hosting an event with the Maine Arts Commission from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Portland Stage Company’s children’s workshop space, 25A Forest Ave. From 4 to 5 p.m., Maine Arts Commission director Julie Richard will provide updates about the commission and lead a discussion about future plans for the agency. At […]
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January 13, 2013

Golden Globes goofy — but here are predictions anyway

Some actors will win, some will lose, and co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler should be a funny pair.
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January 13, 2013

Author Q&A: Newly in love

Joseph Monninger, best known for his young-adult novels, ventures into the romance genre with his new book, 'Margaret from Maine.'
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January 13, 2013

CONTEST: Guess Oscar winners and win

When it comes to this year’s major Oscar races, Maine can claim a big piece of the “Pi.” Mainers don’t always have a rooting interest in the Academy Awards. But this year, they do, thanks to Steven Callahan of Lamoine, a small town near Ellsworth. Callahan, a shipwreck survivor and marine designer, was a key […]
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January 13, 2013

Signings, etc.

PHILLIP HOOSE

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January 13, 2013

Art Review: Spirited away by a ‘Fantastic’ exhibition at Bowdoin

Bowdoin College’s “Fantastic Stories: The Supernatural in Nineteenth-Century Japanese Prints” is fantastic in every sense of the word. The Brunswick show features several dozen Japanese woodblock prints (Ukiyo-e) from the collection of Cornell professor Dan McKee that relate to the Japanese vision of the supernatural world: Spirits, ghosts, demons, magically endowed animals, witches, hell and […]
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January 13, 2013

Classical Beat: Symphony to take daring plunge into the erotic

I was thinking of writing about Beethoven’s Fifth this week, because it will be featured in the Feb. 5 concert of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, but everything that can be said about this symphony has already been written. One can only hope that, as he and pianist Andrew Russo did with the recent performance of […]
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January 13, 2013

Book Review: Understanding ‘Maine’s psychic sculptor’

When sculptor Harry Stump of Warren died at age 82 on an early fall day in 1998, he left behind a population of athletes and other lithe and graceful figures he had created to mark the human race. It is a legacy to treasure. Now, 14 years after his death, Maine journalist Lloyd Ferriss has […]
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January 13, 2013

Book Review: ‘Zion’ a search for a place to call home

The author's journey is bumpy -- both for her and for her readers.
Published
January 13, 2013

In The Arts: Along for the ride with Eddie, and other good stuff

Traveling with Eddie is not easy. It requires patience and an unlimited amount of good will. I know; I’ve been there. The Eddie in this article is the redoubtable Eddie Fitzpatrick, restaurateur, collaborator with artists and former features editor of this newspaper. He is also a frequent subject of the amiable and shrewd eye of […]

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