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December 2, 2012

Author Q & A: Beach reading

Josh Pahigian sets his new novel on familiar sand -- Old Orchard.
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December 2, 2012

Audience Calendar

Art “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “Iconic America: The U.S. Outline as National Symbol,” University of Southern Maine (Osher […]
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December 2, 2012

Bob Keyes: Faith at heart of this play for the season that’s not about Christmas

It is without too much exaggeration that Mike Levine says everyone he grew up with was Jewish. He came of age in Newton, Mass., which was home to a lot of Jewish families in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. That’s not so much the case in Maine. “It’s difficult to feel connected to your cultural […]
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December 2, 2012

Movie Review: Keira and ‘Karenina’ made for each other

The new “Anna Karenina” is as regal, romantic and tragic as ever. The Tolstoy tale of a bored wife and doting mother martyred by her scandalous love for a rakish cavalry officer in Imperial Russia is a perfect period vehicle for Keira Knightley, who always brings a chest-heaving sexuality to such pieces — even the […]
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December 2, 2012

Society Notebook: Merry manor

To dress in holiday style, the Victoria Mansion draws inspiration from the fabulous Gilded Age.

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December 2, 2012

Signings, etc.

Doropthy Radigan and Judith Durant
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December 2, 2012

Stars align for Bates, Space shows

We are carbon-based life forms. All life on Earth is carbon-based. Carbon is small, light and abundant, and it happens to have a practical atomic structure for making complex molecules. But where does that carbon come from? The carbon atoms in your body come from long-dead exploded stars — probably even from thousands of different […]
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December 2, 2012

Classical Beat: Stockingful of local Christmas concerts offers wide variety of music

This weekend marks the beginning of the Christmas season for Maine music lovers, with the Choral Art Society’s 25th annual Christmas at the Cathedral concert, continuing at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. This year’s program features soprano Suzanne Nance, music director of MPBN, and a new work from composer […]
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December 2, 2012

Dine out Maine: Tandoor still satisfies when craving for Indian food strikes

An upper Exchange Street fixture for as long as I can remember, Tandoor’s green awning and decorative elephant window welcome patrons with a familiar greeting. The decor? Undeniably kitschy, with colorful hand-painted walls, ornate sleigh-style booths, fabric-covered ceiling tiles and a Bollywood-inspired revolving crystal light fixture. Tandoor is not elegant, but the restaurant provides a […]
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December 2, 2012

The art doctors

Fine-art conservators Bonnie and Domenico Mattozzi treat each of their 'patients' with equal care, be it a high-priced work by a famous painter or one man's beloved hunting camp heirloom.

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