Arts & Entertainment

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November 18, 2012

In The Arts: Three shows: One fascinating, one eloquent, one ambitious

This is an article about three shows: Two on photography and a third that introduces itself with a photograph — a very old one. My bias in favor of traditionally achieved photographs has nagged at this column for years. Photography as we knew it — a blend of chemistry, light and glorious skill — came […]
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November 18, 2012

Art Review: Using art as a weapon of conscience

“The War on Peace” at Waterfall Arts in Belfast is an exhibition featuring two of Maine’s nationally acclaimed artists: Robert Shetterly and Alan Magee. It is a powerful show. It’s tough but rewarding, and its critical outrage is thoughtfully poised. Shetterly is best known for “Americans Who Tell the Truth,” a painting series he began […]
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November 18, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Betsy Sholl, a resident of Portland, is the former Maine poet laureate. You might guess that the gulls of her poem come from the outskirts of her city, but you’d be wrong. Betsy explains that she spotted these “bad boys” near her in-laws’ condo in Florida, where she “decided to sit on the beach for a little while and watch.”
Published
November 11, 2012

Zemeckis back in (live) action and ‘Flight’ is the right ticket

The maker of 'Forrest Gump' and other award winners spent the past decade on animation.
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November 11, 2012

Ambitious ‘Cloud Atlas’ just too much, too fast

A work of stunning images, staggering ambition and epic length, “Cloud Atlas” is an attempt to create nothing less than a “unified field” theory of science fiction. If you’re the Wachowskis, who once set the movie world afire with “The Matrix,” you can be forgiven such pretentious overreaching. In “Cloud Atlas,” four Oscar winners and […]

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November 11, 2012

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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November 11, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Edna and Lucy’s serves lunch like Grandma used to make

Five miles from Freeport, this excellent cafe is worth a drive.
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November 11, 2012

Book Review: Horror read suspenseful from start to finish

You know you’re reading a live one when you think about the book while having breakfast or shopping, and can’t wait to pick it up again. Joseph Souza’s long (306 pages) debut horror mystery is that kind of a read. He plans to make “The Reawakening” the first of a three-part “Living Dead Trilogy,” and […]
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November 11, 2012

Author Q & A: After the Great Disappearance

Tom Perrotta's new novel imagines those not taken in the Rapture.
Published
November 11, 2012

Bob Keyes: Library visits will become more artful

The Portland Public Library's sale of a valuable painting will help it do more with its impressive art collection.

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