Arts & Entertainment

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October 21, 2012

Classical Beat: Mahler’s monumental Third seems to move heaven and earth

On Nov. 16, the 70th anniversary of the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra will be celebrated with a performance of Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 3 at Merrill Auditorium. One rarely gets to hear this symphony live because of its length (about 100 minutes), and the demands that it makes upon orchestra and chorus. Conductor Robert Lehmann speculates […]
Published
October 21, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

In this week’s column, poet Carolyn Locke of Troy begins with a description of the starfish and ends with a poem in praise of love. Regeneration By Carolyn Locke for Gerry I heard how the starfish learns the world through touch, how its chemical sense leads it to the mussel bed, how it feels its […]
Published
October 21, 2012

Book Review: Schooner chronicle veers into Down East history

Those who enjoyed Ingrid Grenon’s previous volume, “Lost Maine Coastal Schooners: From Glory Days to Ghost Ships” will be generally pleased by her latest entry, “Down East Schooners and Shipmasters,” which is propelled by the same nostalgic passions and interests. The new adventure finds the Maine-born Grenon aboard the Maine-built schooner Lewis R. French, now […]
Published
October 21, 2012

Signings, etc.

RAINA TELGEMEIER
Published
October 21, 2012

Author Q & A: Soul practitioner

USM professor Robert Atkinson continues to help people reach for their potential with a new book about getting to know our deepest selves.

Published
October 21, 2012

Scene & Heard: Safe water

The Beer + Wine = Water event helps Maine engineers make sure people in Ghana have a clean source to drink from.
Published
October 20, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Slinging sushi, skewers with equal skill

Kushiya Benkay is Portland sushi standard-bearer Benkay’s newest venture, and the restaurant offers a budget-friendly feast for meat-on-stick lovers. (The Japanese word “kushi” translates to “skewer.”) No longer run-down and dive-tastic, the reclaimed Congress Street locale includes exposed brick, delicately arranged colored tiles and a tin ceiling accentuated by rough-hewn wooden beams. I encourage diners […]
Published
October 14, 2012

Worshiping at the altar of Church

For the artists who make the journey to Frederic Edwin Church's farm in the shadow of Katahdin, to see what he saw and paint what he painted is almost a religious experience.
Published
October 14, 2012

Signings, etc.

SUSAN ORLEAN
Published
October 14, 2012

Audience Calendar

Art “William Wegman: Hello Nature,” photographs, videos, paintings and drawings, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick. bowdoin.edu/art-museum. Through Oct. 21. “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 […]

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