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August 12, 2012

Audience Calendar for Aug. 12

Art “Two Visions,” paintings by Lenora Leibowitz and photo- graphs by Rita Spinella Olsen, 3Fish Gallery, Portland. 3fish gallery.com. Through Aug. 25. “Illustrated Passages,” Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset. maineartgallery.org. Artists chose a piece of text to accompany their art. Through Aug. 19. “The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860–1960),” European and American paintings and works […]
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August 12, 2012

DaPonte String Quartet ending summer on scandalous notes

The DaPonte String Quartet has an intriguing idea for its final concerts this summer, scheduled for Aug. 22, 26 and 29 at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. They’re calling it the “Scandalous Music Festival,” and it will consist of works that caused a furor in their own day as well as ours, from Ravel, Piazzola, Brahms […]
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August 12, 2012

Dine Out Maine: For authentic Vietnamese, Thanh Thanh 2 shines

The pho is still a major draw for Thanh Thanh 2.
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August 12, 2012

Scene & Heard: Midsummer soiree

MaineStage Shakespeare doth celebrate a second successful season.
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August 12, 2012

Book Review: Ordinary events the stuff of wonder

A child's recollections celebrate human resilience – and break your heart.

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August 12, 2012

Portland’s Kotzschmar Organ is piping down

About to turn 100, the mighty Kotzschmar will soon be dismantled and restored. But before the Portland treasure goes temporarily quiet, it will be celebrated in a festival of concerts.
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August 12, 2012

Lois Dodd exhibit: Seeing the artist as teacher

DAMARISCOTTA — The Firehouse Center for the Falcon Foundation hosts an exhibition through Sept. 15 featuring the paintings of Lois Dodd and 40 of her students over the years. “Lois Dodd and Her Students” illustrates Dodd’s high artistic standards as well as her dedication to her students, said Firehouse curator David Dewey. While the work […]
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August 12, 2012

In the Arts: Shock of the new and amazing use of old method

‘Upon Reflection,” the title of an exhibition of photographs at the University of New England and its sumptuous accompanying catalog, implies a chance to reconsider and, perhaps, offer some thoughts about the future. The photographs are the work of Judy Ellis Glickman, a highly accomplished photographer. Her work is a classic example of the 30 […]
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August 12, 2012

Book signings, etc.: Nicole Fazio

Portland artist Nicole Fazio will be at Longfellow Books to sign her book “Journey of the Sea Glass” and meet with folks. The book, with no words, explores how sea glass comes to be. The story focuses on a soda bottle dropped overboard from a ship, and how its fragments turn up on a beach […]
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August 12, 2012

Author Q&A: Turning pro, an inspirational baseball story for children

Gorham author Bill Wise has turned the inspirational life story of William Hoy, a deaf ballplayer whose quiet determination made him a success, into a children's book.

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