The numbers are grim. Since 2009, demand is up 25 percent and donations are down 80 percent. As a result, reserves at the Project FEED food pantry in Portland are down 27 percent. It’s enough to keep volunteer pantry manager Delene Perley up at night. How can she possibly feed so many needy people as […]
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Book Review: Assassin’s family drama explains a lot
As we mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the amazing cultural and economic changes that followed in its wake, historian Nora Titone’s brilliant new account of the Booth family of actors, “My Thoughts Be Bloody,” proves a perfect starting point. No observer with a pretence to fact would call the family of […]
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Dine Out Maine: Top of the East worth a visit for those drinks and that view
Christened at the height of 1927 Prohibition as part of the Eastland Hotel, the original Top of the East was called the Sun Parlor and conceived for well-heeled guests taking morning tea and lunch. (Interesting note: The hotel itself was named as a result of a public contest that yielded 100 dollars in gold to […]
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Good news for Webbheads
A show at Bowdoin explores photographer Todd Webb’s work in New York and Paris at a defining time in his career.
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Cutting edge looks sharp at CMCA
I have always liked the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. I was worried when it was on the ropes for a while, but against the odds and above all expectations in such economically lean times, it seems more alive than ever. Each of the four shows currently on view at the CMCA is markedly original, […]
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Audience Calendar
Art “Past Perfect,” photography by Justin Larkin, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. “Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31. “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles and small crafts, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 5. “Imagination […]
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Author Q&A: Brothers in yarns
Longtime friends Christopher Ayres and Stephen W. Hyde collaborate on a book of essays and photographs that’s a paean to rural Maine.
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Arts Planner
• Maine State Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” returns to Merrill Auditorium in Portland with the largest cast of performers in the show’s history. Almost 300 dancers from Maine State Ballet and other dance schools will present seven performances beginning Saturday. “The Nutcracker” features live music by the Maine State Ballet Orchestra, the Musica de Filia Girlchoir […]
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Bob Keyes: An angel who shall remain nameless
BRUNSWICK – On Saturday, Wendy Poole gathered friends and supporters to celebrate good news. Poole, executive director of the Theater Project in Brunswick, wanted everyone who cares about the theater to know about its 40-year history and to lay out plans for the yearlong anniversary celebration. And then she let them in on a secret […]