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October 16, 2011

Arts Dispatches

BATH Best-selling author to visit Hyde School on Oct. 30 Best-selling author Douglas Preston will visit Hyde School on Oct. 30 to discuss the finer points of writing as part of a writer’s workshop. The class, which will meet first in the fall and continue through April, is for students who want to launch a […]
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October 16, 2011

Arts Planner

• Last spring, nine College of the Atlantic students spent 10 weeks in Vichy, France. The students from the United States, Mexico, the Czech Republic and El Salvador were charged with recording their journey in drawings, paintings, photography, words and video. Highlights of their work will be displayed in “Carnets de Voyage: Illustrated Travel Journals” […]
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October 16, 2011

Classical Beat: Career piano tuner in love with life’s flats and sharps

Memo to young people having trouble finding a job: Piano tuning. People who love to play will always find a way to pay for what Matt Guggenheim, who tunes the pianos for the Portland Symphony Orchestra, calls a “necessary luxury.” “They’re like Beethoven. The bombs can be dropping 40 miles away, but what they care […]
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October 16, 2011

Author Q & A: Game On

...and on and on: A new book tells the story of the longest baseball game, who played and who stayed to see the PawSox and the Rochester Red Wings duke it out over 33 innings.
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October 16, 2011

Art Review: June Fitzpatrick knows where to draw the line

When I first learned June Fitzpatrick would dedicate the entire year at both of her galleries to drawing, I wondered if that wouldn’t drain the well. But her shows have only gotten stronger throughout the year. “Drawing the Line #8” is a great show featuring seven excellent artists, most of whom have footing both in […]

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October 16, 2011

Let there be lute

Fans of early music, in the midst of a global renaissance, can party like it's 1600 this month when the harpsichords, recorders and, yes, lutes hit town for the Portland Early Music Festival and a visit by the Handel and Haydn Society.
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October 16, 2011

Book Review: Novel follows pair through life’s seasons

“Summer Friends” marks the ninth novel from warmly regarded Portland writer Holly Chamberlin, and, as you might expect, the experience shows. This time, Chamberlin gives us more than a seasonal story of Maine’s beautiful southern coast. “Summer Friends” tells an insightful story about people and the different social environments in which they choose to spend […]
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October 16, 2011

Society Notebook: Oh, Baby!

A fundraiser Wednesday for the March of Dimes raises close to $30,000.
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October 16, 2011

Signings, etc.

VICKI DOUDERA
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October 16, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Kenneth Rosen of Portland is a veteran poet and the founder of the Stonecoast writers conference. In this week's haunting poem, he remembers workmen from a culture that has been lost.

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