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Arts & Entertainment

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September 18, 2011

Book Review: A 1789 Portland trial comes to life in ‘Stoking Embers’

Jerry Genesio, a Bridgton resident who’s published three books in the last 14 years, ventures into historical fiction in his most recent work. Based on documents and his own careful research, “Stoking the Embers of War” describes a tragic miscarriage of justice that happened in Portland 221 years ago. It’s the story of the trial […]
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September 18, 2011

Art Review: Abstract paintings that pop

Abstraction is hardly the mainstay of Down East painting. Yet, most abstract painting has a fundamental foot in a space it shares with the historic best of Maine painting: a deeply Romantic respect for personal vision and experience. Optical painting — by which I mean Op-Art and its cousins — just happens to be more […]
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September 18, 2011

Society Notebook: Big Deal for the Square

Supporters of One Longfellow Square celebrate the new directions the Portland music venue can take as a nonprofit organization.
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September 18, 2011

Big names in the running to claim an elusive Emmy

Among the winners of the TV awards tonight could be actors who've been perennial losers.
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September 18, 2011

Author Q & A: Intrigue, infighting, industry … and Allen

A new biography of the Revolutionary War hero has lots of good stuff about the colonies, too.

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September 18, 2011

Signings, etc.

ANGUS KING
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September 18, 2011

In The Arts: Taken to Paris and other worlds

The photographs of Ruth Sylmor in a joint show at Addison Woolley Gallery in Portland have the smooth texture of a Paris I remember — or think I remember. They bolster my regard for the city and contribute to the nostalgia I feel for what, in my eyes, it once was. Paris is entitled to […]
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September 18, 2011

Classical Beat: The taming of the trumpet

Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti is coming to Merrill Auditorium on Sept. 29, and I listened to some of his work to find out why he has become the best-selling instrumentalist in today’s recording industry. One of the most striking things about his performances is their melodic quality. He manages extremely high notes that could well […]
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September 18, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art Gallery Talk by Dan Mills, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, free. 786-6158. 7 p.m. Friday. Lecture on Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, Olin Concert Hall, Lewiston, free. 786-6158. Victoria Wyeth discusses their lives and work, 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Museum Day, Saco Museum, Saco, free. sacomuseum.org. Celebration of the dissemination of knowledge to anyone and […]
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September 18, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Kate Barnes, a resident of Appleton, is a former poet laureate of our state. Just behind the anecdote of her poem is a story with implications for mothers and daughters everywhere.