TUESDAY DOWNEAST PRIDE ALLIANCE, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Harbour’s Edge Room, Portland. Network with members of Portland’s gay and gay-friendly business community and enjoy a cash bar. Free. www.depabusiness.com. THURSDAY YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INGRAHAM Evening Behind the Scenes, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Brick Hill Circle, South Portland. Tour the facility and enjoy appetizers, beer and wine. […]
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Dine Out Maine: Seafood by the sea with a dock and shack? Summer’s sublime
It’s high summer, and time to hit those tucked-away seasonal restaurants while you can. Bring the whole family or a passel of friends and a stocked cooler to one of Maine’s classic seafood shacks. Order a pint of fried clams, steamed lobster, an over-sized haddock sandwich, a hot dog. You find these casual restaurants along […]
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Author Q & A: The real deal
‘Killer Stuff and Tons of Money’ shares secrets of the great American treasure hunt for valuable antiques and collectibles.
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Society Notebook: Opera and Opulence
PORTopera and the Victoria Mansion make beautiful music together.
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Audience Calendar
Art “New Works,” by Craig Mooney and Henry Isaacs, Gallery on Chase Hill, Kennebunkport. maine-art.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Saturday. Through July 21. “Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900–1940,” 65 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs will examine the personal and professional relationships of a small group of American modernists who worked in […]
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Bob Keyes: Something funky’s going on in Lewiston
Things may get a little funky at the Bates Dance Festival this summer. The festival — 29 years old and growing stronger by the year — opens this week in Lewiston. Director Laura Faure has worked her usual magic to bring together some of the most exciting and interesting contemporary performers. They will give concerts […]
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See early work of late Cranberry Island artist LaHotan
ROCKLAND — Through Aug. 14, Yvette Torres Fine Art presents an exhibition featuring the work of the late Cranberry Island artist Robert LaHotan. The paintings included in this exhibit encompass all the artist’s work available from 1956 to 1971. It is titled, “Robert LaHotan: The Early Years, Cranberry Island, Maine — New York City.” Born […]
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Arts Dispatches
CAMDEN Sebold show to feature more than 100 artists Back for its 35th year, the Carol Sebold Summer HarborArts Juried Show will open in Camden on Saturday and continue through Sunday, July 17. More than 100 established and emerging artists and crafts people will show and sell their work at the show. Featured fine works […]
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Book Review: Vivid memoir springs from fertile ground
It was the summer of 1976 when Heidi Coleman was playing on her family’s farm in Maine, her little toy boat in hand. Somehow the 3-year-old wandered into a pond on the property, where she accidentally drowned. That incident is the puzzle at the core of a haunting new memoir, “This Life Is In Your […]
