Arts & Entertainment

Published
May 29, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Society to honor designer of museum’s Payson Wing The Portland Society of Architects will present architect Harry Cobb with the 25 Year Building Award for the Payson Wing of the Portland Museum of Art in a ceremony at 6 p.m. June 16 in the museum auditorium. Cobb, who designed the wing, will speak after […]
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May 29, 2011

Authors share plans for summer reading

Many want to revisit old favorites, with selections from 'Moby Dick' to the latest Bill Bryson.
Published
May 29, 2011

Book Review: ‘Doc’ engrossing portrait of pre-legendary Holliday

It seems we can’t get enough of Doc Holliday. A central figure in one of American history’s most retold events — the gunfight at the O.K. Corral — John Henry Holliday has been a key character in dozens of movies and television shows, along with scores of novels, since his death in 1887 of consumption […]
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May 29, 2011

Coast Modernism

The remoteness of Seguinland, a collection of Maine villages, coves and islands, attracted influential artists a century ago.
Published
May 29, 2011

Arts Planner

• Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris debuts “The Fabulous Problemas” beginning Friday and Saturday and continuing June 10-11. In this new comedy, a renegade trio schemes to make it rich with a life of crime, violence, song and dance. The show stars Amanda Huotari, Daniel Orrantia and Aaron Tucker. Davis Robinson directs. Showtime is […]

Published
May 22, 2011

Art Dispatches

PORTLAND Greater Portland Landmarks offers home, garden tour Greater Portland Landmarks will offer a private home and garden tour in the Deering Highlands and Coyle Park neighborhoods of Portland from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18. Seven homes and three gardens will be included. Architectural styles range from Greek Revival to Shingle and Craftsmen […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Arts Planner

• Say what you will about Dennis Bailey and his politics. At least he’s got good taste in music. Bailey, a high-profile political consultant, fronts the Bob Dylan tribute band The Bob Band at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Dog Fish Bar & Grille, 128 Free St., Portland. Dylan turns 70 on Tuesday, and Saturday’s […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Bob Keyes: Come July, Maine students get free pass to MFA

Going forward, there is no excuse for a Maine student not to visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Beginning in July, any Maine student of any age will be admitted to the museum free of charge, at any time, thanks to a $2 million endowment by the Lunder Foundation of Portland. Let’s say […]
Published
May 22, 2011

Society Notebook: Successful Draw

Maine College of Art issues honors -- and gains kudos -- for making Portland a more attractive city.
Published
May 22, 2011

Art Review: Funny, sweet, bleak: Woodcut prints carry it off

Across America, we are seeing more psychological surrealism in art. Artists are showing more representational paintings based on first-person narratives and personal meanings. In general, we are comfortable with the difference between metaphor (this means that) and narrative (a story), but in a post post-modern era where dreams, fantasies and personal narratives are almost universally […]

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