Arts & Entertainment

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May 1, 2011

Honk if you love the bassoon

Janet Polk, principal bassoonist for the PSO, surely does -- for its distinctive sound and shapely profile -- and she's on a mission to get the rest of us to love it too.
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May 1, 2011

Art Review: Inspired mix puts UMaine gallery on map

Although not large, the University of Maine Museum of Art has one of the nicest gallery spaces in the state. With three fine shows and about 20 excellent works from the permanent collection on view, it’s well worth a visit. Brian Shure’s very large and highly realistic oil painting of the crowded bustle of New […]
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May 1, 2011

Book Review: Mining depths of Texas travels

A consummate New York writer returns to his roots without missing a beat.
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May 1, 2011

Moser exhibit features labor muralist Taylor

FREEPORT — A special exhibition featuring Tremont artist and muralist Judy Taylor will be on view at the Thos. Moser Showroom, 149 Main St., through May 31. The show includes new oil and gouache paintings, graphite drawings and studies for the murals Taylor was commissioned to create for the Maine Department of Labor. Gov. Paul […]
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May 1, 2011

PMA tips hat to Barnet on 100th birthday

PORTLAND — To honor the 100th birthday of artist Will Barnet, the Portland Museum of Art is showing an installation of his work through Aug. 14. “Will Barnet at 100” features more than a dozen lithographs, drawings, watercolors and oils on canvas from the museum’s collection, as well as works on loan. Barnet, a longtime […]

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May 1, 2011

Author Q & A: Serial thriller

The seventh mystery novel by Buxton writer Julia Spencer-Fleming cracks the prestigious New York Times best-seller list.
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May 1, 2011

Signings, etc.

RICK RIORDAN
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May 1, 2011

Book Review: Tale of a map reveals road to ‘America’

Toby Lester was an editor at The Atlantic when a news release crossed his desk announcing the Library of Congress’s purchase of a map. It had been created by one Martin Waldseemuller in 1507. The land mass across the Atlantic was being defined with every new voyage of discovery, and Waldseemuller gave it a name: […]
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May 1, 2011

Society Notebook: Show Tunes

Slaid Cleaves performs in support of the St. Lawrence arts venue.
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May 1, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

WEDNESDAY • Good Shepherd Food Bank Humanitarian Award Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland. Albert Lepage and Andy Barowsky of Lepage Bakeries will be honored during this event, which features a reception with cash bar, dinner and a performance by comedian Bob Marley. $200. http://gsfb.org. THURSDAY • USM Multicultural & International Student […]

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