Arts & Entertainment

Published
April 19, 2011

Scene & Heard: ‘I can help’

The Heroes with Heart awards honor those who step up to help neighbors in need.
Published
April 17, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Discussion on controversial mural can be seen online The panel discussion “Whose Art Is It?” hosted April 8 by the Portland Museum of Art is available to watch at vimeo.com/22247879 and on the museum home page, portlandmuseum.org. The discussion featured a range of opinions about public art and the labor murals that were recently […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Author Q & A: 20/20 version

Melissa Coleman embraces the benefits of hindsight in her memoir of growing up in Maine's back-to-the-land movement of the '60s and '70s.
Published
April 17, 2011

Arts Planner

This week • Maine writer Sarah Braunstein reads from and discusses her book, “The Sweet Relief of Missing Children,” at noon Wednesday at the Portland Public Library. Her book is based in New York City, where a girl named Leonora vanishes without a trace. Years earlier and miles upstate, Goldie searches for a man to […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Behold the little press that could

Moon Pie's success speaks volumes of the vision of poet's best friend Alice Persons.

Published
April 17, 2011

Book Review: Camden author Foltz publishes spectacular first novel

It’s a first novel for Camden writer Jeff Foltz, and what a spectacular beginning! Set in Norway in the year 1203, his book is 260 pages of action-packed historical fiction based on Norwegian history. The fact that the plot unfolds 800 years ago takes nothing from this novel’s realism. Readers of “Birkebeiner: A Story of […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Art Review: Every decade or so, PMA’s Biennial is extra special

The Portland Museum of Art 2011 Biennial is an excellent exhibition. It stands with the 2001 Biennial as the best yet. It is handsome, interesting and exciting. It is beautifully installed, and features fantastic art. Of course, it isn’t perfect, but shows that are juried anonymously from digital images are notoriously splattered with wayward bits. […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Bob Keyes: Paul Brahms and his nifty fifty

PEAKS ISLAND – Paul Brahms faced a dilemma. Work that he thought he had lined up through the winter fell through, and he found himself with time on his hands that he didn’t want. He needed a painting project to take him through the cold season out on Peaks Island and to replace the income […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Classical Beat: PSO concurs with science: Music can send a sexy message

The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s celebration of spring, when in the words of Tennyson — “A young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love” — includes two of the most erotic works in the repertoire, Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe” and the “Liebestod” from Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” Perhaps it’s synchronicity that it was reported in “Discover” […]
Published
April 17, 2011

Signings, etc.

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