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April 10, 2011

Signings, etc.

MELISSA COLEMAN
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April 10, 2011

Society Notebook: Telling time

Thursday's glam Glitterati ball raises money for Portland's nonprofit Telling Room.
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April 10, 2011

Bob Keyes: An experienced hand at Portland Conservatory helm

PORTLAND — Retirement didn’t last long for Stephen Shiman. He and his wife became full-time Mainers in October, after both retired from jobs in the metropolitan New York area. For more than two decades, Shiman served as executive director of the Newark School for the Arts. He thought he had put the working life in […]
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April 10, 2011

Five artists receive Purchase Prizes at PMA’s 2011 Biennial opening

The Portland Museum of Art awarded five prizes to artists in its 2011 Biennial at Wednesday’s opening. The Purchase Prizes were awarded to four artists: Philip Brou for “Black Box,” James Groleau for “Arbil Rubia Riyadh” and “Sinjar Karbala Basra,” Siri Sahaj Kaur for “Kristie,” and Don Voisine for “High Time.” The prizes are chosen […]
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April 10, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: THURSDAY • Meet Your Legislators, 5 to 7 p.m., Maine Indoor Karting, Scarborough. Join the ScarboroughCommunity Chamber, state Sen. Phil Bartlett and Maine Rep. Amy Fern Volk for an informal meet and greet. Free. www.portlandregion.com. FRIDAY • Bid Against Child […]

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April 10, 2011

Broadway Bound Again

You know the face (and the hair) from her high-profile TV commercials. The local-girl-makes-good story continues with hard-working actress Alison Cimmet gearing up for a yearlong stay on the Great White Way.
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April 10, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “The Lay of the Land,” work from the museum’s permanent collection, Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through May 8. “European Drawings,” portraits and figure studies to landscapes and architectural studies by various artists, Portland […]
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April 9, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Apollo’s Bistro worth the road trip to Waterville

Waterville does not have much of a reputation as a food destination. But one place may change your mind, and that is Apollo’s Bistro. Housed in a historic brick building that used to be the home and office of a cardiologist, the restaurant, open for seven years, occupies the redesigned second-floor former living quarters. The […]
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April 3, 2011

Creating together, 6,000 miles apart

PORTLAND — In the further-evidence-that-the-world-is-getting-smaller department, we give you “Dunia Moja,” a print exchange between members of Peregrine Press in Portland and a group of women from the east African island of Zanzibar. The art exhibition, on view through May 28 in the Lewis Gallery at the Portland Public Library, is a collaboration between artists […]
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April 3, 2011

Bob Keyes: For Maine arts, a galvanic eruption

Wisdom is the hardest thing to come by in life, and oftentimes wisdom and clarity in situations rife with rancor come only when one steps away and views a situation with the benefit of perspective. That certainly seems to be the case with the lingering controversy of the Maine labor mural held hostage. As far […]

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