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March 20, 2011

Book Review: Powerful Dubus is a master of details

A memoir based on his gritty, mill-town childhood elevates this Andre Dubus.
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March 20, 2011

Book Review: History of Deering melds people, places

Once upon a time, Portland was the Chewing Gum Capital of the World. In 1909, the Presumpscot River was rated by the U.S. Geological Survey as the “best utilized river in the country” for the 17 dams along its 27-mile course. And, William David Barry adds, “By the 1930s, it was also one of America’s […]
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March 20, 2011

Bob Keyes: It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times

PORTLAND — With the eyes of the theater world trained on the never-ending saga of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” and its long-delayed Broadway opening, the big question in Portland is whether the community can support all the theater that’s available on any given weekend. On one measurable level, we now know that the answer […]
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March 20, 2011

30 years of aiming high

Portland Ballet celebrates three decades of teaching – and performing – moments with a wide-ranging 'greatest hits' show this weekend.
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March 20, 2011

Arts Planner

• Portland Ovations continues its string of bringing hit shows to Portland with “Avenue Q,” the Tony Award-winner for best musical, best score and best book. The national tour stops at Merrill Auditorium in Portland for a single performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. “Avenue Q” is about trying to make it in Manhattan with big […]

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March 20, 2011

Boys on board for Maine State’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’

FALMOUTH — Two things that sometimes don’t mix: teenage boys and ballet. It’s time to throw that stereotype out the window. Teenage boys have starring roles in the Maine State Ballet production of Tchaikovsky’s “Sleeping Beauty.” Maine State Ballet will present the classical dance piece in three acts, with a running time of just over […]
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March 20, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PHOENIX, ARIZ. Indian basketmakers win major awards, best in show Three Maine Indian basketmakers won major awards at the 53rd annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix. Jeremy Frey of Indian Township won the coveted Best of Show Award for a piece titled “Pointy Urchin.” Frey also won best of category overall […]
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March 20, 2011

Classical Beat: Liszt bandwagon will make a stop at USM

Since it is now the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth, perhaps I should consider Ezra Pound’s thought about Walt Whitman: “I have detested you long enough.” “Detested” is probably too strong a word. When I was a boy, I played “Liebestraum” and the Hungarian Rhapsodies and attempted the Transcendental Etudes, thinking that Liszt was […]
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March 20, 2011

Signings, etc.

THREE AUTHORS, ONE EVENT
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March 20, 2011

Author Q&A: Susan Conley’s Peking Luck

Her new memoir traces on the one hand a grand adventure in Beijing with her family – and on the other, a surprise, game-changing bout with breast cancer.

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