Portland Ballet celebrates three decades of teaching – and performing – moments with a wide-ranging ‘greatest hits’ show this weekend.
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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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PMA exhibition features European drawings
PORTLAND – The Portland Museum of Art features an exhibition devoted to European drawings, comprised of 30 works from the museum’s permanent collection and on loan from private collectors. “European Drawings at the Portland Museum of Art” opens Saturday and will remain on view through May 22. It features masterworks by the finest draughtsmen of […]
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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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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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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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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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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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In The Arts: ‘Journeys’ freshens the art landscape
“Journeys to the Interior” at Addison Woolley Gallery is a rare pleasure. It brings forth the work of a reticent, at least in local terms, intellectual and beautifully accomplished painter. The artist is Robert Nason, and the show is touched by a sense of discovery. Here, on Washington Avenue, are paintings by a formidable artist, […]
