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Art review: Pop Art sensibilities add excitement to show
Aaron Stephan’s drawings at his Aucocisco show ribbons and sheets of hundreds of tiny images of Johannes Vermeer’s 1665 painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” They directly reference Peter Webber’s 2003 film “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” based on the painting and starring Scarlett Johansson as the girl and Colin Firth as the dour Vermeer. […]
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Audience Calendar
Art Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008, 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 March 20. Weston: Leaves of Grass, Edward Weston photographs, Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10, free under age 6. 775-6148. 10 a.m. to 5 […]
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Arts Planner
Jazz brunch • Grammy Award-winning pianist Paul Sullivan performs at the Jazz Breakfast from 10:30 a.m. to noon today in the cafe at the Portland Museum of Art. The concert is free with museum admission, and breakfast is available for purchase. Rosie Upton, a vocalist with whom Sullivan has collaborated the last couple of years, […]
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND Office of Tourism recognizes ArtWalk Maine for creativity ArtWalk Maine received the Maine Tourism Award for Commitment to Creativity at the 2011 Maine Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Gov. Paul LePage presented the award to ArtWalk Maine representatives Tammy Ackermann, Joshua Bodwell and Susan Perrine. Sponsored by the Maine Office of Tourism and the Maine […]
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Signings, etc.
GAIL DONOVAN A live bug zoo at 1:30 p.m. will be one of the highlights Saturday when the Portland Public Library hosts a release party for the new children’s book “What’s Bugging Bailey Blecker?” by Portland author Gail Donovan. There will also be bug games, goodie bags, a reading and signings by Donovan. WHEN: 1 […]
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Book review: Book comes to defense of wife sullied by Dickens
To have once lived and then be utterly forgotten is one thing. To have lived and then be remembered in a way that is a cruel distortion — of who you were and how you loved — is quite another. Perhaps worst of all is to have that distortion purposefully fabricated by the love of […]
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Taste & Tell: Authentic Indian cooking will delight spice lovers
SOUTH PORTLAND – In this, my farewell review, I have the honor of describing Aroma Authentic Indian, a very good new restaurant that serves marvelously spiced meals, surprising, tasty desserts and intriguing appetizers. The familiar Indian snacks are on the list too, but for anyone who delights in new tastes and aromas that prove the […]
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Classical Beat: Bruckner’s quirks colored his work
When the French/Polish painter Balthus was asked to write an introduction to an exhibit catalog, he responded: “Balthus is an artist about whom nothing is known. Now let’s look at the paintings.” The same may be said about Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), whose Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”) will be performed by the Portland Symphony […]
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Book review: Teen love, celebrity in perfect collision
The author delivers another delightfully funny novel that hits universal chords.