Arts & Entertainment

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February 27, 2011

Taste & Tell: Music ‘Venue’ a great place to grab thoughtful bar food

If it wasn’t precisely a popular notion, arriving at Venue American Grille before the music starts in order to eat from the long menu stuffed with just what you’d expect at a music club makes perfect sense. You can talk to a friend and pay attention to the good food before you turn to the […]
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February 27, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: MONDAY • Maine Restaurant Week Signature Event, 5-8 p.m., Masonic Temple, Portland. Kick off Maine Restaurant Week by sampling creative cocktails from 13 of the state’s top bartenders (including the winner and runner-up of last year’s contest) and a selection […]
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February 27, 2011

Bob Keyes: In your face-off

MECA's Daniel Fuller finds a way to introduce art in an unexpected place – at Portland Pirates games.
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February 27, 2011

It’s not easy being seen

In this economy, how can a place like Hallowell's Harlow Gallery not just survive but thrive? Planning, programming -- and people to make it happen.
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February 27, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Weston: Leaves of Grass,” Edward Weston photographs, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10, free under age 6. 775-6148. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through March 13. “Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 […]

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February 27, 2011

Author Q & A: FREAKY NEWS

Former journalist Harrison Thorp drew on many recollections for his new self-published novel.
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February 27, 2011

Preu conducts PSO show, with Murray as soloist

Guest conductor Eckart Preu leads the Portland Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with guest soloist Tai Murray at 7:30 p.m. March 8 at Merrill Auditorium. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, was the composer’s last large orchestral work. Its popularity has continued to grow, and is one of […]
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February 27, 2011

Signings, etc.

GABRIELLE HAMILTON Award-winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton of the restaurant Prune in New York City will help cook a family-style roasted lamb dinner, read from “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef” and sign copies of her memoir. The dinner menu is from a childhood meal she writes about in the book. […]
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February 27, 2011

Book Review: Writer’s research turned into a tale of terror

David Rohde is a Pulitzer-Prize winning correspondent for the New York Times who, in November 2008, took leave from the Times to research a book about the war in Afghanistan. Based in Kabul, he learns via a trusted translator that a Taliban commander three hours south of the city has agreed to be interviewed. Rohde […]
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February 27, 2011

Art Review: ‘Everyone should see this show’

Think of Jonathan Mess' work as abstract expressionist painting on ceramic canvas.

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