Arts & Entertainment

Published
February 27, 2011

Society Notebook: Forces of habitat

Building contractors and suppliers who help Habitat for Humanity complete its affordable-housing projects garner praise and thanks at an appreciation dinner.
Published
February 27, 2011

Arts Planner

• What would have happened had the Wright Brothers failed? Would we drive to Florida for spring training? Take a boat to Europe or a balloon around the world? A whimsical new play at Portland Stage Company ponders that question in a flight of fantasy. “The Center of Gravity, or the Disinvention of the Airplane” […]
Published
February 27, 2011

The kids are all night at this year’s Oscars

It’s not just young hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway, but the number of youthful nominees that’s remarkable.
Published
February 27, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Fiddler, fiddle-maker share stage at Rines The Portland Music Foundation and Portland Ovations continue their partnership on Wednesday with a co-presentation of fiddler and violinist Mark O’Connor and Portland-based fiddle-maker Jonathan Cooper. Both artists will speak about and demonstrate what makes a beautiful-sounding violin and why it matters. The event will be at 7 […]
Published
February 27, 2011

Book Review: Roarke, Eve provide another solid story

An overheard conversation between two corrupt cops spurs an intense and intriguing investigation.

Published
February 20, 2011

Book Review: Mainer’s terrific debut novel dares to ask big questions

Authors come to storytelling by different routes. Ellen Meeropol took the long way: a seasoned nurse and political activist, she started writing fiction in her 50s, earning an MFA at the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast creative writing program. Her debut novel, “House Arrest,” is a smart, edgy page-turner with characters who get under our […]
Published
February 20, 2011

Classical Beat: Black violinist’s musical ties ran far and wide

The mercurial Beethoven had a way of tearing up dedications to people he once admired. If not for this habit, the Kreutzer Sonata would have been titled “Sonata for a Mulatto” and Tolstoy would not have written his short story decrying the salacious effects of violin sonatas. (The final dedicatee disliked Beethoven’s music and never […]
Published
February 20, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Portland Stage names new managing director Portland Stage Company has announced the hiring of Jon J. Wojciechowski Jr. as managing director. He begins on Monday. Wojciechowski brings considerable professional experience in marketing and development with nonprofit organizations and with hospital and health care systems in Maine and New York. His most recent positions were […]
Published
February 20, 2011

Book Review: A private author shares her grief

The prolific Joyce Carol Oates has never written such a book before.
Published
February 20, 2011

Arts Planner

• Lucid Stage on Baxter Boulevard in Portland marks Black History Month on Friday with “Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist and Other Conversations of Color: A Celebration of African American History.” The evening includes music, a play and a visual arts exhibition. It begins, as good things often do, with music. Mehuman Jonson will perform […]

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