“Every dog knows the Third Concerto, so every single passage has to be perfect,” Prokofiev told composer Dmitri Kabalevsky in 1937, after having played it many times before to great public acclaim. Prokofiev was a brilliant if eccentric pianist, who gave his instructors at the Moscow Conservancy an infinite amount of aggravation. But Kabalevsky had […]
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Art review: Maine perspective on art transition displayed in Farnsworth exhibition
After World War II, America emerged as the military, economic and cultural leader of the Free World. However, the artistic regionalism that had preceded the war wasn’t grand enough for our gleaming new international stage. So America invented new art that was both fundamentally American and worthy of inspiring the rest of the world. This […]
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Scene & Heard Datebook
IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: MONDAY Social Network of Maine, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Brian Boru, Portland. Meet other local businesspeople in a casual happy hour setting. Free. http://socialnetworkofmaine.com. TUESDAY DownEast Pride Alliance, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Yankee Lanes, Portland. Network with members of Portland’s […]
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Taste & Tell: Tulsi’s elegant sauces recall the excitement of Indian food
KITTERY — At Tulsi, attention has been paid to elegance in a dining room and to good wine, but most of all to complex sauces infused with Indian flavors and heat that make a customer remember why all those years ago it was so exciting to eat Indian food. First of all, it’s spicy. Maybe […]
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College president exhibits her photos of Guatemala
KENNEBUNK — Heartwood College of Art is showing photographs by college President Berri Kramer from her recent journey to Guatemala. The show is titled “Bringing It Home: A Visual Journey of the Villages of Conception and Zunililito, Guatemala.” In her work, Kramer tries to capture the joy and innate personal happiness exuded by the people […]
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Book review: Science drama? Ax Pluto, you’ll see
A Caltech astronomer offers interesting insights to the world of research.
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Signings, etc.
DAN HARRINGTON Harrington, a Maine writer, will be signing his book “Who’s at the Door? A Memoir of Me and the Missionaries” at Borders today. The book is about Harrington becoming friends with missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Maine in 2007 and 2008, without converting to their faith. WHEN: […]
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Book review: Tales of lost ships leave research to the imagination
Two short, nice-looking volumes came my way for review, and having read and thought about them as individual works, as types, they need some discussion. This is because the book world is changing every day, and diverse readers crave books written at different levels of intensity, length and presentation. The new entries are popular in […]
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Author Q&A: Smokin’ plot
Fast-moving, profane and engaging, writer Crash Barry’s quirky new novel ‘Sex, Drugs & Blueberries’ describes a dodgier side of life Down East.
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Taste & Tell: Looking for a lovingly made spoonful? Go Figa
The chef at Figa had me in the palms of her capable hands within two bites of the eggplant Napoleon ($6), one night’s appetizer special. Humble eggplant had been transformed into discs of creamy tenderness and lacy, crisp edges as slightly browned goat cheese chimed in with sour and tangy richness. Nothing slapdash came before […]