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January 9, 2011

Year of the Drawing

Throughout 2011, museums and galleries celebrate this ephemeral art form with The Maine Drawing Project.
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January 9, 2011

Art Dispatches

PORTLAND MECA graduates to compete in snow-sculpting event For the second year in a row, a team of graduates from Maine College of Art has been invited to compete in the annual U.S. Nationals Snow Sculpting Competition Feb. 1-5 in Lake Geneva, Wis. Tim Wade, Jake Knight and Ryan Hauge will carve a 10-foot, 3-ton […]
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January 9, 2011

Author Q&A: Portland’s Fiery Fourth

A new book by William Daicy and Don Whitney tells with great drama and detail the story of the blaze that ravaged the peninsula 125 years ago.
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January 9, 2011

Book review: Readers should be watching Ginsberg

Debra Ginsberg's latest book makes you wonder why she isn't a superstar.
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January 9, 2011

Signings, etc.

JAMES D. RICHARDSON Richardson, of Yarmouth, will be signing copies of his memoir “Standing on Two Feet” (Tate Publishing). Richardson writes about the various ways his life changed after a high-speed traffic accident caused him to lose a leg. WHEN: Noon Saturday WHERE: Borders, 430 Gorham Road, South Portland HOW MUCH: Free INFO: Borders.com; 775-6110 […]

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January 9, 2011

Classical Beat: ‘Diamond Jubilee’: tracing a musical life since 1936

I recently spoke with composer Elliott Schwartz about his “Diamond Jubilee,” which will be performed by the Portland Symphony Orchestra on Jan. 25, a week after his 75th birthday. In spite of being brought up in Brooklyn and graduating from Columbia University, Schwartz might be considered a Maine composer — he taught at Bowdoin College […]
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January 9, 2011

Film chronicles Shoshone efforts

Phippsburg residents Christopher Sewall and Mary Gibson will present the documentary film “American Outrage” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Frontier Cafe at Fort Andross Mill, Brunswick. Filmed in Nevada, the film by George and Beth Gage chronicles the ongoing struggles of the Western Shoshone sisters, Mary and Carrie Dann, to protect their homelands in […]
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January 9, 2011

Art review: Look, discuss, lose yourself in ‘Masterpieces’ at Bowdoin

The Bowdoin Museum of Art is hosting 10 Old Master works from the Wadsworth Atheneum. All are great. Many are very large. And each is worthy of a long encounter. Three follow the Flemish tradition, while the others are connected to Italy — the two centers of European painting for centuries. For example, Jusepe de […]
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January 9, 2011

Museum features three shows, three media

BANGOR – With the new year comes a new slate of exhibitions at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The museum opens three shows on Friday. “Fear & Play: Paintings by Jonathan Lux” explores the realist work of the New York City artist. His paintings are playful and sinister. Lux, whose […]
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January 9, 2011

Book review: Revised guide rock solid with delightful flourishes

The Maine Department of Conservation’s most under-appreciated achievement could well be its efforts to expose the private lives of the state’s natural treasures in a way both professionals and amateurs can enjoy. The department evidently takes seriously the proverb that we can only conserve what we love, and we can only love what we understand. […]

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