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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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January 9, 2011

Society Notebook: Toast of the town

A crowd of close to 5,000 gathers to wish Gov. Paul LePage well at a cocktail party inaugural reception in Augusta.
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January 9, 2011

Longfellow Choral Festival to premiere 13 new works

PORTLAND – Twelve composers recently received awards in the 2011 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition, and 13 new Longfellow songs, choruses and cantatas will be premiered during the Longfellow Choral Festival Feb. 26-27 at the First Parish Church, 425 Congress St. The winning choruses and mezzo-soprano songs will be presented at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27. […]
Published
January 9, 2011

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., Portland Regency. Join other business people for a happy hour-style networking event. Free. http://socialnetworkofmaine.com. TUESDAY • Portland Greendrinks, 5:30 to 8 p.m., CIEE, Portland. Network with green business owners and […]
Published
January 2, 2011

Plein-air panorama

That's the signature style of the painter Rackstraw Downes, and it's on view now in a big way at the Portland Museum of Art.

Published
January 2, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Choral Art Society giving Epiphany concert Saturday The Choral Art Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St., Portland. The performance is one of the Choral Art Society’s most spiritual annual concerts. The 2011 Epiphany will feature the Camerata Chorus, a select group of […]
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January 2, 2011

Arts Planner

This week • Boston singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester. The show opens the season for the coffeehouse. Duvekot has been a darling of the Boston folk scene since 2006, when she released “Big Dream Boulevard.” Her latest release is “The Near Demise of the High […]
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January 2, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “The Search for Beauty: Whistler and His Time,” drawings and paintings, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. Noon to 4:30 p.m. today. “Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries,” chair collection of American and European seating furniture from 1470 to the present, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick, free. 725-3275. 1 to 5 p.m. today; […]
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January 2, 2011

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “The Confession,” by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday) 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 4. “Dead or Alive,” by Tom Clancy (Penguin) 5. “Cross Fire,” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 6. “Diary of a Wimpy […]
Published
January 2, 2011

Book Review: Bully! for third Roosevelt chronicle

'Colonel Roosevelt' may describe a denouement, but Teddy still heaped his plate full, and with passion.

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