Arts & Entertainment

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December 26, 2010

Classical Beat: Some truly great performances, but, please, hold the encores

The last Christmas concert has come and gone, giving time to reflect on the year 2010 in music. Although it didn’t provide any transcendental experiences (well, maybe one), it came close several times, which is a pretty good record for a sparsely populated state like Maine. A couple of events jumped out before I even […]
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December 26, 2010

PHYZGIG!

Acorn Productions' annual homage to classic vaudeville is happening today – and all week – at Portland Stage Company and Space Gallery.
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December 26, 2010

Bob Keyes: Artist/clammer digs her dual life

BOOTHBAY HARBOR – The season, the time of the day, sometimes just the weather will dictate which job Jen Casad will do today. Casad, 33, lives in Boothbay and supports herself with her drawing and with her clamming. She’s a talented artist and a darn fine fisherman. Lately, she’s also become a bit of a […]
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December 26, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND PORTopera’s Riddle receives national recognition award John (Jack) Riddle, founder of PORTopera, has received a 2011 National Opera Trustee Recognition Award from OPERA America, the national service organization for opera. Riddle is among four recipients of the award, which honors trustees of U.S. opera companies for leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts. Other recipients are […]
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December 26, 2010

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth,” by Jeff Kinney (Abrams) 2. “The Confession,” by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee,” by Chris Van Dusen (Chronicle Books) 4. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 5. “Dead or Alive,” by Tom Clancy (Penguin […]

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December 26, 2010

Book Review: Fascinating voyage through our neighbor to the east

Simon Winchester certainly knows how to make the most of uncomfortable predicaments. Whether it is a dicey week on Greenland’s icy mountains as a geology student at Oxford University, or a spell in an Argentine jail on espionage charges during the Falklands War, he turns the experience into a great account. That account is realized […]
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December 26, 2010

Taste & Tell: Hot Suppa! lives up to its name by adding evening meals

Hot Suppa! is the neighborhood spot your neighborhood needs — because everyone should enjoy a good dinner that won’t put you back more than, say, $15 for a catfish fillet. This spot, with its exposed brick and ranks of booths, made its start with breakfast served daily, fine-tuning its kitchen for years until making the […]
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December 26, 2010

Art Review: One artist’s unflinching Katrina story

What would happen if you lost everything? When we were bringing toys to the fire station last week, one of my young sons asked whom they were for. For kids whose families had “lost everything in fires and hurricanes” answered my other son. While I filled in more of the truth about the Christmas gift […]
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December 26, 2010

Signings, etc.

KATE BRAESTRUP
Published
December 26, 2010

The year Maine went GAGA

A couple of pop megastars came calling, several Mainers made their way across the national cultural stage, and there was no shortage of news of note on the state's arts and entertainment front.

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