Arts & Entertainment

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December 12, 2010

Author Q&A: Lovin’ farms

A book sprouts when the Maine Farmland Trust taps its trove of fine photos and adds the stories of working Maine farms.
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December 12, 2010

Classical Beat: Some loves are easy, others need a spark

George Bernard Shaw, one of my inspirations as a music critic, once observed that music appreciation classes had it all backward. One has to love the music first, and the history, biography and musicology will follow — out of a desire to know more about the object of affection. No one ever came to enjoy […]
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December 12, 2010

Book Review: Through a looking glass, via Holmes

The game's afoot in this tale of two Sherlock-driven detectives in separate centuries.
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December 12, 2010

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: TUESDAY • Portland Greendrinks, 5:30 to 8 p.m., State Theatre, Portland. Enjoy free food and drink and network with others interested in green business and sustainable living. $2 with drinking vessel/$5 without. www.portlandgreendrinks.com. • Portland Buy Local Mixer, 5:30 to […]
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December 12, 2010

Movies: Jeff Bridges turns back the clock in ‘Tron’

LOS ANGELES – Hollywood has famously had better luck using makeup to make young actors look old — like Russell Crowe in “A Beautiful Mind” — than making old actors look young. But the ability to manipulate images digitally could prove to be a fountain of youth for some. In “Tron: Legacy,” which opens Friday, […]

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December 12, 2010

Bob Keyes: A farewell, an honor and a ‘Magic’ act

PORTLAND — The presence of Whitney Art Works is much bigger than its footprint. Deb and Peter Whitney have operated their gallery in Portland for seven years, the last three in the heart of downtown on Congress Street. Consistently, Deb Whitney has mounted shows that give commercial opportunity to contemporary artists from Maine. She has […]
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December 12, 2010

Arts Dispatches

AUGUSTA Report outlines cross-border opportunities Gov. John Baldacci has received the initial report outlining future opportunities for expanding cross-border cultural and business opportunities with New Brunswick, Canada. In July, the governor signed a Memorandum of Understanding with then-Premier Shawn Graham of New Brunswick. The Maine Arts Commission was tasked to work with its counterpart in […]
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December 12, 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 Publishing) 3. “The Emperor’s Tomb,” by Steve Berry (Random House) 4. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 5. “Port Mortuary,” by Patricia Cornwell (Penguin) 6. “Cross Fire,” by […]
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December 12, 2010

Signings, etc.

DON WHITNEY, MICHAEL DAICY The fire that destroyed 1,500 buildings over 68 blocks in July 1866 still marks Portland today. Don Whitney, a retired Portland firefighter and current curator of the Portland Fire Museum, and Portland firefighter Michael Daicy chronicle the fire and why and how it happened in “Portland’s Greatest Conflagration: The 1866 Fire […]
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December 12, 2010

New on the Shelf

“The Other Side” by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas. Jove. 407 pages, $7.99 (paperback) In “Possession In Death,” J.D. Robb’s segment in “The Other Side” anthology, Eve tells hunky husband Roarke, “I need you to give me a really open mind. I mean wide open.” Well, same […]

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