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November 14, 2010

Arts Planner

This week • Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie brings his “Journey On” tour to the Center for the Performing Arts at Newton Hall, Kents Hill School, Readfield. Guthrie will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The concert will be the second in the Aleigh Mills Concert Series, which supports the Aleigh Mills Scholarship Fund. The scholarship […]
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November 14, 2010

Book Review: Fisherman’s tales rich with the flow of life

All great fishing stories are never about just fishing. This is certainly true for Maximilian Werner’s “Black River Dreams,” a collection of essays on fishing, primarily fly-fishing. It is more memoir than a mere collection of pieces. It begins and ends with stories set in Maine, the first when Werner was a boy of 11 […]
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November 14, 2010

Book Review: Four tales of horror, one gem by King of genre

He jams terror and gore into a small package that outshines his longer work.
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November 14, 2010

Author Q&A: Tackling one of life’s mysteries

Renowned writer Thomas Powers reaches back in time to study the events surrounding the notorious killing of the great Sioux warrior Crazy Horse.
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November 14, 2010

Manns on a mission

CAMDEN – The boxer Baron, standing alert and upright, answers the doorbell with a bark. The dog’s master, Robert Manns, follows closely behind with a good-natured bark of his own. “We usually think of New York as very quick,” says the aged and witty playwright, explaining why it’s taken America’s theater capital so long to […]

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November 14, 2010

Signings, etc.

WESLEY McNAIR Wesley McNair and other Maine poets will be reading from the new book “Maine in Four Seasons: 20 Poets Celebrate the Turning Year” (Down East Books) at the Portland Public Library on Wednesday. The other poets who have work in the book and will read include: Thomas Carper, Martin Steingesser and Gary Lawless. […]
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November 14, 2010

Bob Keyes: The Portland mystique proved irresistible

PORTLAND – Daniel Fuller left a perfectly fine job in Philadelphia for the chance to run a gallery in Portland. Philly, of course, is one of the great cities of the East Coast with a world-class art scene. Fuller worked as senior program specialist for the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, a program of the Pew Charitable […]
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November 14, 2010

‘Three Little Pigs’ aiming to bring the house down

LEWISTON — The Public Theatre is producing an original musical adaptation of “The Three Little Pigs” for preschool children through fifth-graders. The play opens today and runs through Friday. This little piggy likes Facebook. This little piggy likes shopping. This little piggy likes homework. Which little piggy will escape the big bad wolf and choose […]
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November 14, 2010

Audience Calendar

Art “Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today to Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through Dec. 5. “In a Place By Himself: The Graphic World of Winslow Homer,” Saco Museum, Saco. Noon to 4 […]
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November 14, 2010

Society Notebook: Planting for the future

The Friends, Food and Fort Williams party kicks off public fundraising for a park arboretum.

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