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    November 7, 2010

    Classical Beat: Noonday Concerts are world-class bargain

    You can become immortal for the price of a Buick — if you find the right composer and commission the right work, like the Portland Ballet and Kirt Mosier’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” I picture the young and beautiful Elise Gavard every time I play the Chopin Berceuse. In another musical bargain, 100 people hear […]

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    November 7, 2010
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    Bob Keyes: Off the grid . . . and back on again

    Mark Wethli made a painting in 2003. Seven years later, another artist had a different idea for the use of Wethli’s “canvas,” and the original was painted over. The folks who commissioned Wethli’s original painting decided they liked it so much, they hired someone else to replicate it, using the same colors and even the […]

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    November 7, 2010

    Art review: Plenty to see – and enjoy – at Cabot Lyford exhibit

    Of the visual arts, I think sculpture is the toughest to create. It’s tough enough to compose a good painting, but composing in the round while using both positive and negative space is just plain hard to do. I think this is why even the very best sculptors often flounder or fail. The person probably […]

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    November 7, 2010

    Taste & Tell: Shepherd’s Pie’s menu gives diners reason to linger

    ROCKPORT – Casual and fantastic, Shepherd’s Pie has so much going for it. The space is wonderful, from the far-away tin ceiling and bead-board paneling to the open kitchen bustling with exuberant and serious cooks. The long bar is tended by attentive, patient souls who work like fiends — just like everyone else on the […]

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    November 7, 2010

    Strong impressions

    Photographer Bruce Strong shoots for the truth of a moment, whether it be joyous or heart-wrenching, hopeful or tragic.

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    November 7, 2010

    USM presents ‘Betrayal,’ a chronicle of deception

    This article was updated and corrected at 10:37 a.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 to correct performance times and dates. GORHAM — The theater department at the University of Southern Maine presents “Betrayal,” a chronicle of dishonesty, deception and desire written by Harold Pinter and directed by Thomas Power. Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium […]

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    November 7, 2010

    Author Q&A: A winning proposition

    In his new book, Bates professor Francesco Duina posits that the concept of winning reaches into every corner of American society -- and considers what that says about us.

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    November 7, 2010

    Book review: Go to the head of the class for an education all its own

    Colleges come in all shapes and sizes. Some are draped in ivy; others with paint peeling from their walls. Among the latter is Maine’s University College of Bangor, a repurposed military base that’s said to be the poorest college in the nation. While these stats may not lure many teachers to its ranks, others, like […]

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    November 7, 2010

    Book review: Revisiting a familiar old address

    The best-known address in San Francisco doesn’t exist on any postal route but is familiar to readers around the world — especially those in Northern California. It’s 28 Barbary Lane, the fictitious and funky apartment house situated on Russian Hill. The dwelling was “constructed” by novelist Armistead Maupin in his eight-book “Tales of the City” […]

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    November 7, 2010

    Signings, etc.

    PHOEBE POTTS Maine College of Art graduate Phoebe Potts returns to Portland on Thursday to share her new book, “Good Eggs.” The book is a graphic novel memoir, exploring her life as she and her husband grapple with trying to have a baby. Potts will read from, talk about and sign her book. Go to […]