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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Theater Review: ‘Last Gas’ a full tank of unfulfilled desires
Maine-born playwright John Cariani’s latest work had its world premiere in Portland on Friday night. And while it may still be a work in progress, “Last Gas” is both very funny and surprisingly thought-provoking. It feels like it comes from the author’s heart. The play takes place at a gas station/convenience store run by three […]
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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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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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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND Portland creativity groups hire new executive director The Creative Portland Corp. and the Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance have hired Jennifer Hutchins as full-time executive director, serving both organizations as of Dec. 1. The hire follows several years of planning by Portland businesses, cultural institutions, artists and city officials to invest in the development […]
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Arts Planner
• This is a big week for the Portland Symphony Orchestra. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the PSO with Robert Moody at the helm presents a program titled “The Planets.” Moody has long been fascinated with the idea of space and space travel, and has assembled a program of music that includes John Williams’ score from […]
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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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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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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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Scene & Heard Datebook
IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: TONIGHT • Cape Elizabeth Land Trust Annual Meeting & Social, 5 to 7 p.m., The Local Buzz, Cape Elizabeth. Network with other supporters and hear author and journalist Colin Woodard talk about the past, present and future of the Maine […]