Wimpy kids, unite. The fifth book in the incredibly popular “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” illustrated novel series, “The Ugly Truth,” is due in stores nationwide Tuesday. And at least two Maine bookstores are planning free book release parties to celebrate. The Borders store at 430 Gorham Road in South Portland, and the Borders at […]
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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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Calendar
Art “John Haberle: Master of Illusion,” 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. 12. “Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today […]
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Renowned Maine sculptor Don Meserve dies
Don Meserve, whose famed Stations of the Cross is housed in the Cathedral of St. Luke in Portland, died Wednesday from cancer at the age of 72.
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Monmouth theater director announces resignation
David Greenham has been producing artistic director at the Theater At Monmouth for 14 years.
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Signings, etc.
VAL WALKER When you sit down to write a sympathy card, do you freeze with worry as you try to write the “right” thing? A new book, “The Art of Comforting,” written by Maine resident Val Walker, addresses how we can offer comfort to people in distress. She’ll be talking about and signing copies of her […]
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Society notebook: The latest in ghoul cool
Goodwill’s inaugural Ghoulwill Ball draws hundreds of partygoers dressed in fiendishly clever costumes.
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Commission honors traditional arts masters
Four Maine artists have received the title of Traditional Arts Master through the Maine Arts Commission’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program. Through their work, these masters seek to preserve Maine’s cultural traditions by teaching apprentices in the coming year. Each received $4,000 to facilitate handing down Maine’s traditions to a new generation. The four masters are: […]
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND MECA art auction fundraiser, school’s largest, is Saturday The Maine College of Art’s annual Art Auction will take place 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday at the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA. It is the oldest charity art auction in Maine, and the college’s largest fundraising event. Since its inception in 1974, the auction […]
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Book review: Adaptation of Longfellow puts new life in an epic work
I have never come across anything that better explains in clear, short form the consistency of an epic poem than H.R. Coursen’s new adaptation of Longfellow’s “Evangeline.” No PowerPoint, no arcane academic bafflegab, no diagrams — just a total re-imagining of 19th-century English to 21st-century English, keeping the story and contents. For the non-poet or […]