AUGUSTA Project wins national award for ‘imaginative learning’ Maine’s Imagination Intensive Communities project was one of nine projects in the United States to receive a Best Practice award from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills at a national summit in Washington, D.C. The Maine project is a process developed by the Maine Alliance for Arts […]
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Taste & Tell: No. 10 Water: Handsome, warm, with a smart menu
BRUNSWICK — Sometimes dinner out should be comfortable, and No. 10 Water handles that requirement with ease. The restaurant suggests a long presence and a habit of generous hospitality via features such as tables spread far apart, friendly service, a wood floor that looks old and worn, and a gas fireplace that will be warming […]
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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 and Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Dec. 12. “Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to […]
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Scene & Heard Datebook
IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: TUESDAY • DownEast Pride Alliance, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Grace Restaurant, Portland. Network with members of gay-owned and gay-friendly businesses and enjoy drinks and appetizers. Free. www.depabusiness.com. WEDNESDAY • Infused Skyy Vodka Tasting, 5 to 7 p.m., The Salt Exchange, […]
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Waldo Theatre hosts ‘Comedy of Errors’
WALDOBORO — The Theater at Monmouth hits the road to present Shakespeare’s first play, “The Comedy of Errors” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Waldo Theatre. The production uses ancient Ephesus as the background for Shakespeare’s early story of chaos, love and reunion. “The Comedy of Errors” features a cast of eight professional actors and […]
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Book Review: The dish ran away with a spoon
In a romantic crisis, the heroine in Melissa Senate’s new book returns home to Maine and takes over her grandmother’s island cooking school.
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Book Review: Chute’s style, flinty Mainers make a mystery well told
In the world of fiction, tranquil country inns often become the stage for violence and mystery. So it is with the inn at the heart of “Coming Home” by Robert M. Chute, Maine poet, writer and professor emeritus in biology at Bates College in Lewiston. “Coming Home” is billed as “A Maine Mystery,” and it […]
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Arts Planner
In concert • The Indigo Girls are back on the road and plan a tour stop in Portland on Saturday. The Georgia-bred and -based folk-rock duo will perform at 8 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium. Lucy Wainwright Roche opens. Saturday’s concert is part of the Return to Life benefit concert series, which in the past has […]
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Society notebook: Buoyed by good friends
Supporters of SailMaine raise nearly $13,000 to help the program with its mission.
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Classical Beat: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ as ballet might become its own local legend
Stravinski and Diaghilev, Copland and Balanchine, Mosier and Shipman. Choreographer Nell Shipman of the Portland Ballet Company laughs at the comparison, but her collaboration with composer Kirt Mosier on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” ballet is the only such venture in recent years on the Maine scene. And if what I saw at a rehearsal […]