Arts & Entertainment

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October 17, 2010

Henry’s Place

When painter Henry Finkelstein commits the colors and textures of his Great Cranberry Island retreat to canvas, it's a labor of love.
Published
October 17, 2010

Society Notebook: Sold! On STRIVE

Mainers open their hearts and wallets to raise $40,000 at an auction for the organization that helps developmentally disabled youths.
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October 17, 2010

Bob Keyes: Twenty years at home in the Grange

Early last week, Pat Packard gathered a small army of volunteers. They stuffed fliers advertising an upcoming performance into envelopes and hauled them down to the post office. “It’s labor-intensive,” allowed Packard, president of Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills. “We do not go through the commercial guys, because we like to keep our […]
Published
October 10, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Biennial to include 66 works at Portland Museum of Art The Portland Museum of Art Biennial exhibition, scheduled to open on April 7, 2011, will include 66 works by 47 artists. A panel of three jurors — Jim Kempner, owner and director of Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York; David Row, a painter based […]
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October 10, 2010

Arts Planner

Now playing • Mad Horse Theatre Company christens the new performance space at Lucid Stage on Baxter Boulevard in Portland with a production of John Guare’s masterpiece “Six Degrees of Separation.” Director Peter Brown calls the play an “imaginative tour de force.” It’s 20 years old, but the Portland production marks the first time the […]

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October 10, 2010

Guests join DaPonte quartet for concert in Lewiston

LEWISTON – Bassist Richard Hartshorne and pianist Chiharu Naruse will join the DaPonte String Quartet in performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College, 75 Russell St. The program includes Dvorak’s quartet No. 12 in F major (“American”) and Schubert’s piano quintet in A major (“Trout”). Admission is […]
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October 10, 2010

Taste and Tell: Inventive 50 Local loves to keep it, you know . . .

KENNEBUNK – From the basil-scented Mrs. Meyer’s hand soap in the black and white bathroom to the Harris Farm steak rimmed with delectable fat, 50 Local had me pegged. It was almost as if a social media website had been tracking me to the table and setting out the items I was likely to find […]
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October 10, 2010

King Coz: Comedian has soft spot for Portland

Beloved Bill Cosby has two shows Saturday in Portland.
Published
October 10, 2010

Society Notebook: Grand Opportunity

A gala event celebrates Opportunity Farm -- in the business of helping Maine children for 100 years -- and its generous sponsors.
Published
October 10, 2010

Art Review: Surface, subtlety and geometrical grace: Kellar at Icon

Jeff Kellar’s paintings are pared-down, hard-edged geometrical abstractions. If you enjoy this type of art, you’re in for a treat. If you’re not comfortable with it in general, then you’re the person who really should see the show currently on view at Icon, because Kellar just might lead you to appreciate a world of spiritually […]

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