Arts & Entertainment

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October 3, 2010

Books: Ambition, fear and surviving the South

Isabel Wilkerson chronicles black America's Great Migration toward hope.
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October 3, 2010

Keyes: An artistic vision for Maine’s future

DEER ISLE — Certainly, these last two years have been difficult for the arts economy in Maine. It’s been difficult for everybody, and the arts and cultural segment has faced the downturn and recession head-on. There’s a common perception that the bad economy has devastated the arts. In this instance, perception is not reality. The […]
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October 3, 2010

Arts Dispatches

BRUNSWICK Music theater looks for girl and dog to star in ‘Annie’ Maine State Music Theatre wants to know: Do you know Annie? The summer music theater in Brunswick is seeking bright, energetic girls to play Little Orphan Annie and her fellow orphans in its 2011 production of “Annie.” Candidates for Annie must be between […]
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October 3, 2010

Arts Planner

Opening this week • The University of Southern Maine theater department begins its performance season with the comedy “Lend Me a Tenor,” directed by Wil Kilroy. Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Oct. 14-16, and at 5 p.m. Oct. 10 and Oct. 17. Tickets […]
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October 3, 2010

Signings, etc.

DAVID MORINE Conservationist and author David Morine will be discussing and reading from his book “Two Coots in a Canoe.” The book follows Morine and his friend Ramsay Peard, a retired CEO, as the pair embark on a journey of self-discovery, humor and whim by canoeing the Connecticut River. stopping and talking to folks along […]

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October 3, 2010

For Mad Horse, a housewarming by ‘Degrees’

PORTLAND – Mad Horse Theatre opens its 25th season this week in a new home. The company, known for presenting edgy and thought-provoking theater, has become the theater company in residence at Lucid Stage’s new performance space at 29 Baxter Blvd. The season begins with “Six Degrees of Separation,” a John Guare play that explores […]
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October 3, 2010

Art Review: Gallery puts on splendid show of drawing-based artworks

“Drawing: Marks, Traces & Imprints” now on view at the University of Maine-Augusta is the most handsome show I have seen at UMA’s Danforth Gallery — and the quality of the works lives up to the installation. The curators of “Drawing” (MECA illustration department chairman Alex Rheault and Danforth Gallery director Karen Adrienne) visited many […]
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October 3, 2010

Taste & Tell: Local Sprouts Cafe: Fresh, funky and made to order

Local Sprouts Cafe, a business run by Local Sprouts Cooperative, uses local produce and products to cook up stir-fried tofu and jerk chicken, and serves them in an earthy, casual and laid-back atmosphere. In fact, the atmosphere is so laid back that the first time I arrived for dinner on a night I had arranged […]
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October 3, 2010

Author Q&A: Someone’s in the kitchen with Marjorie

Acclaimed chef Melissa Kelly lends a ham -- make that Pork Saltimbocca -- and more for the reissuing of Marjorie's Standish's classic 'Cooking Down East.'
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October 3, 2010

Movies: Moretz steals the show, but she’s still ‘just Chloe’

The 13-year-old star who made her mark in 'Kick-Ass' is now taking a bite out of the vampire genre.

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