How low can you go? About 20 Hz (Hertz, or cycles per second) is the point at which the human ear starts to lose the concept of pitch — where vibration, for most people, changes from sound to feeling. The lowest note on a pipe organ is a little above 16 Hz, and a double […]
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Books: Best-Sellers
FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Mockingjay,” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Freedom,” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) 4. “Clockwork Angel,” by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster) 5. “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett (Penguin) 6. “Catching Fire,” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) 7. “Spider […]
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Barn Gallery shows to linger into October
OGUNQUIT – Barn Gallery’s fall exhibitions will be on view through Columbus Day on Oct. 11. The gallery features a variety of work in different media, including the popular “200 for $200” show and sale. Photographer Conrad Marvin and sculptor Lewis Woodaman will have the final showcase exhibitions of the season in the North Gallery. […]
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Faces by Yousuf Karsh
A portfolio of images by the great 20th-century portrait photographer is on display in Thomaston.
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Arts Planner
CONTINUING • Two Maine College of Art alums, Kreh Mellick and Kimberly Convery, collaborate for a new show at Space Gallery, 522 Congress St., Portland. It is titled “Some. Things. Curious.” and is on view through Oct. 22. Convery lives in Portland and Mellick lives in North Carolina, where she was recently named one of […]
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Calendar
ART “2010 Book Arts at Stone House Program,” work by students who participated in USM’s Book Arts program, University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. 780-4270. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Today; 7:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Runs through […]
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Signings, etc.
GERRY BOYLE Maine author Gerry Boyle will be at the Portland Public Library this week to talk about “Damaged Goods,” the ninth novel in his Jack McMorrow series. The series follows a freelance journalist/investigator working and investigating in Maine. His talk is part of the library’s Brown Bag Lecture Series, so feel free to bring […]
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Scene & Heard: Datebook
IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: MONDAY *Portland Greendrinks, 5:30 to 8 p.m., Bayside Bowl, Portland. Network with green-minded business people during an event that benefits the League of Young Voters Education Fund. Free if you bring your own drinking vessel. www.portlandgreendrinks.com. THURSDAY * Wine Tasting, […]
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‘Light’ reads? Make that ‘delightful’
Two books that seemed to offer fun summer reading provided that and a good deal of substance as well. In fact, David Buckman’s “Bucking the Tide: Making and Discovering the Wild New England and Fundy Coast in a $400 Yacht” and Michelle Souliere’s “Strange Maine: True Tales From the Pine Tree State” are modest, tightly […]
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Visitors to Haberle exhibit will get an eyefool
PORTLAND – The Portland Museum of Art opens an exhibition next weekend focusing on the life and work of John Haberle, considered to be one of the most accomplished American trompe l’oeil painters. The term references a style of painting meant to fool one’s eye. The show opens on the second floor on Saturday, and […]