Arts & Entertainment

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May 16, 2010

In the Arts: ‘Vernal Pools’ exhibit evokes the sweet haste of spring

“Vernal Pools” at the Atrium Art Gallery at Lewiston-Auburn College is the primavera of the spring season. I offer such redundancy as an affectionate bow to an exhibition that softly stirs the biologic soup of spring. Vernal pools — more saucers than bowls — appear almost as much from memory as in fact, stay around […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Signings, etc.

Howard Frank Mosher
Published
May 16, 2010

‘Bach at Leipzig’ wraps up Portland Stage season

– From staff reports Portland Stage Company wraps up its season with the final week of the comedy “Bach at Leipzig,” a fast-paced, funny and mostly true retelling of the time when a group of musicians bypassed by history joust for the most coveted musical post in all of Europe. The story is set in […]
Published
May 9, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Candidates for governor series at Aucocisco Galleries Aucocisco Galleries, 89 Exchange St., continues its series of talks by gubernatorial candidates, Meet the Governor: Maine 2010 Gubernatorial Candidates on Maine Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy. The speaking series focuses on issues related to arts and culture in Maine. The brown-bag lunch series will continue […]
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May 9, 2010

Book Review: Ecologist fights use of harmful chemicals

Sandra Steingraber argues that we should become 'carcinogen abolitionists.'

Published
May 9, 2010

A fresh look for the Poll

We've added a few categories, subtracted a few and, we hope, upped the fun factor.
Published
May 9, 2010

A little bit country? Who knew?

For Peter Wolf, jumping-jack frontman for the hard-rocking J. Geils Band, a highlight of cutting his latest solo album was dueting with the legendary Merle Haggard.
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May 9, 2010

Arts Planner

This week • Local country singer Travis James Humphrey celebrates the release of his rocking new CD “Dirty Beautiful World” with shows at 9 p.m. Monday at Champions Sports Bar, 15 Thornton Ave., Biddeford and at 5 p.m. Friday at Dogfish Bar & Grille, 128 Free St., Portland. The disc, produced by Johnny Hiland, will […]
Published
May 9, 2010

Farnsworth celebrates new Wyeth exhibits

ROCKLAND – On Saturday, the Farnsworth Art Museum opens two major exhibitions at the museum’s Wyeth Center: “N.C. Wyeth: Poems of American Patriotism” and “The Wyeths’ Wyeths.” The openings will be celebrated with a Live at Night at the Farnsworth party at the Wyeth Center on Friday with a members-only preview and reception from 6 […]
Published
May 9, 2010

Feast your eyes on Carlo Pittore’s brilliant strokes

Even if you have never heard of Carlo Pittore, you have probably felt echoes of his activities in Maine. For example, he founded the Union of Maine Visual Artists, which helped establish Maine’s Percent for Art program and craft the first legislation in America allowing estates of deceased artists to help pay tax debts with […]

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