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April 25, 2010

Taste & Tell: Fresh seafood, fried nicely, makes Ken’s a favorite

SCARBOROUGH – You are in luck — the first Tuesday of the month is right around the corner, the day when fried oysters, the queen of fried seafood, is on the menu at Ken’s Place. Of course, any day of the week fried clams coated in crumbs or batter, baked or fried haddock, fried Maine […]
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April 25, 2010

Keyes: Photographer’s work wins exposure

PORTLAND – Abigail Wellman may well be too young to lay claim to having a rags-to-riches story. But at 31, the Portland photographer still has quite a tale to tell, and her story serves as a shining example to any artist living and working in Maine that hard work has its rewards. Wellman has the […]
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April 25, 2010

Playwright and actress to be honored

NEW YORK – Alan Ayckbourn and Marian Seldes will receive 2010 Lifetime Achievement Awards during the Tony ceremony June 13 at Radio City Music Hall. Ayckbourn is the author of more than 70 plays, including “The Norman Conquests,” a trilogy that was revived on Broadway last season, winning a 2009 Tony for best revival. Seldes, […]
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April 25, 2010

Book Q&A: Angelou in Augusta

'I'd really like to see Maine,' the writer-activist-auteur says she thought when she was invited to speak here.
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April 25, 2010

By choosing diverse film personas, Pierce Brosnan moves beyond Bond

The leading man who wanted to be a character actor has appeared in five films this year.

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April 25, 2010

Art Review: Identity-oriented art asserts itself well at galleries

When we talk about our own culture, we talk about how we are distinct from anyone else. What we cringe at, however, is culture that goes beyond the simple pride of identity to make insidiously greater claims. Nazi and Soviet art, for example, pushed past indigenous culture to enlist themselves in propaganda wars. Yet certainly, […]
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April 25, 2010

Maine Photography Show 2010

Winners in the 2010 Maine Photography Show were announced at the exhibition’s opening April 16 at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation gallery, 1 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. There were three winners in each of four categories, as well as a best-of-show winner and a Committee Choice Award winner. Cash prizes of $100, $75 and $50 […]
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April 25, 2010

Movies: Strong performance helps lift ‘The Losers’

So now we see why Chris Evans, the onetime Johnny Storm of “The Fantastic Four,” was selected to play Captain America in the upcoming “Avengers” comic book epic: “The Losers” was his audition. Evans steals “The Losers,” another comic-book adaptation about a team of “black ops” agents out for revenge on the fellow who betrayed […]
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April 25, 2010

Time for 10 artists to show and sell ’10 x 10′ works

PORTLAND – The 21st annual “10 x 10” show and sale will be open 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at June Fitzpatrick Gallery at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St. It’s a seminal spring event in the Portland art community, with lines forming long before the gallery […]
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April 25, 2010

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., Nosh, Portland. Enjoy a cash bar and network with members of the gay and gay-friendly business community. Free. www.depabusiness.com. WEDNESDAY BUSINESS AFTER 5, 5 to 7 p.m., Morong Falmouth. Sip drinks and […]

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