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April 11, 2010

Theater Review: Dreamworld adds to the tales told the night before ‘Mary’s Wedding’

PORTLAND — Anyone who has ever remembered a dream knows how surreal dreams can be. Time periods collide, and things that really happened become intertwined with things imagined and things that might have been. Portland Stage re-creates this fantastic experience in a moving romantic drama, enacted from the meandering subconscious of Mary on the night […]
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April 11, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Portland Symphony wins governor’s excellence award The Portland Symphony Orchestra received the 2010 Maine Association of Nonprofits Governor’s Award for Nonprofit Excellence in the mid-sized organization category, which consists of organizations with budgets between $1.2 million and $3 million. The PSO is the first arts organization to earn first place in any of the […]
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April 11, 2010

Arts Planner

This week • The New England alt-country scene gets spotlight treatment on Friday. At One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., local favorite Roy Davis and his band celebrate the release of “We Are a Lightning Bolt” while hosting a taping party for a live CD and DVD. The Boston-based band Girls Guns & Glory shares […]
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April 11, 2010

Art Review: Fore Street exhibition glows with Black brilliance

One of the greatest things about paintings is that you set your own pace for looking at them. You can see a lot in just a few seconds, or you can gaze at one for hours. Arts such as music, movies and theater, on the other hand, control the length of your experience. Some even […]
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April 11, 2010

Honk if you love record stores

Grace Potter does. So do scores of other artists who are performing next weekend to help celebrate Record Store Day and the industry's loudly beating heart.

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April 11, 2010

Taste & Tell: Oxford House Inn rates well above fair in Fryeburg

FRYEBURG — The downside to putting together a dish everyone loves is that you will never be allowed to take it off the menu. The upside is that people will show up to eat it. An example is the pulled duck at Oxford House Inn, complete with crunchy scallion pancakes, vibrant sticky sauce and braised […]
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April 11, 2010

Keyes: Water Girl assumes her ‘place of honor’

PORTLAND — For more than 30 years, one of the most popular pieces in Portland’s public art collection has languished behind bars, literally and figuratively. With the reopening of the Portland Public Library this week, the Little Water Girl fountain finally has come out from behind the forboding, fenced-in courtyard in front of the library […]
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April 11, 2010

In the Arts: Vinalhaven Press a print gold mine

I don’t give shopping advice. Like everyone else, I pay my money and I take my chances. But I’m a pretty deliberate person when it comes to art, and my acquisitions usually bolster my persona. Today, in aid of those whose personas could stand a boost, I’m going to descend from my perch and say […]
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April 11, 2010

Webber’s ‘Phantom’ sequel delayed

NEW YORK — Broadway will have to wait a bit longer to find out what happens to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom. The producers of “Love Never Dies” announced last week that the sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” will now open in New York in spring 2011 instead of this November. As a reason, […]
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April 11, 2010

‘Mary’s Wedding’ is emotionally charged

PORTLAND — “Mary’s Wedding,” the emotionally charged drama that opened over the weekend at Portland Stage Company, tells a heartbreaking story of love and loss on the Canadian prairie. It’s a two-actor play featuring Annie Purcell and Todd Lawson. Purcell plays Mary Chalmers, who is left behind in her quiet prairie town while her beau, […]

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