Arts & Entertainment

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April 18, 2010

Taste & Tell: No same-old, same-old at adventuresome Zeta Cafe

SOUTH PORTLAND — Sometimes you get an idea in your head and run with it. Sugar, for instance, comes in handy in apricot crisp. In a syrupy sauce for a grilled pork chop, it might be too much of a good thing, but it works for most of us. In Caesar dressing, it tastes wrong, […]
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April 18, 2010

Sculpture exhibition focuses on four artists

ROCKLAND – The Farnsworth Art Museum has opened an exhibition, “Four in Maine: Site Specific,” showcasing the work of Kazumi Hoshino, Jesse Salisbury, Warren Seelig and Aaron T. Stephan. The second in a program of annual exhibitions devoted to artists working in Maine, the show focuses on sculpture, with each artist creating a site-specific work […]
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April 18, 2010

Books Q & A: Catching up with Mark Kurlansky

The 'Salt' author's latest, 'The Eastern Stars,' is out now.
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April 18, 2010

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: TUESDAY • TASTES OF THE SEASON, 6 p.m., Oak Street Bistro, Alfred. Taste wines and bid on auction items in a benefit for the Sanford-Springvale Rotary Charitable Fund. $39 advance/$49 at door. 651-2142. WEDNESDAY • MAINE TWEETUP, […]
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April 18, 2010

Signings, etc.

Portland author James Hayman will read from his 2009 novel “The Cutting,” about a police detective who moves from New York City to Portland and becomes involved in a murder mystery. Hayman will also read from his upcoming book focusing on the same detective, “The Chill of Night,” scheduled for release in June. The talk […]

Published
April 18, 2010

Concert Review: Youth is served in ensemble performance for the ages

PORTLAND — As the cynical old proverb has it, “Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.” I went to the University of Southern Maine Youth Ensembles concert on Friday night at Merrill Auditorium to see how the next generation of musicians is coming along, and to hear some student work […]
Published
April 11, 2010

Book Review: Disaster of drugs gives way to hope

Anne Lamott's seventh novel skillfully lays bare a family's dysfunction.
Published
April 11, 2010

Book Review: Cohen gives the other Longfellow his due

Richard Shain Cohen, a retired English professor and president of academic affairs at the University of Maine, has set out to rescue Alexander Longfellow Sr. (1814-1901). A younger sibling of poet Henry Wadsworth, this Longfellow, in Cohen’s words, “provided an important addition to the history, environment and geography of the east end of Maine.” In […]
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April 11, 2010

Society Notebook: Modern smart

Bowdoin infuses its latest exhibition with color and charisma.
Published
April 11, 2010

Book Q&A: Meet the neighbors

Buddy Doyle's portraits introduce Mainers to the citizen-soldiers in their midst.

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