Arts & Entertainment

Published
May 30, 2010

Book Review: Talented Amis can do better than this

The self-indulgent sexual fears of a 50-year-old man do not flesh out a book.
Published
May 30, 2010

Arts Dispatches

Photographer’s estate updates, improves website The estate of Todd Webb announced a recent refurbishment of its website, toddwebbphotographs.com. The new site features images, extensive biographical text, exhibition data, collection information and a frequently updated news tab. Currently, two touring exhibitions accent Webb’s photographs. “Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art” tours Europe […]
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May 30, 2010

Book review: Greenlaw’s return to blue water is full of drama

Linda Greenlaw is a renowned swordboat skipper and best-selling author. When we first meet this fearless Mainer in her latest book, “Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea,” she has added an unlikely role to her resume — prisoner. Escorted in handcuffs, Greenlaw is walking to a prison cell in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where […]
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May 30, 2010

Books Q & A: A funny thing happened

Portland comic strip artist Lincoln Peirce lands a book deal thanks in part to a fan letter from years ago.
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May 30, 2010

And for Webheads, Winslow on the ‘Net

There are plenty of opportunities to see Winslow Homer paintings in person this summer. But if you prefer looking at art on the computer, there’s plenty of Homer to view online as well. On Saturday, the Portland Museum of Art will debut a Web site of highlights from its vast collection of Homer illustrations. The […]

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May 30, 2010

Arts Planner

This week Contemporary Maine painter Brita Holmquist shows recent work in a new solo exhibition, “The Lonely Sea and the Sky,” on view at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth beginning Thursday. The exhibition will remain on view through July 5. In her work, Holmquist uses bold colors and sweeping gestures to create dramatic images of […]
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May 30, 2010

Taste & Tell: Enzo Pizzeria serves slices of manna from heaven

Every once in a while, you take a bite of something and it brings you up short. Your mouth is filled with crunch and oil, sweet tomato and liquid cheese. You are being nourished with pleasure. Life is so much better that way. Enzo, a sit-down addition next door to Otto, Portland’s premier take-out pizzeria, […]
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May 30, 2010

Classical Beat: Festival to celebrate genius of Chopin

In honor of Chopin’s 200th birthday, the Bowdoin International Music Festival will be programming more of that composer’s work than is normally heard in Maine, including the rare trio and cello sonata, plus a complete performance of all 24 preludes by Edward Auer on Aug. 6. As a pianist, I’m in favor of as much […]
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May 30, 2010

Gyllenhaal princely, but that’s about it

All the fuss in “Prince of Persia” arises from the existence of a magical dagger that, when you press its handy button, causes time to flow swiftly backward. This trick is less awe-inspiring than it sounds. If you’re stuck in a theater watching this silly, derivative, convoluted nonsense, the last thing you want to do […]
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May 30, 2010

Keyes: His work here is done

PORTLAND – Don Meserve smiled and gripped as friend after friend walked over to him, grabbed his hand and offered thanks and congratulations. Finally, after 30 years of thinking about it and two decades of actively trying, Meserve had the satisfaction of knowing that his installation of 14 lead panels of his Stations of the […]