Arts & Entertainment

Published
May 22, 2010

Society Notebook: Family matters

Recognizing the value of family businesses to Maine and the nation is the theme of a recent awards event.
Published
May 16, 2010

Society notebook: So happy together

Maine College of Art celebrates its consolodation under one roof in style.
Published
May 16, 2010

Scene & Heard: Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: MONDAY • MAINE FAMILY BUSINESS AWARDS, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Marriott at Sable Oaks, South Portland. Enjoy dinner and drinks and find out who wins this year’s awards. $75. 797-7130. • GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK HUMANITARIAN AWARD DINNER, 5:30 […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Theater Review: Players do justice to ‘West Side Story’

To borrow some lyrics from the show, “there’s a place for us” theatergoers for the next couple of weeks. It’s in South Portland where The Portland Players are presenting an impressive production of the classic “West Side Story.” The Bernstein/Sondheim/Laurents musical based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” was an ambitious choice for a local company. […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Arts Dispatches

BETHEL Local arts groups invited to participate in annual fair The Mahoosuc Arts Council will produce the 21st annual Bethel Art Fair on July 3. The council is creating an Open Space Gallery concept to accompany the fair, where any artist or arts group with a studio or gallery space can be included on a […]

Published
May 16, 2010

Arts Planner

Last week for Beckmann • Time is running out on “Modernism and Masquerade: Max Beckmann,” the second-floor exhibition of graphic work on view at the Portland Museum of Art. The show closes May 23. This exhibition features approximately 40 prints from the German master. The museum, at 7 Congress Square Plaza, is open 10 a.m. […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Book Review: Boston firm drove Maine’s cottage industry

While perusing “Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages,” about the Gilded Age architectural firm Peabody & Stearns, one cannot help but think back to the 1960s, when historic American architecture was hardly a topic, let alone a field of study. In those days, even the brightest liberal arts student, unless hailing from an […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Classical Beat: Bowdoin hosts student virtuoso series

The Bowdoin International Music Festival, June 26-Aug. 7, one of the world’s best known – it was the only Maine festival listed in The New York Times summer festival preview this year – continues to evolve, with new programs, concert venues, artists, students and teachers. This year will see the first student virtuoso series; “Extra” […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Movies: Comic-bookish Robin in the ‘hood this go-’round

“Robin Hood,” the latest collaboration between star Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott, may have its roots in the foggy past of 12th-century legend about the man in tights who robbed the rich and helped the poor. But, with its origin-story approach, jut-jawed good guys, hiss-worthy bad guys, splashy action, and setup for a sequel, […]
Published
May 16, 2010

Taste & Tell: Crab cakes give beef a run for the money at Steakhouse

WELLS – A properly cooked steak is one of the most popular meals in America, and The Steakhouse serves them up best medium rare. The menu blazons the restaurant’s loyalty to corn-fed “heavy Western beef” rated Choice and Prime by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a superior grade of beef that’s nicely marbled with fat […]