Arts & Entertainment

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May 9, 2010

A fresh look for the Poll

We've added a few categories, subtracted a few and, we hope, upped the fun factor.
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May 9, 2010

A little bit country? Who knew?

For Peter Wolf, jumping-jack frontman for the hard-rocking J. Geils Band, a highlight of cutting his latest solo album was dueting with the legendary Merle Haggard.
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May 9, 2010

Arts Planner

This week • Local country singer Travis James Humphrey celebrates the release of his rocking new CD “Dirty Beautiful World” with shows at 9 p.m. Monday at Champions Sports Bar, 15 Thornton Ave., Biddeford and at 5 p.m. Friday at Dogfish Bar & Grille, 128 Free St., Portland. The disc, produced by Johnny Hiland, will […]
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May 9, 2010

Farnsworth celebrates new Wyeth exhibits

ROCKLAND – On Saturday, the Farnsworth Art Museum opens two major exhibitions at the museum’s Wyeth Center: “N.C. Wyeth: Poems of American Patriotism” and “The Wyeths’ Wyeths.” The openings will be celebrated with a Live at Night at the Farnsworth party at the Wyeth Center on Friday with a members-only preview and reception from 6 […]
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May 9, 2010

Feast your eyes on Carlo Pittore’s brilliant strokes

Even if you have never heard of Carlo Pittore, you have probably felt echoes of his activities in Maine. For example, he founded the Union of Maine Visual Artists, which helped establish Maine’s Percent for Art program and craft the first legislation in America allowing estates of deceased artists to help pay tax debts with […]

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May 9, 2010

Taste & Tell: Indulge yourself with Nosh Kitchen Bar’s rich fare

Nosh Kitchen Bar’s menu has everything customers with an affection for rich food could wish to encounter, from yolk dripping from a fried egg on a blue-cheese-and-bacon burger to a swirl of jalapeno cumin creme here and herb ricotta there. Expecting and nursing mothers can indulge themselves knowing this kind of diet is exactly what […]
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May 9, 2010

Keyes: They call it MECAmorphosis

The college of art is throwing a party to celebrate 'the completion of a vision' in its Congress Street home.
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May 9, 2010

Movie Review: ‘Iron Man 2’ too in love with hardware, but cast saves day

“A passable knock-off”: That’s how the man in the Iron Man mask, the obscenely rich but heartsick industrialist Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., characterizes the electro-weaponry wielded by his Slavic adversary (Mickey Rourke) in “Iron Man 2.” Much of this scattershot sequel to the 2008 smash feels like a passable knock-off as well. […]
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May 9, 2010

Society Notebook: To top it all off

More than fun, the Mad Hatter Affair is a smashing success as a fundraiser.
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May 9, 2010

Books Q&A: This just in …

Former newsman turned novelist Gerry Boyle is out with the latest installment of his Jack McMorrow mystery series.