Arts & Entertainment
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2010
Forget the oompahs and hear what a tuba can really do
Everybody knows what a tuba is. As usual, everyone is wrong. There is no clear definition of the instrument, and there are more than a dozen that have been given the name. Wagner invented two of them so he could have an eight-voice bass choir. Despite the children’s book ”Tubby the Tuba,” there aren’t many […]
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2010
Honan channels the worst poet ever in Portland Stage’s ‘Real McGonagall’
Portland actor Mark Honan stars in the Portland Stage Company production of ”The Real McGonagall,” on stage in the studio theater beginning at 8 p.m. Friday. The one-man show was to have opened last week, but Honan took ill and opening night was postponed. Honan portrays Sir William Topaz McGonagall, who on the eve of […]
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2010
I’ll have the chilly
Warm-hearted Mainers brave icy waters to raise money for Camp Sunshine.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2010
Maine State: Transition and a fond farewell
BRUNSWICK – The curtain rises on the Maine State Music Theatre summer season in four months, and Steven Peterson is ready. He’s lined up the shows and hired the directors, and is making casting decisions about the season-opening production of ”Always … Patsy Cline,” scheduled to open June 9. Before then, there are a million […]
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2010
Signings, etc.
DWAYNE RAYMOND
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2010
Soup’s on in a big, bold way at Veranda Noodle Bar
Customers bow over the steam rising from huge china bowls of noodle soup at Veranda Noodle Bar. With patient pleasure, they start swooping up ribbons of thin noodles with chopsticks. Since slurping is entirely essential, dining takes on an aura of play as they poke and prod, diving after wontons and fishing out slivers of […]
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2010
The way we were
Back in her hometown of Allagash, Cathie Pelletier collaborates with other residents on a book celebrating local lore.
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