As the end of January approaches, the performing arts calendar is beginning to fill up again. The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of 2014 is slated for this Sunday with two guest artists. On the podium will be Ken-David Masur, conducting a program that revolves around Aaron Copland’s “Clarinet Concerto” and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Symphony […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 22-Feb. 4
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art “Young Frankenstein” auditions, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 25 at noon, Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., Portland, 799-1421; prepare song, ages 15 and up, no sneakers/bare feet. Books & Authors Thursday 1/23 “Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns and Game Meat,” discussion […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan.15-28
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art “Young Frankenstein” auditions, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 25 at noon, Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., Portland, 799-1421; prepare song, ages 15 and up, no sneakers/bare feet. Books & Authors Friday 1/17 “Dream Shuttle” reading by poet Carolyn Gelland, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument […]
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The more things change …: Photos celebrate architecture in Portland
PORTLAND — A new photo exhibit shows two sides of the city: one of constant change and one of preservation. “Images of Change: Greater Portland’s Cityscape Since 1960” is a collection of 72 photographs by 44 artists that focuses on Portland’s evolving architecture. The exhibit opened Friday at Portland Public Library’s Lewis Gallery, where it […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 8-21
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Thursday 1/9 “Rumpelstiltskin” auditions, 3-5 p.m., Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234 ext. 247, prepare one minute monologue or song, no experience required. Film Sunday 1/12 “Bending Steel,” 7 p.m., SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600, $8, $6 for members. Tuesday 1/14 […]
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Portland debut set for monster film project by Maine artists, students
PORTLAND — Figures of Speech Theatre’s film adaptation of “Frankenstein” should appeal to fans of silent cinema. And puppetry. And pen-and-ink illustration. And toy theater. And even thaumatropes, those Victorian-era, disk-and-string toys that spun to simulate motion in the days before animation. It’s a true mixed-media presentation. The ambitious project, the culmination of an 18-month […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 1-14
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Thursday 1/9 “Rumpelstiltskin” auditions, 3-5 p.m., Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234 ext. 247, prepare one minute monologue or song, no experience required. Film Friday 1/3 “Teen Beach Movie,” 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, free. Sunday 1/12 “Bending […]
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Arts Calendar: Dec. 25-Jan. 7
Greater Portland Film Anime Movies for Teens, Thursdays, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, 871-1700, ages 13-19. “20 Feet From Stardom,” Dec. 26-29, times vary, The Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, $6. Friday 1/3 “Teen Beach Movie,” 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, free. Friday 12/27 “Muscle Shoals,” 7 […]
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Judge gives R.I. lawyer 6 years for fraud case
Joseph Caramadre was using dying people as part of a $46 million investment scheme.
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Out & About: Voices from the Renaissance (and far beyond)
The holiday season wraps up with several intriguing choices in music and theater in Portland and Westbrook. Renaissance Voices can boast one of the best of southern Maine’s Christmas concerts, and it’s also among the latest on the calendar. The ensemble’s annual Christmas program, which draws inspiration from its namesake period to the present, is […]