The summer arts and entertainment season is starting to wind down, but there’s still plenty of time to catch some quality shows, and there are still plenty of quality shows on the upcoming calendar. One of the most intriguing is the “Scandalous” music festival, presented by the DaPonte String Quartet. In a series of three […]
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Out & About: Music from exotic to classical
There’s an intriguing array of musical choices coming up in Portland and environs. In the city, Caravan of Thieves, a string band with an exotic look and (sometimes) an eerie sound, motors into One Longfellow Square on Friday. This Connecticut-based foursome has been touring North America for the past three years and become very popular […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug. 8-19
Greater Portland Auditions/Call for Art Books & Authors Wednesday 8/8 How Crimes Happen, Dawn Potter, poetry discussion, 12-1 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq., Portland, 871-1700. Thursday 8/9 Bad Little Falls Release Party, Paul Doiron, Longfellow Books, Monument Sq., Portland, 772-4045. Friday 8/10 Vida Nocturna, Mark D. Diehl, discussion, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug 1-12
Greater Portland Auditions/Call for Art Books & Authors Thursday 8/2 Maine Branches: poets come home to read and reflect on Maine, 5 p.m., University of New England’s Gallery of Art, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, 221-4499. “The Truth of All Things,” Kieran Shields, discussion, 6:30-8 p.m., South Portland Public Library, 155 Wescott Road, South Portland, 767-7660. […]
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Out & About: Chamber music festivals and 'Damn Yankees'
Summer’s end may be approaching, but there’s plenty more to go before the quiet period that begins on Labor Day weekend. Most of Maine’s major summer music festivals take place outside Portland. But that changes next week when the Portland Chamber Music Festival, which debuted in 1994, returns for its 19th season. Artistic director and […]
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Arts Calendar: July 25- Aug. 5
Greater Portland Auditions/Call for Art Poetry contest, open to Falmouth-area poets, $1,000 grand prize, July 31 deadline, freecontest.com. Casting call for Portland area high school students, for educational media campaign, email fmi: marena@soapboxnoise.com. Books & Authors Wednesday 7/25 When we were Kennedys: a memoir from Mexico, Maine, Monica Wood, discussion, 12-1 p.m., Portland Public Library, […]
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Out & About: Music festivals, musical theater throughout Maine
Maine’s unrelenting schedule of music festivals and musical theater continues as the second big month of the summer arts season approaches. Two radically different music festivals are running this weekend on the coast and inland. The Charles E. Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music happens in Brunswick, spotlighting the work of modern composers in the classical […]
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Arts Calendar: July 18- 29
Greater Portland Auditions/Call for Art Poetry contest, open to Falmouth-area poets, $1,000 grand prize, July 31 deadline, freecontest.com. Casting call for Portland area high school students, for educational media campaign, email fmi: marena@soapboxnoise.com. Books & Authors Thursday 7/19 “Moxie: Maine in a Bottle”: Jim Baumer, 5:30 p.m., Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822 […]
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Dining Dish: New Asian in Portland, and Frosty's ventures to Freeport
There are a handful of new restaurants, bars and markets opening (or reopening) this summer, just in time to entice tourists and locals alike. At 865 Forest Ave. in Portland, Venue has reopened as The New Venue with new management and a different menu. The restaurant/club offers lunch and dinner, wood-fired brick-oven specialties, karaoke, DJ’s […]
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Out and About: 'Madama Butterfly' in Portland, bluegrass in Brunswick
No fewer than four singers from New York’s famed Metropolitan Opera will be appearing next week in PORTopera’s 2012 mainstage production of “Madama Butterfly,” Giacomo Puccini’s heartbreaking tale of love and abandonment. PORTopera’s artistic director Dona D. Vaughn directs the stage action, while Stephen Lord returns to conduct the orchestra. You might think it’s the […]