The Harraseeket Inn in Freeport continues their weekly Dinner Series with five remarkable menus, beginning March 1 with Indian Night. The Friday evening dinners begin at 6 p.m. and are all priced at $55 per person, plus tax and tip. Beverages may be purchased separately. March 8 is a Beer Dinner, March 15 features foods […]
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Out & About: Stunning production of new drama in Portland
Theatrical events dominate this week’s top choices among the performing arts, with one new drama and a classic favorite musical on offer. Top billing in my opinion goes to Good Theater’s stunning production of “A Doll’s House Part 2,” which recently garnered eight Tony Award nominations and has just been released to local companies. It’s […]
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Coastal History: Native American Louis Sockalexis, Mainer who broke a major league barrier
Jackie Robinson is famous for breaking baseball’s racial barrier in 1947, when he started a game for the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in the major leagues. You might argue that the same honor should go to Louis Sockalexis, a Penobscot Indian from Maine who began his own professional career 50 years […]
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Arts Calendar: Feb. 20-March 1
Greater Portland Call for Artists Paint for Preservation 2019, artists being sought by Cape Elizabeth Land Trust for juried Wet Paint Auction on June 30, deadline March 22, see capelandtrust.org. Exhibits “Drawing Now,” Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, 30 abstract artists from 11 countries in their first U.S. showing, to March 22. […]
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Bath museum charts voyage to 'Tropics Next Door'
BATH — Coming in from the cold and hearing Cuban music waft through the air around Maine Maritime Museum’s latest gallery exhibit can make it feel like it isn’t mid-February. The warm feeling will last through Maine’s traditionally fickle spring, since “The Tropics Next Door: A Look at Maine and the Caribbean” runs through May […]
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Out & About: A guitar god in Portland
Three acts top this week’s picks of the tix, and by coincidence, all three are booked into Portland’s best small music venue, One Longfellow Square. Two are from Boston and one is from Spain. Duke Robillard, the irrepressible guitar god and bluesman from Boston, will be featured on Friday. Robillard has been a fixture on […]
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Arts Calendar: Feb. 13-23
Greater Portland Call for Artists Paint for Preservation 2019, artists being sought by Cape Elizabeth Land Trust for juried Wet Paint Auction on June 30, deadline March 22, see capelandtrust.org. Exhibits “Drawing Now,” Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, 30 abstract artists from 11 countries in their first U.S. showing, to March […]
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Out & About: New musical showcase debuts Sunday
We all know there’s an abundance of creativity in southern Maine, but that point will be underscored by a factor of nine this Sunday, when “Hear, Here” debuts in Portland. Nine different acts with an astonishing breadth and variety will be showcased. One of Portland’s newest Valentine’s traditions, the annual concert by pianist Laura Kargul […]
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Arts Calendar: Feb. 6-16
Greater Portland Auditions Saturday 2/9 “The Secret Garden,” a Vivid Motion Dance production, 10 a.m.-noon, Drouin Dance Center, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook, for Vivid Motion Dance, all abilities ages 9 to adult welcome, vividmotion.org. Exhibits “Drawing Now,” Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, 30 abstract artists from 11 countries in their first U.S. […]
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Out & About: 3 to see in southern Maine
Theatrical happenings rule southern Maine’s performing arts calendar this week, with three splendid shows beckoning. A local production of the longest-running play in history opened last weekend at Lyric Music Theater in South Portland. Don’t miss this superior community production of “The Mousetrap.” Many decades of musical theater provide the unifying theme for this weekend’s […]