• CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Noonday Concert with organist Albert Melton, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. Kinderkonzert, with members of Portland Symphony Orchestra, for ages 3 to 7; Windham High School. $4. 773-6128. “The Nature of Woodwinds,” 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m. FRIDAY Daniel Hope, violin, and Jeffrey Kahane, piano, […]
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Art and Theater: Two Divine
One Bowdoin exhibit is a serious look at medieval religious practices, the other a zany take on the Bible a la R. Crumb.
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Bar Guide: Old Port Sea Grill trumps the routine with cocktails, raw bar
I’ve probably walked past the Old Port Sea Grill at least 100 times, yet I never stopped in. I’m not quite sure why, because it is an attractive, sleek-looking establishment, and rumor has it that the Sea Grill is a great place for all things delicious on the half-shell. After last week’s visit to the […]
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Music and Nightlife: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Brownfield is Surf City on Friday LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS’ members wear Mexican wrestling masks and play surf guitar music. How’s that for eclectic? WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday WHERE: Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield HOW MUCH: $25 INFO: 935-7292; stonemountainartscenter.com • CHEAP THRILL IN “COVER TO COVER” every Tuesday at The […]
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Bull Moose Top 10
Top 10 for Portland Feb. 7-13 1. “Paranormal Activity 2” (DVD) 2. The Decemberists, “The King Is Dead” 3. Iron & Wine, “Kiss Each Other Clean” 4. “Life as We Know It” (DVD) 5. “My Soul to Take” (DVD) 6. “Live Points 1600” for X360 7. The Black Keys, “Brothers” 8. Cut Copy, “Zonoscope” 9. […]
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Face the Music: Delve into Hi Tiger’s darkness while you wait for spring
This too shall melt. And not only that, I have yet to do my annual slip on the ice in public and land on the dirty, salty sludge with a bruised knee, elbow and spring-seeking heart. There’s still plenty of time for that. And still plenty of time to cure whatever strand of cabin fever […]
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Et cetera: Listings
• BENEFITS Empty Bowls and Fine Arts Showcase, eat soup from a hand-crafted bowl which you keep while listening to performances, benefits local food pantries; Sacopee Valley Middle School, Hiram. $5. 625-2450. 5 to 7:30 p.m. today. “The Faces of Our Neighbors,” festival, marketplace and documentary film, “Climate Refugees,” to support Haiti; Waynflete School, Portland. […]
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Et cetera: Here come the bridal shows
Whether your wedding is to be big or small, traditional or original, you’ll find lots of promising ideas.
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Lyric theater takes a new risk with provocative rock musical
Lyric Music Theater is known for taking risks. “Jekyll & Hyde,” “Titanic,” “Aida” and other contemporary musicals received early attention at Lyric, which routinely presents shows that are new on the community theater circuit but not necessarily proven box-office hits. “Rent” is something different altogether. “It’s probably the most progressive show that the theater has […]