• CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Noonday Concert with Kathleen Grammer, mezzo-soprano, and Charles Grindle, piano, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. Kinderkonzert, for children ages 3 to 7, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra; East End Community School, Portland. $4. 773-6128. “The Nature of Woodwinds,” 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Kinderkonzert, for […]
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What Ales You: Baxter’s Pamola leads pack of new brews
A lot of new beers have been hitting the shelves, and most of them have been quite good. It was a good weekend of sampling. The biggest news is that Baxter Brewing Co.’s Pamola Xtra Pale Ale hit the shelves last week, and the company was having trouble keeping up with demand. The company store […]
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Art and Theater: BLUE
The avant garde performers of Blue Man Group will play Portland this weekend.Blue Man Group is performing classic bits on the current tour. Think of this as Blue Man Group’s greatest hits, with a few new numbers.
“It’s a little bit old with a little bit of new. A lot of the new stuff has to do with technology.”
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Bull Moose TOP 10
Top 10 for Portland store Jan. 24-30: 1. Iron and Wine, “Kiss Each Other Clean” 2. The Decemberists, “The King Is Dead” 3. Amos Lee, “Mission Bell” 4. “Red” (DVD) 5. Mumford and Sons, “Sigh No More” 6. “Saw: The Final Chapter” (DVD) 7. Gregg Allman, “Low Country Blues” 8. The Black Keyes, “Brothers” 9. […]
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Making Noise: Designer making the seen with Portland’s best bands
Synesthesia is most often described as a neurological condition where a person confuses sensory responses, often with poetic results: the music emitting from a Monet, the sweet taste of the distant trumpet, etc. Robbie Kanner, with great energy and attitude, twists these sensory mixes to drive his own prolific output. Through photos, graphics and multiple […]
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From the Editor: Ending injustice, case by case by case
In observance of Black History Month, I am devoting this space throughout the month of February to African-American pioneers who don’t always get the recognition they deserve. When you have figures who loom as large as Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall and Rosa Parks, it’s sometimes easy to forget those who didn’t make as […]
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Et cetera listings
• BENEFITS Bikes on Ice, ice bike race, ice skating, pick-up hockey games and more to benefit the Community Bicycle Center; Westbrook Skating Rink, Biddeford. $5. www.communitybike.net. 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Chocolate Fest and silent auction benefitting Healthy Kids Family Resource Network; Lincoln Home, Newcastle. $35; tickets must be purchased in advance. 563-1818. 7 […]
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Et cetera: Where it’s tatt
Want to see tattoo artists at work or get inked yourself? Check out this weekend’s Hatter Remains Reunion.
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Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Feel the ‘Wind’ in your ha’s GOOD THEATER opens the Maine premiere tonight of “Moonlight and Magnolias,” a comedy by Ron Hutchinson about the making of the 1939 movie classic “Gone With the Wind.” WHEN: 7:30 tonight, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Wednesday. Through Feb. 27. WHERE: St. Lawrence Art […]
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Face the Music: Four hot tickets take edge off the wintertime blues
Let’s see, this week we’ve got a Caribou woman who just got back from half a year playing jazz clubs in Hong Kong, a college night at the museum, two sit-up-and-take-notice CD-release shows, and a Girls Rock! festival. I took great pleasure in flipping the calendar to February, and usually at this time of year, […]