Before I get to the main topic of this week’s column, there’s something I have to get off my chest: Buy Marie Moreshead’s new self-titled CD NOW. It’s the best album I’ve heard in months, not only in terms of local music (Marie’s a Portlander) but in terms of all music. Plus, you can catch […]
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CD Review: Everyone knows our Spizzy Spose, so feel the love, he’s a cut above
Did you hear? Spizzy Spose got signed last year on the strength of a single, “I’m Awesome,” that blew up on national radio. The song is about as annoyingly catchy as a slimy ear worm can be, but in no way does that mean Spose doesn’t know what he’s doing. In fact, not only has […]
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Bar Guide: Find sophistication, choice and good food at District
I have been hearing great things about District since it opened in the up-and-coming Studio District between the West End and Portland’s Old Port last November. Mostly I’ve heard that they include a bacon or low-on-the-hog pork product in many of their dishes, have an amazing wine and beer selection, and kept tummies happy with delicious […]
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Off Beat: It’s pretty fly
You and the kids can learn circling trapeze at workshops Saturday.
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Face the Music: For warmth, a dash of reggae and a pinch of Brown Bird
I’m not aware of too many things. I know that I’m freezing, if you know what I mean. Do you? (My apologies to Edie Brickell — Editor.) I realize it’s the end of January, but the shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather is relentless. And I am fairly certain that the last-minute […]
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Art and Theater listings
• CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Noonday Concert with Timothy Burris and Timothy Johnson, lute and tenor, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. FRIDAY Kinderkonzert, for ages 3 to 7, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. $4 at door. 773-6128. “The Nature of Woodwinds,” 9, 10 […]
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Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Mad Horse stages edgy ‘Goat’ ACTRESS CHRISTINE LOUISE MARSHALL comes unhinged confronting her husband about the absurdity of his infidelity in the Edward Albee drama “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?” by Mad Horse Theatre Company. WHEN: 8 tonight, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 6. WHERE: Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter […]
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Music and Nightlife: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Neko Case visits Port City Monday NEKO CASE is a singer-songwriter whose alt-rock sound has been wowing critics for more than a decade as a solo act and with The New Pornographers. She will be at Port City Music Hall showcasing songs from her latest solo album, the Top 5 CD “Middle […]
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At the Movies
OPENING FRIDAY “BLUE VALENTINE” (2:00) (R) Stars Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams and John Dorman. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. The film centers on contemporary married couple Dean and Cindy Williams, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between periods. Strong graphic sexual content, language and a beating. Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Fri-Wed 1:40, […]