Sure, some stuff is closed, but there’s still lots to do Christmas weekend.
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What Ales You: Forget your troubles, c’mon get hoppy
The yummy Boston Beer Co. Infinium and Narragansett Porter can help.
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Face the Music: Homage to the King of Pop; celebrate young lions of jazz
I’ve got one show for you tonight and two for next week. I’ll get right to it, after a little holiday magic from Joni Mitchell: “It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees, they’re putting up reindeer, and singing songs of joy and peace. Oh I wish I had a river, I could skate away […]
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If you’d like someone else to do your holiday cooking …
If you hate the idea of cooking over the holidays, here’s a list of some Portland-area restaurants that will be open: OPEN CHRISTMAS EVE Charlie Beiggs, Windham, 892-8595, www.charliebeiggs.us: Reservations until 6 p.m., kitchen closes at 7 p.m. Cinque Terre, Portland, 347-6154, www.cinqueterremaine.com: Featuring annual five-course Feast of the Seven Fishes from 4 to 8 […]
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Music and NightlifeMarley Christmas to all, and to all a good nyuk
Maine comic Bob Marley is at the Merrill for a string of holiday shows.
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Bar Guide: Siano’s Old Port has makings of instant classic
Siano’s is continuing to grow. And that’s a very good thing. Joe Pompeo and crew took over an old martini bar in the heart of the Old Port, near Rivalries and Brian Boru, and renovated the space, knocking down walls and painting with classic Italian colors. They also added a wood-burning brick oven and, of […]
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Dining and Drink: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET The dish is fish — times seven JOIN CHEF LEE SKAWINSKI for the Feast of the Seven Fishes, which has become a Christmas Eve tradition at his restaurant. The five-course meal will include a shaved fennel, pea shoot and celery root salad with grilled Winterpoint oysters; roasted Countneck clams and poached gulf […]
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Making noise: What’s a musican/engineer to do? Start a label, of course
Eve of the Atom Records began less as a stab at a lifelong dream, and more as a simple solution to a problem. Proactive Maine musician and engineer Frank Hopkins was collaborating with his pal Ben Burgess on a record, and devoting enough of a slice of his time to the endeavor that it made […]
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Indie Film: ‘Ragged Isle’ Web series blends beauty with spooky
Two things I’ve said before: 1. The relative affordability of professional-quality equipment has put filmmaking within reach of more people than ever before. And … 2. Maine is a spooky place. And sure, while that means there are lots of Internet clips of poorly lit movies of amateurs thrashing about in the Hollis woods with […]
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Art and Theater Listings
• DANCE “The Victorian Nutcracker,” presented by Portland Ballet, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $17 to $47. 842-0800. 2 and 7:30 p.m. today. “Nutcracker Burlesque,” spicy version of holiday classic presented by Vivid Motion, not for children. St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. Sold out. www.vividmotion.org. 8 p.m. today. • THEATER “A Christmas Carol,” annual presentation of Dickens […]