Last week in this column, I ever-so-humbly gave some suggestions to the concert industry that they could use to turn around their shrinking revenue. This week, I’m going to give concert- goers some advice on how to behave and, therefore, make it a more pleasant experience for everyone. I like to call it “Concert Etiquette […]
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The Movies: Keep on pedaling . . .
Julia Roberts, now 42 and a leading lady yet again in the forthcoming ‘Eat Pray Love,’ doesn’t seem inclined to slow down anytime soon.
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Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Harpist kicks off chamber music fest THE 17TH SEASON of the Portland Chamber Music Festival opens tonight with a concert featuring an often-unheralded musical instrument: the harp. Tonight’s program stars soloist Bridget Kibbey. The festival continues with a concert on Saturday, a children’s concert on Sunday and two more performances next week. WHEN: […]
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Dining and Drink: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET Pleasures of preservation on the Locavore Tour LEARN ABOUT canning, pickling, freezing and how to make everything from relishes and chutneys to salsas and herbal vinegars at the annual Backyard Locavore Tour presented by the Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers of Cumberland County. WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Various […]
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Face the Music: Portland keeping in tune with the sounds of Brooklyn
Lilith Fair last week was fantastic, and the highlights were Tegan & Sara, Butterfly Boucher, Cat Power and Beth Orton. It was also refreshing to hear a new batch of songs — and good ones at that — from Sarah McLachlan, and to hear her say during a pre-show news conference that Lilith will be […]
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Music and Nightlife: Big Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• BIG TICKET Revel in reggae and more with ‘Scratch’ Perry LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY is a Grammy Award-winning reggae producer and performer who has made records with everyone from Bob Marley to The Clash. Keith Richards has called him “the Salvador Dali of music.” WHEN: 10 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland HOW MUCH: […]
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Making Noise: Take Fyve: Young band will make you glad you did
OK. It’s time to flip the script on all the grief we collectively give Kelly Clarkson, the Jonas Brothers and the whole teeny-bop scene. This is no niche of the music industry; it’s arguably its largest area of growth for music in the last 10 years. Maybe it takes having a lovable version going for […]
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Watercolorist back in his element with fresh crop of Maine landscapes
Dan Burleigh Phillips has been painting furiously these past few weeks in preparation for Saturday’s Art in the Park Show & Sale at Mill Creek Park in South Portland. Leading up to the show, he likes to spend several weeks at Mount Desert Island preparing new work. He used to live in Scarborough, but now […]
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Et Cetera: What’s all the hoopla?
The newest fitness trend may look familiar – it’s hula hooping, and it’s whittling waists right here in Maine.
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‘Expendables’ has the big shootouts and stars, but feels kind of disposable
Here they are, “the REAL A-Team,” the pride and joy of big, bloody ’80s action movies, back for a last roundup. “The Expendables,” Sylvester Stallone’s all-star mercenary movie, is a deliriously retro ride into Reagan-era blockbusters. The brawn and testosterone (among other bulk-inducing substances) drip off the screen as Sly, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason […]