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Out & About: Portland Chamber Music Festival features world-class performers

During the summer months, the center of gravity of Maine’s music and theater moves out of Portland and disperses along the seacoast and far into the exterior. One especially notable exception to that seasonal exodus is the Portland Chamber Music Festival, which starts its four-concert main ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, August 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Out & About: 3 communities, 3 musical comedies

Thanks to the vagaries of theatrical scheduling, no fewer than three professional productions of musical comedies opened last week in a trio of communities north and south of Portland. They represent three very different theatrical settings. North of the city in Brunswick, theatergo...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: July 27 - Aug. 7

Greater Portland Books, Authors Wednesday 7/27 Laura Harrington, author of “Alice Bliss,” 7 p.m., Peaks Island Branch of the Portland Public Library, 129 Island Ave., Peaks ...

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Monday, July 25, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Dining Dish: Restaurants and bakeries open for business

Portland's first gluten-free bakery will open next month at 267 Commercial St. Bam Bam Bakery will offer baked goods, coffee, tea and light lunch items. The owner and baker is Bevin McNul...

Amy Anderson • News •
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9:50 am
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: July 20 - 31

Greater Portland Books, Authors Wednesday 7/20 Simon Van Booy, author of "Everything Beautiful Began After," 12 p.m., Brown Bag Lecture Series, Portland Public Li...

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Monday, July 18, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Out & About: Music festival, opera are top choices

One of the summer’s best music festivals takes place this weekend, and Portland’s only resident opera company is busily preparing its big summer production. Both have been high on my personal must-do list for years. Ossipee Valley Music Festival got its start with bluegrass in ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, July 18, 2011 at 11:50 am
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: July 13 - 24

Greater Portland Books, Authors Wednesday 7/13

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Monday, July 11, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Out & About: Brunswick boasts 2 music festivals

July marks the high season for Maine’s many music festivals, and Brunswick is the venue for two of them this weekend. The Bowdoin International Music Festival is Maine’s biggest classical gathering, boasting about 80 concerts by established professional musicians, well-known en...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Out & About: Midsummer heat means music, theater

Maine is an incredible place to be in July, with an abundance of music and theater happening all over the Pine Tree State. Let’s start with Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick. First item, of course, is “Annie,” the wonderful Broadway musical that represents the quinte...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 8:30 am
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: July 6 - 17

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Monday 7/11

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Friday, July 1, 2011 at 5:30 pm