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48 Hour Music Festival at SPACE Gallery, February 19

Music seen
The third annual 48 Hour Music Festival led off with Charlemagne, a lurching prog-pop unit that offered one of the most indie-friendly sets of the night, sounding a bit like Built to Spill or Dinosaur Jr., but with odd time arrangements.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | February 23, 2011

Mirrors and reflection at the ICA at MECA

The real + the imaginary
It was long before Lacan that the mirror metaphor became the foundation of Western subjectivity.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | February 01, 2011

USM takes on another politically themed art show

More inmate work
The muse can arrive anywhere. After the protracted confusion of his arrest and trial, it's no surprise Antonio Guerrero emphasizes clarity in his work.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | January 27, 2011

Hessian + Dementia Five + Motherfu@#kers Be Trippin' on January 22 at Geno's

Music seen
With a name like a throwback to a "parental advisory" era that today seems charmingly nostalgic, Haverhill, Massachusetts's Motherf@#kers Be Trippin' (special characters theirs) were like an open-top Jeep cruising the promenade of riotous rock and roll.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | January 26, 2011

Robert Shetterly on his series of admirable Americans

Painting the truth
At a ceremony scheduled for noon on Friday, Brooksville painter Robert Shetterly will unveil a portrait of former Maine legislator and civil-rights leader Gerald Talbot in the Lewis Gallery of the Portland Public Library.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | January 04, 2011

Odd year ahead for museums and galleries

2011 brings the Biennial and much more
Remember, for every droopy tarp stalactite that makes it into a museum lobby installation, there are dozens of similar (and similarly impressive) creatures that never leave a studio wall.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 29, 2010

The year in Portland's art scene

'In'-stallations
For lovers of spectacle, 2010 offered a lot of feasts. A fine collection of installations and site-specific works graced the greater city in 2010, challenging our perceptions and changing our surroundings.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 22, 2010

Livening up 2010: Many bands, all over town

Music seen
It was about the experience in 2010. Whether it was the sweaty, riotous, arm-over-your-buddy's-shoulder type of concert or the ruminative, head-plodding sort, concertgoers in town (and away) had much to immerse in.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 22, 2010

Heading for health

Alternative-medicine providers forge new paths to survive the tight economy
According to massage therapist Mea Tavares, I have a lot of air in my system.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 16, 2010

Jenny Holzer's projections remake buildings

Big words
Jenny Holzer is not an architect, but in 2004, when she projected those words onto the stone facade of the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan's Times Square, the historic building acquired a character it had never before seen.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 01, 2010

Review: Bangor artist Kenny Cole lights the 'Hellfire' at SPACE Gallery

When there's smoke
"The Hellfire Story" is a tough pill to swallow.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | November 24, 2010

Live review: Mezcalitos at Mayo Street Arts, November 20

Music seen
Many American social institutions unite strangers of different generations. In bowling leagues, you can roll pin-for-pin with a person twice your age without breaking a sweat.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | November 24, 2010

Review: Light and heavy connections 'Between' Gail Spaien and Ahmed Alsoudani

In grave detail
Gravity, of course, is relative. The weight of a thing is meaningless without its pull toward another. This is especially evident at Aucocisco's November exhibition, where multiple thoughtful takes on the theme of gravity bind the works by Gail Spaien and Ahmed Alsoudani.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | November 16, 2010