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Machine Head brings its pounding metal sound to the State Theatre tonight.It's curtains up at local theaters
Shows range from the noir 'Trouble Is My Business' and comedy 'The Language Archive' to the classic 'The Glass Menagerie.'Portland on Ice: It'll be chill
Several photos included in this story The inaugural festival kicks off tonight.
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Cheap weekend
Being broke shouldn't make you boring. Karen rounds up plenty of free - or nearly free - things to do this week. Documentary films and plenty of music
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The list: Pizza
Rest assured that a visit to any of these spots - or a trip for takeout - will always make you wish you could eat ... just ... one ... more ... piece 9 Portland-area places for nearly perfect pizza
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Ice Bar
Celebrate winter outside as you sip specialty martinis, beers and wines alongside our bars sculpted totally of ice. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday & Saturday | $15/$21 w/1 cocktail | Portland Harbor Hotel, Portland
Asylum, Portland
The menu is surprisingly comprehensive and covers, if you'll pardon the sports pun, all the bases: an array of sandwiches, salads, burgers and dogs, calzones and entrees including a 10-ounce New York strip steak and blackened grilled chicken alfredo.
Watering holes
Need a new place to tip 'em back? Check out some recent write-ups:Where you get to chew your drink: Bucks Naked BBQ, Freeport Traditions could easily become tradition-forming: Traditions, Saco Passing through or staying, Seasons has lots to offer: Seasons Grille & Bar, Portland
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Sillys with a Twist, Portland
The quaint new space is riffing off the original Silly's, which has been a Portland institution for the past 23 years. Having opened the week before Christmas, the bar still smelled of fresh paint.
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Soul Rebels Brass Band Mardi Gras Party
It'a Mardi Gras time in Portland. Celebrate with Sly-Chi and Soul Rebels Brass Band.
EARLY SHIFT: Jeff Peterson, WGME-13 anchor
The third installment of Early Shift, spotlighting workers in the Portland area who are at their jobs before the sun rises. This week: Jeff Peterson of WGME-13, who anchors both the 5 am and 5 pm newscasts.
A visit to any of these spots - or a trip for takeout - will always make you wish you could eat ... just ... one ... more ... piece::>> 9 Portland-area places for nearly perfect pizza
MAMM SLAM, an annual high school battle of the bands, is looking for hard-rocking young bands from across the state to compete this spring. Registration deadline: Feb. 14, 2012>> MAMM SLAM 2012
Winter is here for a while. Find ways to enjoy it with our roundup of January events, skating rinks, cross-country skiing trails and other adventurous things to do.
>> Winter Guide
"Around the House" An Exhibition featuring 17 Maine photographers
presented by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery) 236-2875.
presented by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery) 236-2875.
"Art 200: Fundamentals of Art"
Works by UMFK art students in linoleum prints, blind gesture drawing, positive/negative space, more, University of Maine (Blake Library) 834-7527.
Works by UMFK art students in linoleum prints, blind gesture drawing, positive/negative space, more, University of Maine (Blake Library) 834-7527.
"Artists Collective" Show and Sale
Mixed Media Show, The Royal Bean 846-1009.
Mixed Media Show, The Royal Bean 846-1009.
"As It Is In Heaven"
Heartwood Theater Company production. Suitable for all ages, themes of community and relationships 7:30 p.m. , Skidompha Library
Heartwood Theater Company production. Suitable for all ages, themes of community and relationships 7:30 p.m. , Skidompha Library
"Because You're Mine"
sculpture, video and performance by George Terry, University of Maine Museum of Art
sculpture, video and performance by George Terry, University of Maine Museum of Art
Ready, Set, GO
from the Portland Press Herald
Winter is here for a while. Find ways to enjoy it with our roundup of January events, skating rinks, cross-country skiing trails and other adventurous things to do.
>> Winter Guide
Fast Forward Farther in the Future
(mark your calendar)
Billy Idol, 8 p.m. Sept. 14, House of Blues, Boston. $37 to $49.50. www.livenation.com; (866) 448-7849 Goo Goo Dolls, 8 p.m. Aug. 6, Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion, Gilford, N.H. $24.25 to $57.50. www.meadowbrook.net; (603) 293-4700. 2010 Lilith Tour with Sarah McLachlan, Carly Simon, Kelly Clarkson, Tegan & Sara and many more, 3 p.m. July 30, Comcast Center, Mansfield, Mass. $31 to $101. www.livenation.com; (866) 448-7849 Barenaked Ladies with Ben Kweller and Angel Taylor, 7 p.m. Aug. 7, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston. $28 to $52.50. www.livenation.com; (866) 448-7849 Willie Nelson, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $45 to $65. 842-0800; www.portlandovations.org.
Tri for a Cure registration lottery opens Sunday, Jan. 29 [01/27/12]
Maine Restaurant Week’s Signature Event to take place Feb. 29 [01/27/12]
Sunday River's White Out Weekend for gay and lesbian skiers returns Feb. 9 to 12 [01/27/12]
Local Love Muscle Valentine’s Day Film Festival [01/27/12]
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