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  • "Farewell My Concubine" is a traditional Chinese opera.
  • Very sad to hear of the passing of Suzanne Shepherd.
  • Nance, a conservatory-trained operatic soprano, was host of Maine Public Broadcasting Network's morning classical program for nearly a decade.

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    The Cultural Landscape: Part 16

    Photographer K.B. Dixon continues his series of cultural profiles with portraits of choreographer Jessica Wallenfels, visual artist Ryan Pierce, poet and book editor Valerie Witte, actor/director Isaac Lamb, and choral leader Katherine Fitzgibbon.

    Text and Photographs by K.B. DIXON

    As with the portraits in the previous installments of this series, I have focused on the talented, dedicated, and creative people who have made significant contributions to the art, character, and culture of this city and state—in this case a choreographer, a poet, a painter, a director, and a musician.

    My aspirations have remained the same: to document the contemporary cultural landscape and to produce a decent photograph—a photograph that acknowledges the medium’s allegiance to reality and that preserves for myself and others a unique and honest sense of the subject.

    The environmental details have been kept to a minimum. The subjects have the frame

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    The Cultural Landscape: Part 10

    K.B. Dixon's cultural-portrait series continues with All Classical's Suzanne Nance, poet Carlos Reyes, playwright Andrea Stolowitz, visual artist James Minden, and flautist Amelia Lukas.

    Text and Photographs by K.B. DIXON

    As with the portraits in the previous installments of this series, inom have focused on the talented, dedicated, and creative people who have made significant contributions to the art, character, and culture of this city and state—in this case a broadcaster, a poet, a playwright, a visual artist, and a musician.

    My aspirations have remained the same: to document the contemporary cultural landscape and to produce a decent photograph—a photograph that acknowledges the medium’s allegiance to reality and that preserves for myself and others a unique and honest sense of the subject.

    The environmental details have been kept to a minimum. The subjects have the frame to themselves and do not compete with context for atte

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    By curious coincidence, two exemplars of dark theatrical visions opened last weekend in southern Maine, and both are excellent choices for this weekend.

    The Public Theatre of Lewiston-Auburn opened the Maine premiere of “What Rhymes With America,” a wonderfully funny and deeply thoughtful dark comedy centered around four lost characters in contemporary New York City.

    In South Portland, Lyric Music Theater opened “The Secret Garden,” a dark musical that revolves around an 11-year-old girl in Edwardian England and her healing effect on a household of emotionally wounded characters.

    Easter comes fairly early in 2016, which perfectly jibes with our recent weather. DaPonte String Quartet opens its series of five Easter concerts on March 23. These are geographically spread between Portland and Thomaston and feature the return of a pair of guest singers who will be familiar to Maine classical music aficionados.

    ‘What Rhymes with America’

    Four lost souls meander on stage, threading thr