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Arts around the Mid-coast; June 16, 2011

The benefit dinner will be prepared by the Bowdoin College Dining Service, one of the top campus dining services in the country, and it will conclude with a dessert from Sam Hayward, chef and owner of Fore Street Restaurant in Portland and a festival trustee. Hayward has also offered an auction item:  He will prepare dinner for 12 in the successful bidder’s home. Festival founder Lewis Kaplan is auctioning an evening of fine dining, wines and music for six at his New York home, and well-known festival pianist Peter Basquin will perform a private recital in a more local residence. In addition, owners of seven ethnic restaurants have provided meal coupons to dine around the world in Brunswick. There also will be  premium-seat tickets to four of the Portland Sea Dogs 2011 season games, along with a private parking space beside Hadlock Field. His album “When We Get There” was nominated for a JUNO Award and went into space aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 2009. Canadian astronaut Julie Payette chose the album for the astronaut crew to enjoy.The release of “If We Had A Fire” has 14 new Gallant songs, and won the 2010 Roots Recording of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. Patrons who walk up in person to the theater’s box office at the Pickard Theater in Brunswick can pay whatever they wish for any remaining, unsold seats for Friday’s two performances. The matinee begins at 2 p.m. and the evening performance begins at 7:30 p.m. The offer is subject to availability. The box office, located in the theater lobby at 1 Bath Road in Brunswick, opens at 10 a.m. on Fridays.

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A Muted Fall/Winter Fashion Pallet—With Three Great Exceptions

This fall and winter, fortune favors a muted pallet.  Those lucky few fashionistas that decide what everyone wears each season have given the new colors spunky names like the light tan “Nomad,” and “Iron” that is, by any other name, dark grey.  Mix these with a light rose pink, a Warm Olive, and a burnt salmon sienna, and this fall is less autumn leaves and winter cheer and more cozy gothic.  But for jewelry lovers this isn’t tragic, it’s lucky.  The muted pallet makes accessorizing with the season’s three more deeply hued colors a cinch.  They can rejoice in the gem colors American Beauty, Purple Heart, and Majolica Blue.

American Beauty is a perfectly balanced true red, flattering all skin tones.  The color is brilliant as glass beads in earrings or on necklaces and goes great with black.  The designers had a patriotic feel in mind for this tone, but this is a new red for rougher times and the tough, but still romantic, strong woman.

Purple speaks of royalty, but this is a new take on the old favorite.  No longer aloof like the old purple, Purple Heart is a little more sensual and a lot more creative.  Think eccentric high school art teacher, but with better taste in earrings.  Think handcrafted beaded jewelry, but refined and runway ready.  This purple borders on lilac but leans toward true royal purple.

Majolica.  Don’t you just want to say the word until it isn’t in season anymore?  Originally, the term “majolica” came from the ceramics of the Italian Renaissance that had an opaque white glaze with a brilliant overlay of colors.  The Victorians used the term for pottery with vibrant leaden glazes.  Majolica Blue is the same, deep, throaty, with a smoky sense of tranquility.  The new blue is a cross between 2008’s teal and traditional navy.  It complements oranges, like Burnt Sienna, and is best as handcrafted beaded bracelets resting on a Warm Olive lap.

Then there is the vixen in a woman who wishes to be covered in vibrant colors, and the mute clothing pallet isn’t good enough.  True red, rich lilac purple and deep teal have their place as overcoats, dresses, and cardigans too.  These pieces need accessories of their opposites, in their muted counterparts.  Balance is the key.  These tones become vibrant as crystal beads and on bold bangles.  Or, when in doubt, wear Majolica and sterling silver as well.

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