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March 16, 2014

Book review: Living life on the wild side

‘American Cocktail’ tells of the adventures of a ‘colored girl’ who got entangled in key moments of the early 1900s.
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March 16, 2014

June Fitzpatrick Gallery to feature paintings by Sarah Cecil and Kevin McNamara

The June Fitzpatrick Gallery is featuring paintings by Sarah Cecil and Kevin McNamara this month at the gallery, 522 Congress St. in Portland. Cecil, who lives and works in Portland, graduated from Brown University with a degree in painting. She has lectured on art and design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York […]
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March 16, 2014

Signings, etc.

Joanne Conman
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March 16, 2014

Author Q&A: Writing about brother’s death helps Portland author and others

After many years as a successful writer and editor, Richard Pollak finally explores his family’s pain.
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March 16, 2014

Book review: Modern world through Plato’s eyes

‘Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away’ makes a fascinating plea for the continuing importance of the dialogue master’s work.

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March 16, 2014

D-Day documentary has many Maine connections

South Portland filmmakers will film small scenes in Scarborough
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March 16, 2014

New gallery in New York features six from Maine

The ‘Second Nature’ exhibition is on view through mid-April in Chelsea.
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March 16, 2014

Audience Calendar

• Art Annette Kearney, “Let There Be Light,” fused glass freestanding sculptures and 3D collaged paintings, through March 31. Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath. markingsgallery.com. Andrew Wyeth, “Temperas and Watercolors,” through April 30. Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. farnsworthmuseum.org. “The Wonderful World of Oz,” exhibition drawn from the world’s most comprehensive collection […]
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March 9, 2014

Society Notebook: Chef David Levi cooks up a thank-you for supporters of Vinland

Its name is an homage to the original Vinlanders, Vikings from Greenland, the first Western people known to have settled in North America. But the country’s first restaurant to serve 100 percent local, organic food started on Kickstarter.com. On a snowy Sunday evening, Vinland, across the street from the Portland Museum of Art, filled to […]
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March 9, 2014

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

This week’s unusual love poem by Robin Merrill of Madison features a pair of damaged thumbs. Though the poem looks back on a happy marriage, Robin writes that she gave it to her husband after just one date. 'That took more courage than I’ve felt since,' she says. 'But new love makes us crazy brave, right?'

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