Arts & Entertainment

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September 2, 2012

Is there an Oscar in the house?

Looking over this fall’s films for Oscar potential, there’s the usual crop of nice, medium-ambitious dramas, handsome literary adaptations, Meryl Streep, and the rare truly unique potential masterpiece that, in a place I like to call Perfect World, would leave all the safer challengers in the dust. Unfortunately, we live in this world, but here […]
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September 2, 2012

Fall and Holiday Movie Preview: Killer B’s

Bond, Bella and Bilbo may well slay all comers at the box office this fall, but there are plenty of pretenders to the blockbuster throne.
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September 2, 2012

Dine Out Maine: The Well has fresh, simple food outdoors at its source

Dining al fresco at The Well might be thought of as poetry: A simple truth, sparely told in a new language and offering a distinct pleasure and atmosphere, perhaps even an “aha” moment. The rustic eatery is on the grounds of Jordan’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth, but it is a separate business. Although the food […]
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September 2, 2012

Art Review: A timely look at LGBT art

“Two Loves: Sex, Art and the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name” at Kymara Gallery in Biddeford is not for everyone. It’s a show, after all, of gay and lesbian art that has unblinkingly explicit roots in boudoir imagery. With the forthcoming vote about legalizing same-sex marriage in Maine, this is a very timely subject. […]
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September 2, 2012

Calendar

Art Duane Paluska, new paintings and sculpture, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick. 725-8157. Through Saturday. “The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860–1960),” European and American paintings and works on paper, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Monday. “Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin,” Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through […]

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September 2, 2012

Hot new books not all erotic

NEW YORK —The “Fifty Shades” phenomenon may only get hotter this fall. Booksellers and publishers expect at least a dozen novels to benefit from E L James’ multimillion-selling erotic trilogy. Just in the past two weeks, St. Martin’s Press took on Sara Fawkes’ self-published hit, “Anything He Wants (Dominated by the Billionaire),” and Gallery Books […]
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September 2, 2012

Book Review: Mysteries of the heart entangle Maine game warden

Mike Bowditch can’t seem to help himself. Bowditch, a Maine game warden, is the protagonist of “Bad Little Falls.” He has a gift for getting himself in trouble with his superiors — mostly for overstepping his jurisdictional bounds. At one point in “Bad Little Falls,” the third in Paul Doiron’s engaging mystery series featuring the […]
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September 2, 2012

Signings, etc.

DEBRA SPARK
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September 2, 2012

Author Q &A: Telling untruths

Former intelligence officials share the secrets of recognizing the signs of lying and offer tips on asking the right questions.
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September 2, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Edited and Introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine Poet Laureate. Few contemporary poets have used the device of the symbol more effectively than Waterville poet Peter Harris has in “The Net.” Peter writes that the poem “comes from a particular event in my childhood, an early encounter with racism and my complicity in it, growing […]

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