Arts & Entertainment

Published
July 29, 2012

Art Review: Katz appeals to deep feelings in two excellent shows

Through his generosity, Alex Katz has arguably made himself into Maine’s most important living artist. He has donated his own paintings, and has actively collected contemporary artists for Maine institutions. The Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville is ground zero for Katz. While the museum only has about 25 percent of its space open […]
Published
July 29, 2012

Show illuminates nature’s contrasts

South Bristol artist Sally Loughridge returns to show new paintings in August at Archipelago, the Island Institute store at 386 Main St., Rockland. Her oil and soft pastel paintings reflect a continual fascination and visual conversation with the natural elements of Maine’s midcoast. She is drawn to dramatic contrasts of light and shadow or transitory […]
Published
July 29, 2012

Author Q & A: Writ large

Monica Wood's 'When We Were the Kennedys' looks at loss through a wide lens.
Published
July 29, 2012

Your shows, your way

The costs of cable and satellite services and recent blackouts lead some viewers to find other ways to watch TV programs
Published
July 29, 2012

Book Review: Compelling tale of hardship in Ireland

French's elegant prose shines despite some loose and drawn-out scenes.

Published
July 29, 2012

Classical Beat: Salt Bay to feature new music linked to past fragments

The Aug. 17 concert at this year’s Salt Bay Chamberfest at Darrows Barn in Damariscotta promises to be something new and different, even for a festival whose programming is noted for novelty. Called “Fragments: Connecting Past and Present,” it is a project of the Brentano String Quartet. The chamber festival is one of a dozen […]
Published
July 29, 2012

Signings, etc.

CHRISTINA SOLAK-GOODWIN
Published
July 22, 2012

Book Review: ‘Unmoored’ drifts, then finds its course

A kind of cotton-candy glow surrounds coming-of-age fiction about teenagers maturing from adolescence into adulthood. Good intentions translate into good deeds. Plot lines stay predictable. Bad turns, when they come, don’t stay long. And neither events nor their consequences leave much of an impression on what we’re told, over and over again, are “the carefree […]
Published
July 22, 2012

Book Review: ‘Festival’ is indeed an earthly delight

This 'American abroad' story almost evinces visions of Vonnegut.
Published
July 22, 2012

Arts Planner

• Celebration Barn in South Paris presents “The Big Barn Family Show” at 2 p.m. Saturday and “The Big Barn Spectacular” at 8 p.m. Saturday. The line-up of artists includes local favorites and guests from Baltimore and New York. The family show matinee includes veteran physical comedian Mike Miclon, the Inflatable Theater Company’s Fred Garbo […]

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