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December 11, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

The brief poems of today’s column were written by Edward Nobles of Bangor about his father, who abandoned Nobles’ family. The absence his father left behind was “silent and ominous,” Nobles says, adding: “These two poems are aftershocks.” Sentences The sledgehammer cracks like my father’s heavy shouts until the stone starts to break. The […]
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December 11, 2011

Book Review: Taking up where Austen left off

P.D. James pens a follow-up to Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice.'
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December 11, 2011

In the Arts: The bizarre, the grotesque, the weird artfully displayed at Bates

The Bates College Museum of Art is in many ways the most favored of our principal museums. Because of its size — bright and tidy — and a supportive administration, it is able to pursue interests that are unusual. They tend to be eclectic, provocative and beyond what is offered for general stimulation. In short, […]
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December 11, 2011

Bob Keyes: ‘Retired’ Bruce Brown just keeps on curating

No matter how, Bruce Brown vowed to make better use of his time this winter. Last winter, he barely left the house. “I was pathetic,” he lamented over a cup of strong coffee last week at Arabica. “Last year, I didn’t have anything to do all winter. I just wasted away.” He need not worry […]
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December 11, 2011

Elizabeth Jabar imbues ‘Kindred’ with spirit of Lebanon

I had been waiting for years for a show like Elizabeth Jabar’s “Kindred” at Waterville’s Common Street Gallery. The reason is that Waterville has been home to a significant Lebanese population since the 19th century — a fact known by far too few Mainers who aren’t themselves of Lebanese descent. While I wish it were […]

Published
December 10, 2011

Building on a job weld done

Sculptor Jay Sawyer has made it his personal mission to carry on the work of his late friend Dave McLaughlin, who committed suicide last year.
Published
December 4, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Come for the noodles, stay for the cozy atmosphere

It used to be that Thai chicken soup was cold-season comfort food. Not so now. The Saeng Thai House lady shook her head with disapproval and said I did not want the Tom Kha Gai ($4.50), with its spicy coconut milk and tender chicken slices; I wanted the Tom Yum Koong (also $4.50) instead. Turns out, she […]
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December 4, 2011

Arts Planner

• The Portland Symphony Orchestra unveils this year’s version of “Magic of Christmas” beginning Friday at Merrill Auditorium and continuing through Dec. 18. This year’s show will feature acrobatic feats, joyful holiday songs, Christmas carols and music from “The Nutcracker.” Music director Robert Moody will lead the orchestra in a program of classical and popular […]
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December 4, 2011

Back from the brink

This close to shutting the doors, the owners of Freeport Factory Stage instead took a deep breath and forged ahead.
Published
December 4, 2011

Bob Keyes: Waynflete kids see trees, create a forest

PORTLAND – The exhibition hanging in the Art Gallery at Waynflete School in Portland came about by chance and circumstance. The artists who made it do not consider themselves artists, and they certainly didn’t set out to make art for public consumption when they began their project earlier in the fall. But “Arboretum” is very […]

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