Arts & Entertainment

Published
October 30, 2011

Art Review: Nadler’s brilliant work has that certain ‘thing’

In a recent interview with me, Jamie Wyeth talked about painting as a struggle that, for him, is “not particularly enjoyable” until, after so much work, “that certain moment when it comes alive.” This might sound a bit odd in light of Wyeth’s facility and incredible chops, but it seems reasonable enough considering his work […]
Published
October 30, 2011

Tyng landscapes, Dodds boats on view at two Augusta sites

AUGUSTA — The artwork of Alexandra Tyng and James Dodds is displayed in Maine’s Capitol Complex as part of the Maine Arts Commission’s Arts in the Capitol program. The exhibition is on loan from the Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland, and will remain on display until February. The work is viewable from 8 a.m. to […]
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October 30, 2011

Book Review: Book digs deep into intricacy of affairs

Anne Enright tells a funny, dark, no-judgments tale of rapture and ambivalence.
Published
October 30, 2011

Author Q & A: Sweet

Isle au Haut's Kate Shaffer writes about her move from cook to chocolatier – recipes included – in a new book.
Published
October 30, 2011

Society Notebook: Watching their ghoulish figures

Ghoulwill Ball-goers admire one another's fiendishly clever costumes.

Published
October 30, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art Jason Larkin: “Past Perfect,” photography, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Nov. 27. “Diversity,” multi-artist show, blown glass, acrylic, oil and encaustic paintings, ceramic ware and pottery, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. 712-1097. “The Photographs of Madeleine de Sinety,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31. “Gather Up the Fragments: The […]
Published
October 23, 2011

Book Review: In which true love lies betwixt the lines

It's not 'Middlesex' redux, but 'Marriage Plot' isn't chopped liver, either.
Published
October 23, 2011

Society Notebook: Indies rock

Independent business owners gather for a party celebrating what makes Portland ... Portland.
Published
October 23, 2011

Signings, etc.: Mary Jo McConahay

Author Mary Jo McConahay will speak about her book, “Maya Roads,” in a special Monday edition of the Portland Public Library’s Brown Bag Lecture Series. In the book, McConahay draws on her three decades of traveling and living in Central America to chronicle the people, the politics and the nature of the Central American rain […]
Published
October 23, 2011

Book Review: ‘Gale’ explores family tragedy and mystery

“August Gale: A Father and Daughter’s Journey Into the Storm” by Barbara Walsh reads like a suspense-filled work of fiction. Instead, it’s a gripping family saga in which Walsh connects the dots between a long-ago storm at sea and her grandfather’s abandonment of her father. Walsh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who lives in Winthrop. […]

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