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  • Published
    October 16, 2011

    Author Q & A: Game On

    ...and on and on: A new book tells the story of the longest baseball game, who played and who stayed to see the PawSox and the Rochester Red Wings duke it out over 33 innings.

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    October 16, 2011

    Art Review: June Fitzpatrick knows where to draw the line

    When I first learned June Fitzpatrick would dedicate the entire year at both of her galleries to drawing, I wondered if that wouldn’t drain the well. But her shows have only gotten stronger throughout the year. “Drawing the Line #8” is a great show featuring seven excellent artists, most of whom have footing both in […]

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    October 16, 2011

    Let there be lute

    Fans of early music, in the midst of a global renaissance, can party like it's 1600 this month when the harpsichords, recorders and, yes, lutes hit town for the Portland Early Music Festival and a visit by the Handel and Haydn Society.

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    October 16, 2011

    Book Review: Novel follows pair through life’s seasons

    “Summer Friends” marks the ninth novel from warmly regarded Portland writer Holly Chamberlin, and, as you might expect, the experience shows. This time, Chamberlin gives us more than a seasonal story of Maine’s beautiful southern coast. “Summer Friends” tells an insightful story about people and the different social environments in which they choose to spend […]

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    October 16, 2011

    Society Notebook: Oh, Baby!

    A fundraiser Wednesday for the March of Dimes raises close to $30,000.

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    October 16, 2011

    Signings, etc.

    VICKI DOUDERA

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    October 16, 2011

    Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

    Kenneth Rosen of Portland is a veteran poet and the founder of the Stonecoast writers conference. In this week's haunting poem, he remembers workmen from a culture that has been lost.

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    October 16, 2011

    Book Review: Tales of loss don’t bog down in sorrow

    Sebastian Barry's latest novel shows a high level of finely wrought empathy.

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    October 16, 2011

    Dine Out Maine: Tavern at Brunswick Station rewards the inn crowd

    Town residents watched with interest as the Inn at Brunswick Station, a 52-room hotel, went up last spring directly across from the historic and prominent First Parish Church and just steps from the Bowdoin College campus. How could the edifice possibly fit into the small lot at this major intersection where a senior center stood? […]

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    October 16, 2011

    Two concerts launch MSO’s new season

    BRUNSWICK — The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra begins its 2011-2012 Topsham season at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at Orion Performing Arts Center at Mount Ararat Middle School. Music Director Rohan Smith leads the orchestra. The program is designed to provoke passion, laughter and melancholy with Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” […]