From the first sentence of “Red Herring,” you’re instantly caught by a sense of being privy to something secret and pregnant with meaning. Archer Mayor opens this book, his 21st in the Joe Gunther series, with the line: “Doreen Ferenc slipped her nightgown over her head and let it fall the length of her body […]
2011
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Book Review: Bully! for third Roosevelt chronicle
‘Colonel Roosevelt’ may describe a denouement, but Teddy still heaped his plate full, and with passion.
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Best-Sellers
FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “The Confession,” by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday) 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 4. “Dead or Alive,” by Tom Clancy (Penguin) 5. “Cross Fire,” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 6. “Diary of a Wimpy […]
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Audience Calendar
Art “The Search for Beauty: Whistler and His Time,” drawings and paintings, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. Noon to 4:30 p.m. today. “Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries,” chair collection of American and European seating furniture from 1470 to the present, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick, free. 725-3275. 1 to 5 p.m. today; […]
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Arts Planner
This week • Boston singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester. The show opens the season for the coffeehouse. Duvekot has been a darling of the Boston folk scene since 2006, when she released “Big Dream Boulevard.” Her latest release is “The Near Demise of the High […]
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Arts Dispatches
PORTLAND Choral Art Society giving Epiphany concert Saturday The Choral Art Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St., Portland. The performance is one of the Choral Art Society’s most spiritual annual concerts. The 2011 Epiphany will feature the Camerata Chorus, a select group of […]
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Plein-air panorama
That’s the signature style of the painter Rackstraw Downes, and it’s on view now in a big way at the Portland Museum of Art.
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It’s a dirty job
But somebody’s gotta love it — and it could be you, finding that learning to be a Master Gardener really grows on you.
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Allen Afield: Tying flies in solitude, with lots of company
Each New Year’s holiday, a question pops to mind, but unfortunately, no one has collected statistics for a definitive answer. How many Mainers tie flies each winter? Tiers in this state must number in the five-figure range, and our tying “season” usually begins about now. My tying often kicks off on New Year’s Eve, a […]
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The Bottom Line: Slow but steady
A distinctly Maine store focuses on customer service and continues to grow