The age of radio and television is over. The effect of the first wave of electronic media was to solidify uniform ideas about news, history and culture. We hear often enough about the post-war American middle class coming together through TV over major historical events, fashion, cereal, cigarettes, Elvis and Walter Cronkite. Even Reagan watched […]
February 2012
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Author Q&A: Married couple by day, mystery writers by night
Husband-and-wife team John C. Sheldon and Gayle Lynds collaborated on a story in the new ‘A Study in Sherlock’ mystery anthology.
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Audience Calendar
All of the upcoming events in the Maine Sunday Telegram’s coverage area.
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Dine Out Maine: Revamped Frontier boasts creative food, stylish atmosphere
If you haven’t been to Frontier in a while, you may be taken aback when you walk in.
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Bob Keyes: Persistence pays off big for Space
At a time when arts groups across the country are reducing programming and cutting costs, Space Gallery is in a growth mode. The alternative arts space in downtown Portland has doubled its budget in five years to $500,000. Last year, it presented more than 220 events and expanded its footprint by busting through next door […]
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Game on: The Super Bowl advertising blitz
Many Super Bowl commercials have been launched early on the air and on the Web to achieve maximum exposure (and bang for the buck).
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Arts Planner
• Portland Ovations brings the Swedish folk group Vasen to Portland for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16. The performance will be at Hannaford Hall at the University of Southern Maine. Darol Anger and Friends will open the show. Vasen is comprised of three of Sweden’s best musicians: Olov Johansson, Mikael Marin and Roger […]
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Charles Lawton: A moving company’s data tell much about our ‘ins’ and ‘outs’
Maine’s problems are increasingly demographic. The underlying cause for the public policy challenges that face us continue to be the inevitable aging of our current population exacerbated by the emigration of those seeking opportunities elsewhere. The fact that our governor has threatened to close schools early in order to find money to maintain health care […]
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Our View: State needs law to protect athletes from head injuries
The players in tonight’s Super Bowl have protections that young athletes need, too.
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Another View: Columnist twists Obama’s imagery beyond recognition
Since when is a president’s praise of military teamwork an omen of a military dictatorship?