Maine writer Chris Holm will be at Longfellow Books this week to launch his debut novel “Dead Harvest.”
March 2012
Oscar picks elevated to an ‘Artist’ form
Our ‘Readers Pick’ winners resisted the temptations of the usually irresistible George Clooney.
Audience Calendar
Art “Charles Gatewood’s Wall Street,” rare vintage and contemporary photographs, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk. 967-9120. Through March 16. “In a State of Becoming: Inuit Art from the Collection of Rabbi Harry Sky,” Bowdoin College (Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum), Brunswick. bowdoin.edu/arctic-musem. Through April 14. “Painters, Players and Poets,” “Branching Out: Water” and “Gardiner Area Artists,” Waterfall Arts, […]
Bob Keyes: Actor returns for some home cooking at Portland Stage
The last time Sarah Lord hopped on the boards at Portland Stage, in 1998, she was a hot-shot young local amateur working with a bunch of New York professionals. By all accounts, the teenage Lord stole the show. “The Loman Family Picnic” was a huge hit, and she was singled out for her outstanding work. […]
Book review: ‘Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea’
“Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea” is a finely nuanced coming-of-age story. It tells of Florine Gilham’s journey through adolescence living on The Point, a close-knit collection of houses and families on a stretch of rural Maine coast. Adolescence is painful enough, but Florine’s is especially so in that she must endure the […]
Book review: A Jewish take on the human condition
Eight stories, all influenced by the Holocaust, deliver both comedy and tragedy in “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.”
Another View: ‘Takings bill’ has been miscast by several letter writers
The proposed law would simply compensate landowners for value lost to regulations.
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe: Why I’m leaving the Senate
One of Congress’s last centrists says she’ll try to end the partisan bickering from the outside.
White-collar criminals’ code: ‘It’s not my fault’
Unlike your run-of the-mill robber, these guys whine, spin and try to duck responsibility.
Charles Lawton: When considering taxation, look what falls off the table
When considering the topic of structural change and what we should do to bring it about, consider the following facts. • In 2009, total wages and salaries paid to employees in the U.S. (not including employer contributions for programs such as Social Security, Medicare, etc.) amounted to slightly more than $6.3 trillion. • Total proprietors’ […]