PAUL DOIRON
2012
Dine Out Maine: Seafood surprise: Sophistication amid the hearty fare
There aren’t many places to get a haddock Reuben. Which begs the question, do you even want one? Yes, you do. Try one at Schutty’s food truck in West Bath. Schutty’s Seafood opened for the first time in July 2011, and stayed open until the end of October. It reopened on April 11 this year, […]
Book Review: Lying with the dogs of D-Day
Ben Macintyre chronicles the unlikely spies who shaped the invasion.
Author Q&A: Light reading
When Whit Alexander wanted to sell a better battery in Africa, his skeptical brother Max decided to tag along and write about it.
Early art in Portland: Tracing Homer’s legacy
As part of its Homer summer, the Portland Museum of Art presents “The Portland Society of Art: Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine” through Jan. 13. This exhibition examines the artistic relationship between Homer, his friend John Calvin Stevens and the early years of the Portland Society of Art, the precursor to the Portland Museum of […]
Audience Calendar
Art “Art Sets the Table,” multifaceted art advocacy project with 32 plates designed to represent participating individuals, Constellation Gallery, Portland. constellationart.com. Through Aug. 7. “Two Visions,” paintings by Lenora Leibowitz and photo- graphs by Rita Spinella Olsen, 3Fish Gallery, Portland. 3fish gallery.com. Through Aug. 25. “Illustrated Passages,” Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset. maineartgallery.org. Artists chose a […]
Barnet’s special delivery: Art as a perpetual love letter
Will Barnet’s prints and drawings are so serenely perfect that they seem inevitable. You might think he reached out and grabbed the essence of his subject — pure and unadorned — and crystallized it into a picture. Of course, achieving such graceful clarity means there was nothing inevitable or simple about the process. It means […]
Portland Chamber Music Festival
The 2012 edition features a living medical miracle as well as the usual stacked lineup of chamber tunes, from classical to contemporary.
Bob Keyes: Biddeford exhibition explores LGBT art
BIDDEFORD – Kymara Lonergan greets a first-time visitor at the door of her gallery at North Dam Mill and warns, “There are some racy things in here.” She’s telling the truth. For the next several months, the Kymara Gallery in Biddeford is working in partnership with the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art to […]
Arts Planner
• Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick opens its season finale, “42nd Street,” on Wednesday. The Tony Award-winning musical runs until Aug. 25 at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus, 1 Bath Road. Tickets are available online at msmt.org, by phone at 725-8769, and at the Pickard box office. Ticket prices range from $36 […]