Maybe it was the summer solstice, a stretch of sunshine so long it was hard not to feel the world was bursting with positive energy. Maybe it was the day that preceded the meal, filled as it was with glorious views from the top of Blue Hill Mountain and the lookout at the Penobscot Narrows […]
2013
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Felicity Sidwell to show new paintings
PHIPPSBURG — Sidwell Art Gallery is showing new work by gallery owner and artist Felicity Sidwell. There is an opening reception from 1 to 4 p.m. July 14 at the gallery on Wallace Circle in Westpoint village. The reception will feature music by Pat Colwell, member of the Colwell Brothers and Soul Sensations. Sidwell’s work, […]
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Calendar: Your Arts and Entertainment Guide
Art Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational, works by 10 artists, University of New England, Art Gallery, Portland. une.edu/artgallery. Through Oct. 31. “Monhegan Island” by Kevin Beers, and “Drawing on Porcelain” by Tim Christensen, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through July 27. Kennebec Valley Art Association Presents “The Vaughan Legacy,” special exhibition celebrating the Vaughan family […]
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Classical Beat: Bowdoin festival offers myriad musical choices
The Bowdoin International Music Festival (continuing through Aug. 3) is an embarrassment of riches — so many concerts, so little time, and at the height of the Maine regional festival season too. And then one begins to regret what one hasn’t seen and heard. Maybe there should be a complete, searchable archive of each BIMF. […]
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Book review: Are you going to finish that? Bet you will
Kate Christensen grabs our attention on the first page of her fierce, big-hearted memoir with a scene that readers won’t easily forget: A young family is eating breakfast when the husband erupts in a fit of rage and pummels his wife, their two small children looking on. Not only does the author witness this event […]
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Society Notebook: Outwardly mobile
Grassroots environmental groups celebrate at the annual Toxics Action Center party.
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Art review: Bruno, Belasco and Page work well together
Since it opened in 2006, the Courthouse Gallery in Ellsworth has occupied an 1838 building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The gallery has now expanded into its companion building, the old registry. A show of paintings by Colin Page hangs in the main gallery. I reviewed his recent show at Greenhut Galleries […]
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Charles Lawton: Tourists present rich opportunity
The rain has ceased, the sun is shining, the visitors are coming. Maine is bracing for what everyone hopes will be a banner tourist season. Generally, from a public policy perspective, most of the attention devoted to tourism is focused on attraction. How do we get people to come? What’s the best advertising pitch? How […]
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Airport cellphone lots get ringing endorsement
The free parking areas ease the headache of traveler pickup.
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Barney Frank: Bernanke deserves our support
This column is unusual because, first, it’s written to praise rather than condemn; and second, the praise is for two subjects usually more likely to be criticized: commencement addresses, and the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Ben Bernanke. In June, Bernanke gave the commencement speech at Princeton that includes these words: “Putting […]