The director and his team steeped themselves in campus culture to prepare for ‘Monsters University.’
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Ogunquit-born, ‘Cycles’ lands in Winter Harbor
WINTER HARBOR – The Schoodic Education Research Center is featuring an ambitious art installation by renowned East Coast painter George Wardlaw. The exhibit — “Cycles: Time, Light, Life” — is composed of a series of eight massive canvases inspired by Wardlaw’s visits to Ogunquit during a 24-hour solstice period in June 2000. Each canvas measures […]
Classical Beat: Music festivals about to burst into bloom
Don’t look now, but the summer music festival season is already upon us. The DaPonte String Quartet’s summer schedule began Saturday at the Denmark Arts Center. The program will be repeated at Centennial Hall in Harpswell on July 9 and St. Columba’s Church in Boothbay on July 11. The first series is devoted to trios […]
Book Review: McCann writes like ‘a force of nature’
His latest novel employs a stream-of-consciousness approach to span 150 years
Joan Baez: Just plain folk
Ironically, it was ‘all opera and classical’ growing up for Joan Baez, who of course would go on to become perhaps the iconic singer-songwriter of her generation.
Author Q &A: Highly motivated
In his new book, Hallowell’s John Gibson revisits some Henry David Thoreau hikes – and tells readers how they can experience the same peaks today.
Society Notebook: Harking ‘Mad’
The Ad Club of Maine celebrates the end of the year with a ‘Mad Men’-themed bash.
Television: From ‘Desperate’ to ‘Devious’ with maids, not housewives
Writer Marc Cherry and actress Eva Longoria team up for a Lifetime series.
Art Review: Environmentally tuned-in artists pay their respects to ‘Silent Spring’
I associate the George Marshall Store Gallery in York with some of the most coherently handsome gallery shows I have seen in Maine: Good art that looks good together. The venue itself is just as quirky (and cool) as you could expect of a 19th-century store overlooking Maine tidal waters. But “Silent Spring” is a […]
Calendar
Art Philip Barter, new oil paintings and constructions in wood, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through Saturday. “Monhegan Island” by Kevin Beers, and “Drawing on Porcelain” by Tim Christensen Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through July 27. “A Taste of Modernism — The William S. Paley Collection,” 62 works from the Paley Collection at […]