Like Maine’s new governor, many Mainers are recalling the times when they set off in a new direction.
2019
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Book choices reflect reader’s anger
A literary intervention comes in the form of ‘Scurvy.’
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
Practicality, in life and craft, drives Maine’s most famous furniture maker
Christian Becksvoort’s new book speaks to the philosophy behind his work.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Deep Water: ‘Waiting’ by Steve Luttrell
Maine poems edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review
Art review: Regrets, he has a few, but it was a very good year for Maine art
A look back at what was and what could have been covered on the arts scene in 2018.
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Book review: A deadly fire at a Mount Desert mansion fuels intrigue in the latest from Gillian French
‘The Lies They Tell’ is a well-crafted mystery by a gifted storyteller.
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From ‘My Brilliant Friend’ to ‘Babylon Berlin,’ American TV went global, and that’s good news
Streaming platforms like Netlix, HBO and Amazon are increasingly airing international content, from Norwegian noir to French dramedy to obscure Italian.
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Book review: ‘Bringing Down the Colonel’ by Patricia Miller
This 19th-century woman risked ruin and shame in her own #MeToo moment.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Elizabeth Byrd Wood, Cape Elizabeth: Learning about Maine, hat hair and orange vests
‘What’s with all the orange posts lining the neighbors’ driveways?” I asked my husband a year ago last November, not long after we moved to Cape Elizabeth from Baltimore. “Um…maybe to guide the snowplows?” he guessed. So off we went to the hardware store to buy our own orange markers. We soon renamed them “plow […]