NEW ON THE SHELF “RIO 2,” animated, with the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway. Lively follow-up to the surprise 2011 smash hit finds the ever nervous Blu (perfectly voiced by Eisenberg) and his mate Jewel (Hathaway) relocating to Brazil, confronting not only the dangers of the foreign wild but Jewel’s dad (amusingly voiced by […]
Arts & Entertainment
‘The Last Ferryman’ on stage in Stonington
The new musical tells both sides of the Deer Isle Bridge story.
Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
“The Granite Stoop” by Tom Sexton
Audience Calendar
• ARTS & CRAFTS FAIRS Searsport Art Market at Silkweeds, work by Maine artisans, including woodshaping, glasswork, fiber arts, jewelry, basket weaving, eco-friendly creations, farm goods and pottery. Silkweeds, 191 East Main St., Route 1, Searsport. www.facebook.com. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. On the Green Craft Show, juried arts and crafts show with photography, pottery, woodwork, […]
‘The Blessings’ explores unexpected life amid the familiar
This novel in stories about a large Catholic family mixes the patterns that come in living together with the jolts of change.
Expedition to Arctic brings out best and worst in explorers
‘In the Kingdom of Ice’ tells of a ‘grand and terrible’ polar voyage in memorable style.
Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki’ recounts a pilgrim’s progress
Like many of the award winner’s best novels, his latest is rooted in dreams and in music.
Signings, etc.
Peter Korn to speak on ‘Why We Make Things and Why it Matters.’
Classical Beat: On high art and humor
The nuances of humor in classical music may require work, but pays off for those in the know.
Art Review: Heliker exhibition displays brilliance of painter whose work transcends
It’s time for John Heliker to take his place among Maine’s greats.