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Arts & Entertainment
Kevin Spacey’s house of bards
The actor has a new documentary out chronicling his years running the Old Vic in London.
Television: Anna Chlumsky: From ‘Girl’ to grownup roles
The second act of the ‘Veep’ co-star is proving as good as the first.
Signings, etc.: Author Ken Textor to detail his book ‘The Hidden Coast of Maine’
It offers pictures and musings of the state in all seasons.
Writers Ann Patchett and Richard Russo to speak in Portland
The June 10 event will raise money for Wayfinder Schools.
Maine literature in the spotlight
Awards to be presented in Portland on Thursday carry weight because of the quality of writers in the state.
Book Review: ‘The Lobster Kings’ mixes island struggles and family myths
The novel, set off the Washington County coast, incorporates the real disputes encountered by Maine fishermen.
Audience Calendar
• Art “The Object Show: Discoveries in Bowdoin Collections,” small and rarely seen objects from diverse collections. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick. bowdoin.edu. Through June 1. “The Lunder Collection,” works by Whistler, Homer, O’Keefe and many more American masters, plus “Spaces and Places” and “American Weathervanes.” Colby College Museum of Art, […]
Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
In today’s poem Gary Lawless of Nobleboro, guided, as ever, by the lessons of the wild, observes and listens to loons.
Book Review: A rootless man, a lost tribe
Questions about meaning and belonging … and Red Sox fandom