A new collection stems from a group of paintings.
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Society Notebook: Acting on Girl Scout values
Business and community leader Meredith Strang Burgess was celebrated as the 2014 Girl Scouts of Maine Woman of Distinction at a dinner and auction Thursday night that drew more than 350 people. “We find women to honor who are courageous and strong – something we hope all our girls aspire to,” said Joanne Crepeau, chief […]
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Classical Beat: Shed the muffs and open your ears
‘Tis the season for music lovers to wear ear muffs. Not merely to mute department-store abominations, but also to avoid overexposure to traditional melodies that wear thin after the fourth or fifth repetition, not to mention the versions tricked out to sound like “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a football game. Austria has the right idea […]
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Movies: It’s been a notable year in black film
It started with Jackie Robinson rounding the bases for home in “42” in the spring and is ending with Nelson Mandela leaving jail for home in “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” in the winter. In between, there have been so many black-themed films that have reached a crossover audience that 2013 is going to go […]
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Author Q&A: Gathering ingredients of father’s full life
The story of an Italian immigrant in Portland who made his mark in cooking and teaching is told from his perspective and his daughter’s.
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Courthouse Gallery to exhibit Maine art for holidays
‘Small Works’ features pieces by more than a dozen Maine artists
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Bowdoin music festival chooses new leaders
A team of brothers will take over for founder Lewis Kaplan
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Book Review: Robert Stone uses campus tale to explore deep forces
‘Death of the Black-Haired Girl’ shows the novelist back at full strength.
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Author Q&A: Love and family in rough and calm seas
A new novel by a Cape Elizabeth writer, partly set in Maine, follows entangled characters from before World War II to the ’80s.
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Edited and introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine poet laureate. We begin December with an inspiriting poem by Gorham’s Rachel Flynn, who reveals her feeling for her child through the metaphor of a coydog. Coydog By Rachel Contreni Flynn When I look at you, my life, my eyes grow lighter, become a golden […]