Joyce Johnson’s biography of Jack Kerouac delves into the impact the Beat writer’s Franco-American identity had on his life and work.
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Calendar: Your Arts and Entertainment Guide
Art Alix Bacon, George Bayliss and Laura Hart, 31st annual showing of artist-made prints, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. turtlegallery.com. ThroughOct. 15. Jane Dahmen, “Through the Trees,” Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through Sept. 28. “Unplugged,” Chris Cart, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Through Sept. 28. “Redacted,” paintings and drawings by Ahmed Alsoudani, Iraqi artist and MECA […]
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Book Review: A sunny summer turns dark in Ogunquit
Unexpected happenings in “The Summer Everything Changed,” the new novel by Holly Chamberlin, unfold like the escape of evil from Pandora’s box. That’s the good part of the book. What’s less appealing is the pace of this long, 400-page mystery. Brevity would have improved it. Nevertheless, “The Summer Everything Changed” is a chilling and realistic […]
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Courthouse Gallery features moody narratives
ELLSWORTH – Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will present work from artists Paul Hannon, William Irvine, Ed Nadeau and John Neville in the exhibition “The Untold Story,” which opens Wednesday and runs through Oct. 20. An artists’ reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the gallery, 6 Court St. The event is […]
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Another medal for our hero Joshua Chamberlain
Maine’s history community gets excited about news of the discovery of Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain’s original Medal of Honor.
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Book Review: Ennui as premise rubs off on reader
J.M. Coetzee’s latest novel ultimately falls prey to the emptiness it describes.
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Dine Out Maine: At Seabright, celebrated chef elevates the humble pizza pie
The blue awning shelters outdoor tables along Camden’s waterfront walk, just down the hill from Main Street. Stenciled on this covering is the restaurant’s name, Seabright, suggesting that this may be a good place to duck in for seafood, right? Wrong. This, the former home of beloved pizza purveyor Paolina’s Way, is still primarily pies. […]
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5 views: Fine-arts picks for the fall
There is art beyond Labor Day, and quite often it’s the best of the year. Check out these venues easily reached from Portland.
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Three new exhibitions at Ogunquit
OGUNQUIT — The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is continuing its 60th anniversary celebration this month with three new exhibits, “Emerging Artists,” “The York Hospital Collection” and “Charles and Marcia: The Woodburys in Holland.” The exhibits will run through the balance of the museum season, which ends Oct. 31. Featured in “Emerging Artists” are up-and-coming […]
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Movie Review: Everything but imagination populates ‘Riddick’
“Riddick,” aka “The Sequel Nobody Wanted,” gets off to a surprisingly strong start. The eponymous anti-hero (Vin Diesel), an intergalactic outlaw with the ability to see in the dark, is stranded on a desert planet with no weapons or supplies, seriously wounded and relentlessly hunted by carnivorous aliens. There are scary dog-like predators that look […]