The photographer Robert Freson, who captured on film some of the most famous faces of our time, has settled into a happy – and still busy – existence on Bailey Island.
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Dine Out Maine: Enoteca Athena a wise choice for cocktails and local food
Customers flock to tiny, out-of-the-way Trattoria Athena, considered by many (including me) to be one of Brunswick’s best restaurants for its mix of Italian and Greek entrees using mostly local ingredients and served with wines from a well-conceived list. Owners and chefs Tim O’Brien and Marc Provencher recently took over a larger, more visible space […]
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Television: Sorkin’s ‘Newsroom’ has a different feel in second season on HBO
After the series was savaged by critics in Season 1, its creator made some storytelling tweaks.
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Classical Beat: In criticism, downplaying the dissonance does a disservice
“Still, I felt so deadly dull that I should hardly have survived to tell the tale had not a desperate expedient to wile away the time occurred to me. Why not telegraph to London, I thought, for some music to review? Reviewing has one advantage over suicide. In suicide you take it out of yourself; […]
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Camden artist to discuss his studies in silk
ROCKLAND — PicassoWhat Gallery is holding a special event on Friday with Georgian-born artist Gigi Aea, who will discuss his paintings in the exhibit, “Summer on Silk.” The event, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 328 Main St., Studio 201, will feature his large-scale textile paintings, including “My Garden in Tuscany” and “Dreamer’s World.” The […]
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Tattoos are a hot brand
The dry dictionary definition of ‘tattoo’ (to puncture {the skin} with a needle and insert indelible colors so as to leave permanent marks or designs)
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Calendar
Art “Wood, Water, Stone and Seed,” oil on panel still lifes and landscapes by Sean Beavers, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through Sept. 14. “Tell Me a Story: About Maine,” works by 14 artists who have illustrated children’s books about Maine, University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston. usm.maine.edu/atriumgallery. Through Nov. 23. “Andy […]
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
In this week’s poem Henry Braun of Weld links the presence of a great stone he encounters in the Maine woods with friendship.
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Book Review: Stories challenge readers and often win them over
Following an author’s work over time has inherent risks. A writer may veer off course for a while, try an unfamiliar path or otherwise test a reader’s loyalty. So it is that fans of Carolyn Cooke’s short stories and her acclaimed 2011 novel, “Daughters of the Revolution,” may be disarmed by the eccentricities of her […]
