Dear reader, in case the common black ant has seemed too ordinary for your attention, consider today’s poem by Lynn Ascrizzi of Freedom, who shows us ants as we have never seen them before.
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Book Review: ‘Float’ takes novel approach to real waste
When the season is summer and the book you’re holding promises a story about the boundless Atlantic at our shore, you might easily expect another “summer read.” Translation — a book that is breezy, upbeat and escapist to its core. If the book is “Float,” however, a second novel by JoeAnn Hart of Gloucester, Mass., […]
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Maine Jewish Museum shows Harold Garde
PORTLAND — The Maine Jewish Museum is holding an exhibit of new work by Harold Garde, a master painter and printmaker, who will show in Portland for the first time in 20 years. The exhibit, “Garde Addendum,” will open from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the museum, 267 Congress St. The exhibit will include […]
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Calendar
Art Jane Dahmen, “Through the Trees,” Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through Sept. 28. William Irvine, “New Work,” and David Peterson, “Boats,” Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through Saturday. “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 […]
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Movies: Two years later, ‘You’re Next’ ready to throw a good scare into audiences
LOS ANGELES — Anyone traveling around Los Angeles recently has likely noticed the menacing imagery of men in paramilitary garb with their faces covered by spooky animal masks. They appeared for a time as ghostly figures overlaid on posters for other movies, though they have recently been seen more clearly in ads all their own […]
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Dine Out Maine: Porthole keeps gritty charm, offers something for everyone
Given all that’s been written about this waterfront establishment, I understand a certain level of dining hesitation, but in the hopeful spirit of second chances and new starts, Travis and I were hungry on a Sunday afternoon and thought, “Why not try the scrubbed-up, new version of The Porthole?” After The Porthole’s careful (and expensive) […]
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Television: It’s a YouTube world, and the MTV Awards are eternally grateful
The MTV Video Music Awards may be turning the big 3-0 Sunday night, but don’t expect lots of retrospectives and reminiscing. With high-profile performers including Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus, the VMAs will take over the Barclays Center to become the first major awards show held in Brooklyn, and, instead of getting lost […]
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Artist at work (and play)
Painter Jessica Stammen has discovered that her love of being and recreating in the outdoors dovetails perfectly with her vision for her art.
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
In his poetry Thomas Moore of Brooksville often writes about people and places in Maine. Today he concentrates on Episcopalians in a nearby coastal town.