The author’s journey is bumpy — both for her and for her readers.
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Art “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine,” exploring the artistic relationship between Homer and the architect John Calvin Stevens and the early years of the Portland Society […]
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Art Review: Bullish on wide-ranging display of pioneering women’s work at UNE
“Maine Women Pioneers III: Homage” is a fascinating show for myriad reasons. For starters, it not only gives a preview of Lois Dodd (born 1927) before her major solo show opens at the Portland Museum of Art later this month, it puts Dodd in the context of some of her finest contemporaries — 12 other […]
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Author Q &A: Peace of the Past
A largely untold chapter of Nazi-occupied Belgium – and of one family’s history – combine in Maine writer Walter W. Bannon’s new book.
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Niche Carved
Dorothy Schwartz has spent her artistic career refining her skill as a maker of prints – especially woodcuts. A retrospective of that work goes up at the Maine Jewish Museum.
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Dine out Maine: Tao takes you on a heavenly journey, one small plate at a time
Imagine steamed pork buns that rival those at an excellent dim sum spot in a large city but right here in Maine. Maybe those soft, sweet, meat-filled, edible pillows already dance in your head, like sugarplums. That’s no illusion. That’s Grandma Tang’s roast pork buns ($6.80 for three), arriving hot and steamy in a bamboo […]
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Book Review: Lives of affliction, tempered by resolve
Be prepared for a powerful rendition of the African-American experience.
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Bob Keyes: Every picture will tell a story
Summer is for reading, but Maine winters seem particularly hospitable for ordering our thoughts and committing them to paper. It’s a season of staying home, stoking the fire and accomplishing some serious writing. The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance gives us incentive to sharpen our pencils this winter with summer reading in mind. The alliance […]
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Book Review: A memoir of the good life’s spiritual side
Betty Elaine Williams has something to tell us in her memoir, “Mumma, Can You Hear Me?” about how to live a life of meaning. For Williams, it is much to do with faith, not merely spiritual faith, though that is central to her story. She spent 20 years in South America as a missionary, and […]
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
The poet Jorie Graham once wrote that a memory for a poet is an experience that has not yet been fully lived and waits for its second life in poetry. In today’s poem Pam Burr, of Brunswick, relives the memory of sandwiches that her mother once prepared for her school lunch. Sandwiches By Pam Burr […]