The Portland Public Library’s sale of a valuable painting will help it do more with its impressive art collection.
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Author Q & A: After the Great Disappearance
Tom Perrotta’s new novel imagines those not taken in the Rapture.
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Edited and Introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine poet laureate. Lewis Turco, who lives in Dresden Mills, is author of numerous poetry collections and The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics, called “the poets’ Bible” since 1968. In today’s intriguing poem he offers the description of a house – or is it something more than […]
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Society Notebook: With a Twist
The Martinis & Art event raises money to help Maine cancer patients.
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Author Q & A: The ‘Good’ book says
Stephen Gleasner’s ‘Wicked Good’ guide to living in Maine covers everything from clam digging to surviving a fall through the ice.
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Book Review: ‘Phantom’ a brilliant, fast-paced crime tale
Author Jo Nesbo brings his favorite detective out of retirement to solve a new mystery.
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Classical Beat: PSO to showcase brilliant Strauss horn concerto on Nov. 18
I keep a copy of “The Glenn Gould Reader” in the bathroom and open pages at random, always finding something interesting or outrageous. His chapters on Richard Strauss, whom he regards as the greatest musical figure of the 20th century, turned out to be germane to the Nov. 18 concert of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, […]
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Exhibit explores Edo period supernatural prints
BRUNSWICK — An exhibition exploring themes of the supernatural and otherworldly creatures in woodblock prints of the late Edo period (1600–1868) will open Friday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The exhibition includes 40 woodblock prints from the private collection of Cornell University faculty member Dan McKee. A selection of the Bowdoin College Museum […]
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Painting for a Purpose benefit
The Portland-area arts organization Painting for a Purpose holds its annual fundraiser from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Grace Restaurant, 15 Chestnut St., Portland. This year, the group paired local artists with students to create colorful, whimsical wooden lobster boats and dories. Proceeds from the auction will be used to fund service learning grants […]
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Dine Out Maine: The Last Unicorn’s special menu the stuff of legends
When a restaurant’s name recalls a mythical creature, fun facts and literary devices abound. Some are weirdly regional, like in 1933 when a University of Maine professor engineered a bull with a unicorn-style horn. Others offer bits of broader interest, like how in addition to Bible mentions, unicorns appear throughout both Eastern and Western history. […]