Joel Strunk, the son of Maine songwriter Jud Strunk, has made a feature-length film with a cast of stars for less than a $1 million.
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Television: In ‘Magic City,’ a sordid, carnal Miami
The Starz channel drama that just debuted depicts an unruly time in the city and all of its depravity.
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Dine Out Maine: Emilitsa infuses Greek dishes with inspired colors, flavors
“A customer’s dining experience begins long before the first taste. It starts the moment they walk through the door: A friendly greeting, a welcoming environment, a drink preference remembered. All of this occurs even before the amuse-bouche. It doesn’t stop until the last crumb of dessert, the final sip of Greek coffee, or even when […]
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Best-Sellers
FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Mockingjay,” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) 2. “Catching Fire,” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) 3. “11/22/63,” by Stephen King (Scribner) 4. “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea,” by Morgan Callan Rogers (Viking) 5. “The O’Briens,” by Peter Behrens (Pantheon) 6. “The Sense of an Ending,” by Julian Barnes (Knopf) 7. “Elegy for […]
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The ‘Barn’ adds to theater workshop
A wish come true for the Celebration Barn Theater: Summer intensive expands from two to four weeks and makes it easier for one lucky Mainer to attend.
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Signings, etc.: Author Tovar Cerulli
Author Tovar Cerulli will be at Longfellow Books this week talking about and signing his book “The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance.” WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland HOW MUCH: Free INFO: Longfellowbooks.com
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Portland architecture cast in new light
As he demonstrates in his photographic “Homage” to the painter, Clyde McCulley has a Hopper-esque appreciation for the play of sun and shadow.
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Book review: ‘Flawed’ ballplayer succeeds, inspires
Born without one hand, pitcher Jim Abbott tells a moving story of his career.
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Books Q&A: A big-picture portrait of Thomas Hart Benton
In his new book, UMaine professor Justin Wolff creates a comprehensive portrait of the complex and contradictory muralist Thomas Hart Benton.
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TAKE HEART: A Conversation in Poetry
Alice Persons of Westbrook is the co-founder of Moon Pie Press, which lists books by a range of poets, both new and established. In today’s poem, she muses about spring’s influence on the natural world and on us. Mud Season / By Alice Persons After a brutal Maine winter the world dissolves in weak sunshine […]