With all the excellent options in Portland, serious food geeks may not want to commit to an hour’s drive to Wiscasset simply for the food at Le Garage. But if they live in or are touring near the area, I encourage them to stop in.
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Book review: Tracking ‘Teddy’ as he took on sinful city
Roosevelt’s turbulent stint as a morals cop in New York showed his boldness.
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‘Mad Men’ Season 5 shrouded in mystery
The hit show’s producers have played new plot points close to the vest, but the long wait for Season 5 ends tonight.
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Pulitzer Prize winner kicks things off Friday at Maine book festival
It may be unfair to classify any writer as a superstar, but Tony Horwitz comes pretty close.
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Tom Sexton divides his time between Alaska and Maine, spending half of every year in Eastport. His poem describes the movement of a porcupine through the twists, turns and surprises of a single sentence. Sexton writes, “I hope my short lines move as slowly as the porcupine does.” PORCUPINE By Tom Sexton Its movement on […]
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Maine Festival of the Book: Saturday’s author talks
From ABCs and history lessons to remembering E.B. White, this year’s festival has many worthwhile sessions.
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Carol Bass opens new show at public library
PORTLAND — Carol Bass will exhibit “A Powerful Joy of Colors” April 6-27 in the Lewis Gallery of the Portland Public Library. The show includes her walking houses, energy sculptures, large dancing paintings and poems created over the past three decades. A public reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. April 6 as part […]
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Society Notebook: Yes, we’re going to an arty party
It felt like summer and revelers looked the part at the Artist Studio Building open house.
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Signings, etc.
Unity Dow will read and sign ‘Saturday Is for Funerals,’ stories of the AIDS crisis in Botswana.
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Audience Calendar
Art “Are You Really My Friend?”, Tanja Alexia Hollander’s photographs of her Facebook friends, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through June 17. Edgar Degas: “The Private Impressionist,” drawings, prints, pastels, photographs and sculptures, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through May 28. “Trucks and Landscapes,” new paintings by Kevin Beers, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. […]