Baseball-themed books by Mainers Matt Tavares and Chris Van Dusen hit the bookshelves.
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Art Review: Contrasting styles happily converge at Elizabeth Moss
Deborah Randall rather backed into painting Maine landscapes. She had been making content-oriented contemporary paintings with wildly varied subjects, but her ability to paint was strong, and a trip to Italy forced her not only to look at the landscape but see it in terms of painting. After the trip, Randall continued working in both […]
Movie Review: Close understatedly steals the show in ‘Albert Nobbs’
Glenn Close is very still in her latest film — quiet, never cracking a smile. Playing a member of the staff of an upper crust Dublin hotel in the late 19th century, the idea was to be invisible. Think of people “in service,” the butlers and maids of “Downton Abbey” or “The Remains of the […]
Book Review: The divine is in the details of Bailey Island memoir
Some years ago, Janet Freeman Baribeau’s then-10-year-old granddaughter, Jessika Hyde, wrote to her wanting to know more about her early life and the family history to which they both belonged. “That was the beginning of my quest,” says Baribeau, who lives in Brunswick. “A Bailey Island Girl Remembers” is the result. Baribeau’s creation, which she […]
Degas vu
More than 100 works by the great French artist can be seen in ‘The Private Impressionist,’ opening Thursday at the Portland Museum of Art.
Nicolas Cage continues to do things his way
The Oscar-winning actor is unapologetic about taking roles like Johnny Blaze in the latest ‘Ghost Rider.’
Movie Review: McAdams and Tatum make good in ‘The Vow’
What a difference five years can make. For Paige (Rachel McAdams), it meant a new life free from her rich, controlling parents, free-spirited new friends, a loving marriage to Leo (Channing Tatum), and a promising career as a sculptor. Then she loses her memory after a car crash, and without those experiences, who is she? […]
Maine FiberArts shows work of Vendituoli
Maine fiber artist Jill Vendituoli shows needlepoint tapestries through April 28 in a newly opened exhibition at Maine Fiberarts in Topsham. The exhibition, “The Art of the Needle,” highlights the meticulously executed needlepoint tapestries of a dedicated Maine artist who has been making work for more than two decades. Vendituoli lives in West Newfield on […]
Dine Out Maine: The Rack, Carrabassett Valley
The Rack is a rousing spot for questionable locals and wannabes