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  • Published
    September 4, 2011

    Book Review: Exposing cracks in the foundation of privilege

    The title, “Daughters of the Revolution,” may put off some readers who sense a book laden with American history. Not to worry: The “daughters” in this dazzling episodic novel are of more modern vintage, more brazen inclinations, and their history is decidedly latter-day. They make love, not war, as the ’60s mantra goes, blithely turning […]

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    September 4, 2011

    Arts Dispatches

    FREEPORT Exhibit to showcase work of 20 women artists in Maine Thos. Moser Showroom in Freeport will showcase the work of 20 artists in “Celebrate Women Artists in Maine featuring Jill Hoy and Anne Ireland.” Artists showing new work include Liz Armstrong, Missy Asen, Linda Bail, Sissy Buck, Michelle Hero Clarke, Michele Dangelo, Julie Freund, […]

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    September 4, 2011

    Arts Planner

    • The Biddeford Alumni and Italian Heritage Center bands will combine members for a pair of 9/11 tribute concerts. They will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beech St., Saco; and at 4 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. The concerts will pay tribute […]

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    September 4, 2011

    Art Review: Beck, Marshall create exquisite works with graphite and paper

    When the product in question is a highly finished object, the pairing of patience with technique often makes for a curious territory between process-oriented art and fine craft. This is one reason I don’t think there is ultimately a meaningful distinction between art and craft. As far as I am concerned, they are components of […]

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    September 4, 2011

    Bow wow

    Artists have always been inspired by boats of every shape and size. A wide-ranging new show examines that happy obsession.

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  • Published
    September 4, 2011

    Audience Calendar

    Art “Maine to France,” pastels, watercolors and oils, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta. 563-2992. Through Sept. 19. “Drawing the Line,” work in different drawing media on two-dimensional surfaces, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit. 646-8400. Jason Larkin: “Past Perfect,” photography, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Nov. 27. Jayne Adams, Patrick Plourde and David Witbeck, new works, Gallery […]

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    September 4, 2011

    Author Q & A: Fresh fare

    Writer Kathy Gunst cooks up a new book that illustrates through food what it's like to live in Maine year-round.

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    September 4, 2011

    Maine Maritime Museum hosts wind exhibition

    History has a way of repeating itself as a new age of harnessed wind has begun on the Maine coast.

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    September 4, 2011

    Show honors artist-mentor relationship

    DAMARISCOTTA — The Firehouse Center for the Falcon Foundation hosts an exhibition through Oct. 8 that honors the artist-mentor relationship. “Mentors: The Mentoring of Artists” includes the work of Will Barnet, Lois Dodd, Joseph A. Fiore, Dennis Pinette, David McLaughlin, Jay Sawyer and others. The foundation holds the artwork of Fiore, who died in 2008, […]

  • Published
    September 4, 2011

    Signings, etc.

    GERRY BOYLE