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Published
May 12, 2013

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate,” by Scott Nash (Candlewick) 2. “Dahlov Ipcar’s Maine Alphabet,” by Dahlov Ipcar (Islandport) 3. “Mockingjay,” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) 4. “The Interestings,” by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead) 5. “The Hit,” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 6. “Tapestry of Fortunes,” by Elizabeth Berg (Random House) […]
Published
May 12, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Edited and introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine poet laureate. Maine natives and tourists have long been attracted to the taste of lobsters. But in today’s spring poem Richard Foerster of Cape Neddick asks us to consider the allure of fresh, sauteed fiddleheads. Fiddleheads By Richard Foerster Only the first scrolls inscripted with the long winter’s […]
Published
May 5, 2013

Author Q&A: A fisher of stories

Dee Dauphinee's humor spices his tales about fly-fishing, traveling the world and life in Maine.
Published
May 5, 2013

At PMA, a dazzling collection starring icons of Modernism

Through Sept. 8, the Portland Museum of Art will be much more than it usually is. Icons of Modernism have made their way to summer in Maine. Even if you have never actually seen any of the William S. Paley Collection’s 60 paintings, drawings and sculptures, you will recognize many of them in “A Taste […]
Published
May 5, 2013

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Burgess Boys,” by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 2. “White Dog Fell from the Sky,” by Eleanor Morse (Viking) 3. “Life Among Giants,” by Bill Roorbach (Algonquin) 4. “All That Is,” by James Salter (Knopf) 5. “Maya’s Notebook,” by Isabel Allende (Harper) 6. “Z,” by Theresa Fowler (St. Martin’s Press) 7. “Dinner,” by […]

Published
May 5, 2013

Calendar

Art Philip Barter, new oil paintings and constructions in wood, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through June 29. “Voices of Design — 25 Years of Architalx,” interactive exhibition that showcases the power of design, through May 19; “Blueberry Rakers,” photographs by David Brooks Stess, through May 19; “A Taste of Modernism — The William S. […]
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May 5, 2013

Society Notebook: Early look at a really big show

Excitement runs high as the Director's Circle gets a preview of William S. Paley's stellar art collection at the Portland Museum of Art.
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May 5, 2013

Book Review: End of life good place to see how it endures

Pick the least likely place to start life over, and that’s where a Jill McCorkle story begins. She has always had an eye for those moments when to go forward means to take a leap into the unknown, and in books like “Ferris Beach,” “Creatures of Habit” and “Carolina Moon,” she’s proved that the darker […]
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May 5, 2013

Hollywood film producer credits UMaine

Lessons well-taught – and learned – in Orono helped Lawrence Bender find success.
Published
May 5, 2013

Bob Keyes: Hit the road with Robert Indiana? Could happen with new plate

A specialty license plate honoring Robert Indiana makes too much sense. Indiana’s life story includes a long fascination with roads and travel. His father worked for Phillips 66, and the pop artist has been romantically drawn to the open road all his life. That draw brought him to Maine in 1969, about as far away […]

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