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January 13, 2013

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Art “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine,” exploring the artistic relationship between Homer and the architect John Calvin Stevens and the early years of the Portland Society […]
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January 13, 2013

The new flat-earth society

Two friends from Portland have taken the theme of Thomas Friedman’s book 'The World Is Flat' and applied it to an edgy trans-Atlantic art show.
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January 13, 2013

Dine Out Maine: The Bayou Kitchen’s a brunch joint worth the early visit

Given the complexity, subtlety, history and character in Cajun and Creole cooking, Maine’s lack of sit-down dinner options featuring this style of food perplexes me. My husband Travis maintains that Cajun food is “poor people” food (in a good way), and that aesthetic might explain why a higher-end restaurant might offer an entree or two […]
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January 13, 2013

UMaine museum opens three new exhibits

BANGOR – The University of Maine Museum of Art opens three new exhibitions this week along with a selection from the museum’s permanent collection titled “Steve’s Picks.” The new shows are “Michael Crouser: Dog Run,” “Robert Rivers: The Promised Land” and “Candace Ivy: Honey from the Belly of the Lion.” All shows open Friday and […]
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January 13, 2013

Society Notebook: Facebook to Face

Social media friends like the chance to mingle in person.

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January 13, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

A home is commonly a place of refuge and safety. But not always, as veteran poet Patricia Ranzoni, of Bucksport, shows in this week’s poem.
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January 6, 2013

Book Review: A memoir of the good life’s spiritual side

Betty Elaine Williams has something to tell us in her memoir, “Mumma, Can You Hear Me?” about how to live a life of meaning. For Williams, it is much to do with faith, not merely spiritual faith, though that is central to her story. She spent 20 years in South America as a missionary, and […]
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January 6, 2013

Art Review: Bullish on wide-ranging display of pioneering women’s work at UNE

“Maine Women Pioneers III: Homage” is a fascinating show for myriad reasons. For starters, it not only gives a preview of Lois Dodd (born 1927) before her major solo show opens at the Portland Museum of Art later this month, it puts Dodd in the context of some of her finest contemporaries — 12 other […]
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January 6, 2013

Calendar

Art “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine,” exploring the artistic relationship between Homer and the architect John Calvin Stevens and the early years of the Portland Society […]
Published
January 6, 2013

Movie: Directors struggle to find ‘The end’

Even with Oscar nominees, movie goers seem more and more to be leaving the theater confused and/or frustrated.

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