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November 4, 2012

Exhibit explores Edo period supernatural prints

BRUNSWICK — An exhibition exploring themes of the supernatural and otherworldly creatures in woodblock prints of the late Edo period (1600–1868) will open Friday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The exhibition includes 40 woodblock prints from the private collection of Cornell University faculty member Dan McKee. A selection of the Bowdoin College Museum […]
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November 4, 2012

Book Review: Gerritsen’s latest a well-crafted thriller

Tess Gerritsen knows how to hook readers early. In “Last to Die,” her latest installment of her Rizzoli & Isles suspense series, the opening sentence reads: “On the night that thirteen-year-old Claire Ward should have died, she stood on the window ledge of her third-floor Ithaca bedroom, trying to decide whether to jump.” The second […]
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November 4, 2012

Art Review: Jon Marshall blazing a glazing trail

The greatest ancestor of Maine painting just might be Camille Corot (1796-1875), a leader of the Barbizon School in France. Claude Monet (1840-1926) is the obvious champion of Impressionism — the undeniable great grandparent of Maine landscape painting — and Monet did not quibble about his debt to Corot: “There is only one master here […]
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November 4, 2012

Classical Beat: PSO to showcase brilliant Strauss horn concerto on Nov. 18

I keep a copy of “The Glenn Gould Reader” in the bathroom and open pages at random, always finding something interesting or outrageous. His chapters on Richard Strauss, whom he regards as the greatest musical figure of the 20th century, turned out to be germane to the Nov. 18 concert of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, […]
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November 4, 2012

Signings, etc.

ROBERT ATKINSON

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November 4, 2012

snapshots…

– SEND PARTY INVITES at least two weeks in advance to Avery Yale Kamila, Maine Sunday Telegram, One City Center, Portland, ME 04101 or akamila@pressherald.com Miss Maine Day Pageant/SEPT. 23Rippleffect Community Appreciation Day/SEPT. 9Seventy-Five State Street Benefit Auction/SEPT. 13Jackson Laboratory Fundraising Reception/SEPT 10University of New England’s Deborah Morton Ceremony & Reception/SEPT. 18
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November 4, 2012

Dine Out Maine: The Last Unicorn’s special menu the stuff of legends

When a restaurant’s name recalls a mythical creature, fun facts and literary devices abound. Some are weirdly regional, like in 1933 when a University of Maine professor engineered a bull with a unicorn-style horn. Others offer bits of broader interest, like how in addition to Bible mentions, unicorns appear throughout both Eastern and Western history. […]
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November 4, 2012

Author Q & A: The ‘Good’ book says

Stephen Gleasner's 'Wicked Good' guide to living in Maine covers everything from clam digging to surviving a fall through the ice.
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November 4, 2012

Society Notebook: With a Twist

The Martinis & Art event raises money to help Maine cancer patients.
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November 4, 2012

Book Review: ‘Phantom’ a brilliant, fast-paced crime tale

Author Jo Nesbo brings his favorite detective out of retirement to solve a new mystery.

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