Arts & Entertainment

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October 14, 2012

Book Review: Debut novel full of action and secrets on a Maine island

There’s lots of action in “The Lighthouse Society,” the debut mystery novel by Maine native Jerry Graffam, and the author has a good sense of place when describing the island-studded waters off midcoast Maine. But the plot veers too often into fantasy that challenges the suspension of disbelief essential to a good mystery. Excitement prevails […]
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October 14, 2012

Dine Out Maine: For hometown vibe and friendly prices, try The Red Onion

The summer tourists have departed, and Rangeley-area locals have The Red Onion to themselves again, except for the occasional leaf peeper, hiker or fly fisherman. Come winter, the place will bustle with snow sport enthusiasts. Above our table is a mirrored map of the snowmobile trails ranging miles in most directions, no doubt a conversation […]
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October 14, 2012

Author Q & A: Rocky road

Susan Allport's book on stone walls is a wide-ranging treatise winding back as far as the glaciers – and the peripatetic author wouldn't have it any other way.
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October 14, 2012

Book Review: Struggles as faith fades has funny side

The author's portraits of conflicted members of a family are beautifully done.
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October 14, 2012

Art Review: Whalley puts twos and twos together

Maine is not polished, but weather-beaten. It is glacier-ground, storm-buffeted and wizened by unrelenting Nature and her moody brood of seasons. Maine’s artistic legacy may be inextricably bound to the great landscape painters irresistibly drawn here, but its painterly voice — plaintive, practical and well-worn — reaches past landscape. Amongst Maine artists not based in […]

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October 14, 2012

Movie Review: ‘The Boom’ comedy a bit of a lightweight

Kid-friendly funnyman Kevin James is at his cuddliest in “Here Comes the Boom.” And he has to be. This amusing but sometimes unsettling comedy marries the teacher-turns-to-mixed martial arts mayhem of “Warrior” to that wholesome family dramedy “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” It works, after a fashion. But that doesn’t mean you won’t wince. James plays Scott […]
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October 14, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

A summer resident of Great Cranberry Island, Susan Deborah King has been giving voice to island life for several years. Today’s poem is a compelling example.
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October 14, 2012

Scene & Heard: Great strides for Strive

An annual fundraising auction and generous friends and supporters help the organization that helps young Maine adults with disabilities.
Published
October 7, 2012

A survivor’s story

Good Theater explores class struggle in the drama 'Good People.'
Published
October 7, 2012

Calendar

Art “Iconic America: The U.S. Outline as National Symbol,” University of Southern Maine (Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education), Portland. usm.maine.edu/maps. Through Feb. 28. “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary […]

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