Arts & Entertainment

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September 30, 2012

Signings, etc.

MONICA WOOD
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September 30, 2012

Dine out Maine: Squire Tarbox Inn does Old World food in a tranquil way

A historic farmhouse with a barn rests on an idyllic clearing in the woods on Westport Island. This is the cozy, quaint Squire Tarbox Inn, about 8.5 miles from Route One near Wiscasset. Owners Roni and Mario De Pietro have been offering sustenance and respite here since 2002. The inn’s ambience adds much to the […]
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September 30, 2012

From U.S.A. to far corners, a lineup of global proportions

Portland Ovations begins its season this week with “Voyeur by Bridgman | Packer Dance. It continues into spring with a series of concerts, musicals, family events and dance performances featuring performers from the United States, across North and South America, and across the globe. Although the concert is not part of the regular season, Portland […]
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September 30, 2012

Art Review: ‘Not the Usual Politics’ a breath of fresh air

There is propaganda. There is art that is political. And then there is art about political structure. The work by the five artists in “Not the Usual Politics” at Rose Contemporary in Portland falls largely in the last category, but with a solid dose of political art as well. It is a handsome and thoughtful […]
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September 30, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Poet Lynn Ascrizzi, from Freedom, writes that in her garden she raises fruits, vegetables, “and those elusive crops, the perennial ones, that hide in between the sown and planted,” yielding “poems like ‘New England Asters.’”

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September 23, 2012

Book Review: Boyle picks hard place for new tale

T.C. Boyle’s new novel, “San Miguel,” is written to the natural rhythms of a distant, isolated place, and to the human rhythms of tormented souls. San Miguel Island is a real place, the westernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. In Boyle’s book, it’s a patch of earth beyond the end […]
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September 23, 2012

Calendar

Art “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. Maine Art Gallery Artists Exhibit, art depicting the open road and beyond, Atlantic Motorcar, Wiscasset. 882-7511. Through Oct. 30. Frederick Lynch and James Linehan, “Geometry Meets Nature,” Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor. littlefieldgallery.com. Through Oct. 15. “Continuing […]
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September 23, 2012

Author Q &A: Ida-ology

Susan Poulin gathers her stage character's wit and wisdom in a self-help book filled with Maine humor.
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September 23, 2012

If it’s ‘Pure’ country you seek … walk This Way

The Portland band has a mostly true story to tell with its new CD, which it will unveil at Empire on Friday.
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September 23, 2012

Bob Keyes: Maine-made indie thriller hits the open road

Dana Packard and Jennifer Nichole Porter feel like they are letting go of their baby. Their Maine-made indie film, “40 West,” gets its first taste of national distribution this week. Packard and Porter, a husband-and-wife team, have kept tight reins on the film until now, shopping it around to various festivals across the country and […]

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