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August 5, 2012

Book Review: Lying with the dogs of D-Day

Ben Macintyre chronicles the unlikely spies who shaped the invasion.
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August 5, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Seafood surprise: Sophistication amid the hearty fare

There aren’t many places to get a haddock Reuben. Which begs the question, do you even want one? Yes, you do. Try one at Schutty’s food truck in West Bath. Schutty’s Seafood opened for the first time in July 2011, and stayed open until the end of October. It reopened on April 11 this year, […]
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August 5, 2012

Signings, etc.

PAUL DOIRON
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August 5, 2012

Space: 10th anniversary celebration

In the decade since its founding, Space Gallery has helped transform Portland’s once forlorn Congress Street while providing a much talked about venue for alternative artists and ideas. On Wednesday night, the gallery, which has recently expanded into an adjacent storefront, held a 10th anniversary party to celebrate all it’s accomplished. The centerpiece of the […]
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August 5, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Richard Forester is the author of six collections of poetry and lives in Cape Neddick. In his poem he observes the work of an orbweaver, finding it a source of wonder and admiration. Garden Spider By Richard Foerster Argiope bruennichi An orbweaver, adrift among the hosta’s spent stalks, black and brilliant-banded gold, dead- center in […]

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August 5, 2012

Throw a new read into that tote along with the towels and sunscreen

There’s nothing better than getting lost in a good book on the beach or by the pool. Here are some of the summer’s most buzzworthy books. • “The Age of Miracles” by Karen Thompson Walker (Random House, $26). The world is ending (the rotation of the Earth has suddenly begun to slow) as the life […]
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August 5, 2012

Book Review: By biplane, a chance to rewrite history

Imagine that you could go back in time in the 20th century to alter events and thereby change history. This is the premise of J.M. Surra’s novel, “Angels and Their Hourglasses.” The author sends his protagonist, Ben Ryan, on a flight from Moosehead Lake in 2010 in a biplane that crashes near Springfield, Mass., in […]
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July 29, 2012

Bob Keyes: Art-world legend leaves big legacy

The first time I met Hugh Gourley, I was quaking in my shoes. It was 10 years ago this summer, and I had just begun my duties as arts reporter for this newspaper. I knew little about Gourley, except that he was retiring as director of the Colby College Museum of Art after 36 years […]
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July 29, 2012

Audience Calendar

Art Fresh Art Show and Sale, Sprague Hall, Cape Elizabeth. 318-1049. Photography, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, woodwork, fiber art, sculpture, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Cushing Arts In The Barn, featuring photographer Louisa Scott Creighton-Smith, cushing mainehistoricalsociety.org. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. “Steel and Stone,” Hawk Ridge Farm, Pownal. junelacombe sculpture.com. Through today. Peter […]
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July 29, 2012

Book Review: Irresistible memoir links family’s tragedy with nation’s

Portland write Monica Wood is no stranger to the literary world, with several acclaimed books to her credit. But her new memoir, “When We Were the Kennedys,” may well boost her name to the ranks of Maine’s leading authors. What begins as the tale of one family’s loss grows into the story of a town […]

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