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November 20, 2011

Book Review: Boyle makes Portland the locale for cinematic drama

“Port City Black and White” is a dialogue-driven book sprinkled with diamond-sharp description. Calling it fast-paced is an understatement. This mystery gallops. It’s author Gerry Boyle’s second Brandon Blake novel, with Blake appearing here as a too-eager rookie cop in the Portland Police Department. The case Brandon faces involves drug smuggling, Portland’s immigrant community, murder […]
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November 20, 2011

Author Q&A: Brothers in yarns

Longtime friends Christopher Ayres and Stephen W. Hyde collaborate on a book of essays and photographs that's a paean to rural Maine.
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November 20, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Past Perfect,” photography by Justin Larkin, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. “Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31. “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles and small crafts, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 5. “Imagination […]
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November 20, 2011

Cutting edge looks sharp at CMCA

I have always liked the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. I was worried when it was on the ropes for a while, but against the odds and above all expectations in such economically lean times, it seems more alive than ever. Each of the four shows currently on view at the CMCA is markedly original, […]
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November 20, 2011

Gallery showcases Maine woodworkers

ROCKPORT – “Maine Wood 2012” will open with a public reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. This is the third juried “Maine Wood” biennial hosted by the center to showcase the breadth, creativity and excellence of wood craftsmanship in Maine. “The number and […]

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November 20, 2011

Good news for Webbheads

A show at Bowdoin explores photographer Todd Webb's work in New York and Paris at a defining time in his career.
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November 20, 2011

Book Review: Roaming the world with keen observer

A posthumous collection of Paul Bowles' travel writing shows once more his mastery of precise description.
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November 20, 2011

Signings, etc.

GEORGE DAUGHAN
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November 20, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

This week’s column features Marta Finch, the president of the Maine Poetry Society, who lives for extended periods each year on Moosehead Lake. Marta’s poem is a dramatic monologue — that is, a poem spoken by a character. In this character’s description of a neighbor from away who lives in his town, he reveals as […]
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November 20, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Top of the East worth a visit for those drinks and that view

Christened at the height of 1927 Prohibition as part of the Eastland Hotel, the original Top of the East was called the Sun Parlor and conceived for well-heeled guests taking morning tea and lunch. (Interesting note: The hotel itself was named as a result of a public contest that yielded 100 dollars in gold to […]

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