A new documentary from Portland filmmaker Huey explores the life and jazz of pianist Marian McPartland.
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Author Q & A: Kidding around
‘Strega Nona’s Gift’ author Tomie dePaola stays in touch with the child inside.
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Book Review: Family quest a tense thriller
A search for a relative in Somalia is full of danger, risk and uncertainty.
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Art Review: A mother lode of subversive feminine energy
Two of the most important works of art in American history were propaganda images by Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere. Revere’s famous engraving of the Boston Massacre had no equal in fanning the flames of outrage throughout the colonies. Franklin printed his image of a severed snake (the inspiration for the Gadsden flag) with the […]
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Today’s column features Richard Aldridge, a poet, anthologist and educator who lived on the Maine coast. In Aldridge’s poem, a moth becomes the source of thoughts about the unknown. Moth at My Window Against my pane He beats a rapid Pitapat In trying to reach The desk lamp lit In front of me. Wing flurries […]
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Book Review: How ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ changed what and why we read
It can be a challenge to grasp the full historical context of a novel, even one as well known as Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” This is in spite of the fact that the novel is swollen with contextualized historical significance regarding race and slavery in antebellum America. After the Bible, in the 1850s […]
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Arts Dispatches
Three marine artists’ works chosen to show across U.S. The works of three Maine artists have been selected for the American Society of Marine Artists’ 15th National Exhibition. Linda Norton’s watercolor painting “Topmast, 1812 Privateer Lynx,” Gordon Bok’s woodcarving “Carrier and Seiner” and Loretta Krupinski’s oil painting “Moon Over the Peapod” were among hundreds of […]
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In the Arts: De Sinety’s Poilley photographs strike a delicate balance
One of the few perks that go with writing this column is an occasional pre-publication catalog. An early arrival can set the tone for an ensuing show. It can suggest things to look for and spare the reading of wall texts. (Extensive wall texts account for more reduction of my gallery energy than the art […]
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Arts Planner
In Lewiston, The Public Theatre opens its 21st season with the comic adventure “Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne and adapted by Mark Brown. It opens Friday and runs through Oct. 23. Five actors portray 39 characters who travel seven continents. Audiences will join Phileas Fogg and his faithful French servant as […]
