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Published
September 17, 2011

Dine Out Maine: Mixed Linda Bean bag contains some tasty choices

Entrepreneur Linda Bean opened her first full-service restaurant across from L.L. Bean, her family namesake, a little more than two months ago. The shrewd move nets her instant branding and a great spot for snagging tourists. But will Mainers and out-of-staters in the know want to consume their lobster in a converted retail space with […]
Published
September 11, 2011

Art Review: A half-dozen artists connect on a fully enjoyable show

The exhibition “6/6/6” is a concept show in which six artists from six cities connected with each other through social networking media. Each artist selected another artist from a different city and so, through chain-letter logic, the direction was expansively unpredictable. Some concept shows are born of great ideas but die from the lack of […]
Published
September 11, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Maine to France,” pastels, watercolors and oils, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta. 563-2992. Through Sept. 19. “Past Perfect,” photography by Jason Larkin, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Nov. 27. “Pioneers: Quilt Art,” Elizabeth Busch, Susan Carlson, Stephanie Green Levy and Mary Allen Chaisson, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham. 721-0678. Reception and gallery talk 2 to […]
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September 11, 2011

Comedy playing at Schoolhouse Arts Center

STANDISH – Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there’s some confusion as to who’s in which room, who’s being videotaped, who’s taken […]
Published
September 11, 2011

Book review: Journey to core of marriage finds love, pain

How does one assess a marriage of 42 years? Which joys and grievances sum up a life together, and what questions linger? And how reliable are those recurring memories, anyway? These are among the questions posed by Lily Tuck’s fearless and absorbing new novel, “I Married You For Happiness.” Tuck, a part-time Maine resident who […]

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September 11, 2011

Signings, etc.

LIZA BAKEWELL
Published
September 11, 2011

Author Q &A: Swine flew

The nostalgic, county-fair event known as the pig scramble provides fodder for Topsham writer Jessica Kinney's new children's book.
Published
September 11, 2011

Society Notebook: World View

Works by Maine artists now can be seen exhibited in an African nation, thanks to Ambassador Pamela White and some art-loving friends.
Published
September 11, 2011

Movie Review: ‘Apollo 18’: Silly, derivative, but . . . surprisingly effective

A thin but fairly diverting entry in the low-fi fakeumentary horror genre, “Apollo 18” explains what’s really on the moon and why the U.S. space program decided against further study. Why? Because a “Blair Witch Project” filmmaking seminar set up camp there first, that’s why! Spanish director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s exercise in “found” footage scares was […]
Published
September 11, 2011

New fall TV shows

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