Poet Stuart Kestenbaum of Deer Isle is director of the Haystack School of Crafts, one of the state’s cultural treasures. His poem for this week remembers his father, a Mr. Fix-It who couldn’t. Mr. Fix-It By STUART KESTENBAUM My father never made anything or fixed anything, even though we had the obligatory tools in the […]
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Book Review: ‘Buddha’ gives voice to Japan bride fates
Author Julie Otsuka has woven countless stories from individual lives.
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Book Review: Exposing cracks in the foundation of privilege
The title, “Daughters of the Revolution,” may put off some readers who sense a book laden with American history. Not to worry: The “daughters” in this dazzling episodic novel are of more modern vintage, more brazen inclinations, and their history is decidedly latter-day. They make love, not war, as the ’60s mantra goes, blithely turning […]
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Show honors artist-mentor relationship
DAMARISCOTTA — The Firehouse Center for the Falcon Foundation hosts an exhibition through Oct. 8 that honors the artist-mentor relationship. “Mentors: The Mentoring of Artists” includes the work of Will Barnet, Lois Dodd, Joseph A. Fiore, Dennis Pinette, David McLaughlin, Jay Sawyer and others. The foundation holds the artwork of Fiore, who died in 2008, […]
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Maine Maritime Museum hosts wind exhibition
History has a way of repeating itself as a new age of harnessed wind has begun on the Maine coast.
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Author Q & A: Fresh fare
Writer Kathy Gunst cooks up a new book that illustrates through food what it’s like to live in Maine year-round.
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Art Review: Beck, Marshall create exquisite works with graphite and paper
When the product in question is a highly finished object, the pairing of patience with technique often makes for a curious territory between process-oriented art and fine craft. This is one reason I don’t think there is ultimately a meaningful distinction between art and craft. As far as I am concerned, they are components of […]
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Society Notebook: We need to talk
Members of the business community offer a nod to networking.
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• The Biddeford Alumni and Italian Heritage Center bands will combine members for a pair of 9/11 tribute concerts. They will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at First Parish Congregational Church, 12 Beech St., Saco; and at 4 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. The concerts will pay tribute […]