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    August 28, 2011

    Author Q & A: A hero found amid searches and rescues

    Real stories inspire a second mystery pitting a game warden against Maine evil-doers.

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    August 28, 2011

    Arts Dispatches

    PORTLAND MECA graduate joins panel for upcoming symposium Vivian Beer, a graduate of the Maine College of Art and current resident of New Hampshire, will participate in a full-day symposium called Making, hosted on Sept. 10 by the School of Art+Design at Purchase College — SUNY. The event will examine the ways in which the […]

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    August 28, 2011

    Arts Planner

    • The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium in Downeast Maine is in full swing, and there are plenty of opportunities to observe monumental sculptures being made with Maine granite, as well as those that have been completed previously. This year’s symposium features six sculptors: Hitoshi Tanaka of Japan, Jorg Plickat of Germany, John Barlow Hudson of […]

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    August 28, 2011

    Audience Calendar

    Art Jason Larkin: “Past Perfect,” photography exhibit, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, $10-$12, under 16 free. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; until 8 p.m. Wednesday. Through Nov. 27. “Paul Caponigro: The Hidden Presence of Places,” photographs, $10-$12, under 16 free. 596-6457; farnsworthmuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; until 8 p.m. Wednesday. “Drawing […]

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    August 28, 2011

    Ever the innovator

    The art of pioneering York painter Beverly Hallam is examined in a new documentary.

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    August 28, 2011

    Bob Keyes: In sorrow, in hope, flying the flag

    Over the next few weeks, we’re going to see and read a lot about the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. There will be memorials, remembrances, celebrations of lives lost, and lots and lots of tears. In some form or fashion, each of us will recount exactly where we were when we […]

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    August 28, 2011

    Art Review: Ogunquit museum’s current shows are too good to miss

    The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is undervalued. To be sure, it is beloved within the local region and happily supported by the community of artists — famous as well as emerging — who are familiar with its collections, grounds, exhibitions and offerings. Now in its 58th season, the museum that was founded by painter […]

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    August 28, 2011

    Scott Davis dazzles in solo show in Rockport

    The gallery Wallwork, 67 Pascal Ave., Rockport, presents a solo show of paintings by Waldoboro artist Scott Davis through Oct. 1. Davis lived and worked in New York City before moving to Maine in 1993. His work is included in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art San […]

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    August 28, 2011

    Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

    Edited and Introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine Poet Laureate

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    August 28, 2011

    It’s Almost Labor Day Auction Time

    The Ogunquit Museum of American Art will host the seventh annual Almost Labor Day Auction from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds from the auction benefit the museum. The preview exhibition of the works for this auction comes across as a very strong show rather than some begged sale of dusty old canvases by over-stretched […]