FREEPORT Exhibit to showcase work of 20 women artists in Maine Thos. Moser Showroom in Freeport will showcase the work of 20 artists in “Celebrate Women Artists in Maine featuring Jill Hoy and Anne Ireland.” Artists showing new work include Liz Armstrong, Missy Asen, Linda Bail, Sissy Buck, Michelle Hero Clarke, Michele Dangelo, Julie Freund, […]
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Dine Out Maine: Zapoteca Mexican restaurant shines like the Baja sun
Zapoteca is a new Mexican restaurant in Portland, occupying a free-standing building where Siano’s Pizzeria used to be. It’s also a tequileria. And a very popular spot at that. I left tequila flights to the aficionados, and sampled a few cocktails. Margaritas came in individual shakers, our server giving the final flourishing tumble and pour. […]
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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 […]
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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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Book Review: Two views of the man caught up in ‘Catch-22’
A daughter’s memoir gives a deeper view than a new biography of Joseph Heller.
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Book Review: Real estate gets truly risky in new mystery
“Killer Listing,” the second mystery novel by Camden writer Vicki Doudera, is as good as her first, “A House to Die For,” which was named “Best of 2010” by Suspense Magazine and praised in the New York Times. In “Killer Listing,” Doudera’s main character — the gutsy and charming Darby Farr — makes a return […]
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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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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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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 […]