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May 15, 2011

Society Notebook: They Mean Business

Wednesday was a night to celebrate Junior Achievement and its mission and the new inductees to the Maine Business Hall of Fame.
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May 15, 2011

Author Q &A: Fancy that

Catherynne Valente wins a coveted science fiction-fantasy award for her young adult novel 'The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland.'
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May 15, 2011

Signings, etc.

JEANNIE BRETT
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May 15, 2011

Book Review: Spencer-Fleming’s novel is a richly textured mystery

Julia Spencer-Fleming’s new novel, “One Was a Soldier,” is the best kind of mystery — because it’s not just a mystery. It’s a richly textured story about the lives of several key, interconnected characters. Some of the interconnections are quickly made obvious. But it is what’s beneath the surface — often in the troubled psyches […]
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May 15, 2011

Take Heart: A conversation in poetry

Few poets can match the image-making of Union’s Kate Barnes. Her gift with the image is on full display in this week’s poem. April and then May By Kate Barnes April and then May, violets up in the field, the ewes with their twin lambs; time has decided to turn into spring again after all. […]

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May 15, 2011

What a funny way to start summer theater season

OGUNQUIT — The summer theater season opens with the Tony-winning hit “Avenue Q” at Ogunquit Playhouse. The parody that asks the question, “What do you do with a B.A. in English?” is on stage May 25 to June 18. “Avenue Q” won three Tony Awards in 2004 for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book […]
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May 15, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

TUESDAY • Local Food Network Breakfast, 8 a.m., Local Sprouts Cooperative Cafe, Portland. Join others interested in the local food movement for a casual gathering. Free. Cost for breakfast items. jeremy@internet-farmer.com. • Leon Anderson Art Reception, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Maine Medical Center, Dana Center, Portland. Meet artist Leon Anderson and view the exhibition of […]
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May 15, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “Refashioned,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 775-6148. www.portlandmuseum.org. Artists Lauren Gillette, Anne Lemanski and Angelika Werth. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through July 31. “Will Barnet at 100,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland. 775-6148. $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to […]
Published
May 14, 2011

Dine out Maine: Topsham’s Sea Dog is more than just a pretty view

You hear it before you see it, the pounding and frothy Androscoggin as it tumbles over the dam and roars under the bridge at the Brunswick/Topsham boundary. As you step down the brick walkway to the entrance of the Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Topsham, the broad river rushes just underfoot, green steel and bridge […]
Published
May 8, 2011

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Meserve’s life and legacy subject of memorial exhibit From 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Gleason Fine Art, 540 Congress St., Portland, will host a memorial exhibition and reception for Round Pond sculptor Don Justin Meserve, who died in November. The exhibition, “Don Justin Meserve — Sculptor,” will run through June 25. Proceeds from the […]

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