Arts & Entertainment

Published
December 26, 2010

Author Q&A: This just in

A reporter once herself, Rosemary Herbert makes a journalist the main character in her first mystery, the newly published 'Front Page Teaser.'
Published
December 26, 2010

Book Review: Two men, same name, both killed – no fluke

Alan Glynn's 'Winterland' reveals powerful forces behind the seemingly unrelated deaths.
Published
December 19, 2010

Bob Keyes: Thanks to one man’s vision, the doctorate is in the house

PORTLAND – Plenty of people along the way have doubted George Smith and his vision and ambition to create the first-ever doctoral program in philosophy and art theory. But Smith, a Portland resident and a former dean at Maine College of Art, proved the doubters wrong earlier this month. That’s when the Board of Trustees […]
Published
December 19, 2010

Quick Hit

The Portland Museum of Art has opened a new exhibition of landscape painting by one-time Maine painter Rackstraw Downes. Downes will discuss his work Jan. 6 at Holiday Inn by the Bay. For details and information, call the museum at 775-6148 or visit www.portlandmuseum.org.
Published
December 19, 2010

Book Review: A charming girl’s-eye view of life in Maine

“The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister” by Maine writer Charlotte Agell of Brunswick is a burst of joy for readers ages 8 to 11 and for all who travel with them into its pages. I loved it. And I haven’t been 11 years old for a long time. No matter. India McAllister, a 9-year-old girl […]

Published
December 19, 2010

Arctic thrill

Into Inuit art? Bowdoin College's Peary-MacMillan Museum has a show for you.
Published
December 19, 2010

Arts Dispatches

WESTBROOK Maine glass expert creates period windows for MFA The work of Maine stained glass conservator Robin Neely is part of the Brown Pearl period room of the new $345 million Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The museum commissioned Neely to re-create leaded glass windows for the Colonial-era […]
Published
December 19, 2010

Arts Planner

With less than a week before Christmas, the holiday programs are winding down. But we’re not done quite yet. • At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Merrill Auditorium and the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ host “Christmas with Cornils,” featuring municipal organist Ray Cornils playing a holiday program on the Kotzschmar. He will be joined by the […]
Published
December 19, 2010

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Dead or Alive,” by Tom Clancy (Penguin Group) 2. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth,” by Jeff Kinney (Abrams) 3. “Learning to Ski With Mr Magee,” by Chris Van Dusen (Chronicle Books) 4. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 5. “The Confession,” by John Grisham (Knopf […]
Published
December 19, 2010

Taste & Tell: Pai Men Miyake means delicious meat-happy meals

This story was updated at 1 p.m. Dec. 20 to correct a description of the restaurant’s hot drinks. It does not serve coffee. Pai Men Miyake opened to an onslaught of customers and attention a few months ago, and all the excitement made it a challenge to wait out the allotted time that’s always […]

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