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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Book Review: More than a perfume primer: the Chanel story
When we think of perfume, few of us imagine the austere tidiness of a convent with its scent of fresh ironing, scrubbed stone floors and cupboards lined with rosewood and verbena. Fewer, still, link those smells to the world’s most popular fragrance, or “the monster,” as it’s known in the industry. Yet the origins of […]
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Arts Planner
• Portland Ballet Company brings a local version of “The Nutcracker” to life with its production of “The Victorian Nutcracker.” The show takes the classic Nutcracker story and sets it in historical Portland with sets, costumes and characters inspired by the Victoria Mansion, Hermann Kotzschmar and others. It will be performed at 2 and 7:30 […]
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New on the Shelf
“The Other Side” by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas. Jove. 407 pages, $7.99 (paperback) In “Possession In Death,” J.D. Robb’s segment in “The Other Side” anthology, Eve tells hunky husband Roarke, “I need you to give me a really open mind. I mean wide open.” Well, same […]
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Movies: Jeff Bridges turns back the clock in ‘Tron’
LOS ANGELES – Hollywood has famously had better luck using makeup to make young actors look old — like Russell Crowe in “A Beautiful Mind” — than making old actors look young. But the ability to manipulate images digitally could prove to be a fountain of youth for some. In “Tron: Legacy,” which opens Friday, […]
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Book Review: Through a looking glass, via Holmes
The game’s afoot in this tale of two Sherlock-driven detectives in separate centuries.
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Classical Beat: Some loves are easy, others need a spark
George Bernard Shaw, one of my inspirations as a music critic, once observed that music appreciation classes had it all backward. One has to love the music first, and the history, biography and musicology will follow — out of a desire to know more about the object of affection. No one ever came to enjoy […]
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Audience Calendar
Art “Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries,” chair collection of American and European seating furniture from 1470 to the present, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick, free. 725-3275. 1 to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. […]