Mainers open their hearts and wallets to raise $40,000 at an auction for the organization that helps developmentally disabled youths.
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FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Fall of Giants,” by Ken Follett (Penguin) 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 3. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” by David Sedaris (Little Brown) 4. “The Reversal,” by Michael Connelly (Little Brown) 5. “Painted Ladies,” by Robert Parker (Penguin Group) 6. “Torment,” by Lauren Kate (Random House) […]
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Books: All Aboard
Geoffrey Wolff has long been enthralled by Joshua Slocum’s solo sail around the globe. Now he’s inviting you along on Slocum’s adventures.
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Book review: Apes take center stage in new novel
Ape House tells the story of a group of apes who become reality TV stars.
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Arts Dispatches for Oct. 17
BRUNSWICK Pull up a chair: Bowdoin show features furniture collection Bowdoin College Museum of Art has several events this week that are open to the public. They include the opening of “Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries” on Thursday. “Sit Down!” celebrates the museum’s collection of American and European furniture, focusing on chairs dating from […]
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Cheverus High receives gift of Bishop Cheverus portrait
Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic of North Yarmouth, longtime benefactors of Cheverus High School, have donated an original oil painting of Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Magdelaine Lefebvre de Cheverus to the school. Cheverus was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Boston. “Bishop Cheverus, popular and prominent, was the first Bishop of Boston,” Robert Nanovic said. “Cheverus High […]
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Taste & Tell: Mekhong serves up unique twist on Thai tastes
Mekhong Thai has stood its ground for almost a decade, serving Thai dishes that rely on some tasty basics to please, like crunchy coatings and sweet and cream, aromatic sauces. Revved up with some hot spice, which transforms the sauces into something more sophisticated, dinner at Mekhong Thai has an appetizing allure that makes me […]
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Henry’s Place
When painter Henry Finkelstein commits the colors and textures of his Great Cranberry Island retreat to canvas, it’s a labor of love.
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Four honored with MAC fellowships
Four artists from across Maine won 2011 Artists’ Fellowship Awards, the Maine Arts Commission has announced. Each artist will receive $13,000, one of the highest awards for individual artists made by a state arts agency. The winners are Theresa Secord of Waterville in the traditional arts; Ethan Hayes-Chute of Freeport in the visual arts; Elizabeth […]
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Calendar, Oct. 10-17
Art Group show, with work by Nina Jerome, Sandy Wadlington and Jeffery Becton, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. 348-9977. 2 to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. “John Haberle: Master of Illusion,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. […]