Arts & Entertainment
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Survey says? Museums are vital to Maine’s economic health
For a long time now, we’ve heard museum directors talk about the economic impact of their institutions in Maine, but we’ve never really heard them talk in specific terms. Most of their discussion has been anecdotal, or limited to individual museums. Those generalities and the limited scope of their argument have made it easy for […]
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Classical Beat: Tough-love teaching methods often defeat their purpose
The one-man play “Muse of Fire,” performed last month at the Franco-American Heritage Center, deals with the teaching methods of Charles Bruck, who presided over the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians in Hancock, Maine, after the demise of its founder. Bruck, at least in the play, seems to have been one of […]
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Book review: Amateur or scientist, ‘Landscapes’ helps lead the way
Some high-quality books have recently come out of the Maine Department of Conservation. While aimed at the professional scientist, they offer considerable leeway to engage the enthusiastic amateur as well. A couple of years back, I reviewed the Maine Geological Survey’s formidable “Maine’s Fossil Record: The Paleozoic” for this publication. Now the Maine Natural Areas […]
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Best-Sellers
FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Fall of Giants,” by Ken Follett (Penguin) 2. “Don’t Blink,” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little Brown) 3. “Freedom,” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) 4. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 5. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” by David Sedaris (Little Brown) 6. “Mockingjay,” by […]
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Books: New on the Shelf
“The Good Daughters.” Joyce Maynard. William Morrow. 288 pages. $24.99. Joyce Maynard’s new novel hangs on a couple of plot twists so cliched that one might be tempted to call them gimmicks. But one reads Maynard for characters, not plots. The author’s deft and delicate touch as she plumbs the depths of her characters’ psyches […]
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Winging it: Maine humorist John McDonald puts words in puffins’ mouths
'Everybody loves puffins,' Maine humorist John McDonald says, by way of explaining a new book pairing captivating photos with funny captions he's dreamed up.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Signings, etc.: Isabelle Knockwood
ISABELLE KNOCKWOOD, a tribal elder of the Mi’kmaq Nation, attended the Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia, Canada, from 1936 to 1947. Her book, “Out of the Depths,” tells her story of her experiences in a school system that tried to wipe out indigenous culture. On Tuesday, she talks about her experiences and the effects […]
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Book review: No one escapes vagaries of chance
Philip Roth's latest short novel takes aim at the most blameless.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
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. […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Books: Ambition, fear and surviving the South
Isabel Wilkerson chronicles black America's Great Migration toward hope.
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