When one hears the title “Forbidden Broadway” nowadays, given recent events in New York City, one might think of barricades and heavily armed police on patrol through neon-lit streets. But before all, there was “Forbidden Broadway” the revue that for nearly 30 years has been entertaining those who like to see and hear fun poked […]
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Society Notebook: All hands
From organizers to attendees, the community comes through for a good cause at Harborfest: the search for a cure for multiple sclerosis.
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Taste & Tell: Signature cuisine at new Pho Hanoi needs no translation
SOUTH PORTLAND – The comfortable and casual space inside Pho Hanoi, a new Vietnamese restaurant in the Mill Creek shopping area near the southern end of the Casco Bay Bridge, provides a perfect setting to get acquainted with pho or to enjoy it again if you already know it well. The bowls of rice noodles […]
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‘Clay by Women’ features an array of styles
Craft Gallery, 12 Elm St., Rockland, hosts an ongoing ceramic exhibition, “Clay by Women: 4 from Maine.” The show features the work of Autumn Cipala, Jody Johnstone, Gail Savitz and Diana Thomas. The artists show work that ranges in style and technique. Barbara Michelena, owner of Craft, has 22 artists on the gallery roster and […]
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The genius of Whalley: Drawn in and captured by life’s little details
Seeing John Whalley’s paintings for the first time can be an astonishing experience. They have all of the details of photographs and yet none of the distortions of the photographic process: no lens flares, no burned-out or underexposed areas, no overarching circular bend caused by a round lens. Whalley’s “At Hand” is an oil on […]
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This week George Marshall Store Gallery in York opens an exhibition Saturday of new work by Maine painter Lincoln Perry. Perry, who when not living in Maine also spends time in Virginia and Florida, is a seeker of the Maine landscape. In his latest body of work, Perry reconsiders familiar places — Fisherman’s Walk, Wiggly’s […]
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Book Review: A treasure of architecture, art, history
“Drawing Toward Home” is the kind of book that hardly needs a review. Simply examining the volume, beautifully designed by Julia Sedykh with extraordinary architectural prints from Asher Benjamin’s “Elevation of an Ionick Front,” 1797, to Rammert W. Huygen’s “Perspective of the Harwood House,” 1973, offers a previously unavailable treasure chest of visual material. This […]
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Book Review:Behind all the glitter, a mother struggles
‘My Hollywood’ tells a tale of how family life leaves a working mom unfulfilled.
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Author Q&A:Completely at sea
Eva Murray’s new book is a compilation of essays on the challenges and joys of year-round life on a Maine island ‘Well Out to Sea.’
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Art Review:’Across the Pond’ offers a mix of talent on a host of canvases
The Wiscasset Bay Gallery is an old-school art gallery. The bulk of the work is inventory owned by the gallery, and the walls are hung salon-style so that at least 100 paintings are on view. The exhibition “Across the Pond and Back: 19th & 20th Century American & European Paintings,” would seem to leapfrog from […]