AUGUSTA Cultural initiative will team Maine, New Brunswick Gov. John Baldacci has signed a memorandum of understanding with New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham to establish a Maine-New Brunswick Cultural Initiative. The memorandum recognizes historical, cultural and artistic ties between Maine and the Canadian province. The agreement calls for exploration of collaborative cross-border cultural projects, as […]
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Signings, etc.
Maine author and fisherman Linda Greenlaw will be making several appearances in Maine this week to promote her new book “Seaworthy: A Swordfish Boat Captain Returns to the Sea.” On Monday she’ll do a reading and signing at Sea Bags, a company that makes bags from recycled sails. On Tuesday she’ll be at Nonesuch Books […]
‘Cookbook Collector’ fun until it all ends
Revisit the dot-com boom of the late 1990s through the eyes of two sisters.
‘Double Vision’ contrasts photographs and paintings of coast
TREVETT – Photographer Paul Feyling and painter Brenda Bettinson team up for a two-person exhibition at Mathias Fine Art, “Double Vision: Encore!” The exhibition opens Wednesday and continues through Sept. 12. The artists will attend a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. July 31 at the gallery at 10 Mathias Drive in Trevett, a small […]
Without a flinch, peeling the layers of family
A book’s title should be a passport, of sorts, inviting our curiosity, making us want to know more. A case in point is the wondrously named collection, “I Just Lately Started Buying Wings,” by Kim Dana Kupperman. Winner of the 2009 Bakeless Prize for non-fiction, this book of 16 essays combines the energy and pacing […]
Movies: ‘Predators’ lacking in fear factor
They are dropped from the sky, with only a parachute to save them. They land in a lush green jungle whose topography seems to resemble no known place on Earth. All they can remember, from the moments prior to their arrival, is a flash of bright white light. There are eight of them, all of […]
Classical Beat:Whence musical inspiration? Research points to insanity
On July 19, at Studzinski Recital Hall, the chair of the Bowdoin Music Department, Mary Hunter, will give a lecture titled “Hearing the Life in the Work? Madness, Joy, Oppression and Genius.” The talk is part of the new “Extra” series of the Bowdoin International Music Festival and one that should be marked with a […]
Author Q&A:The dating aim
The game has changed – gee, thanks, Internet – but one important key is getting to date No. 2, says ‘Have Him at Hello’ author Rachel Greenwald.
Society Notebook:One man with a vision
The Rev. Robert Howes is honored for the difference he made as the driving force in creating counseling services for those who needed them.
Art review:A tip of the hat to Colby for ‘Barnet’
The Colby College Museum of Art has a particularly interesting slate of shows on view. Sharon Lockhart’s new “Lunch Break” is an enormous installation of unusual scale and range that includes film, photography and found and borrowed objects. There is a gem of a Whistler show. There is also a show of 16 works by […]