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Published
July 11, 2010

Signings, etc.

JAMES HAYMAN Portland author James Hayman will talk about his latest mystery novel, “The Chill of the Night.” The book brings back Hayman’s Detective Michael McCabe, as he investigates the murder of a Portland lawyer. Hayman will appear as part of the library’s Brown Bag Lecture series, so feel free to bring your lunch. WHEN: […]
Published
July 11, 2010

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.
Published
July 11, 2010

Book Review: Maine writer shines in her portrayal of Ogunquit clan

– NANCY GRAPE Maine writer Holly Chamberlin, author of “Tuscan Holiday” and “The Friends We Keep,” has created a sun-blessed portrait of Ogunquit in her new book, “The Family Beach House.” This lively novel, however, is about more than one of Maine’s most sophisticated beach sites and the colorful summer pleasures that abound on its […]
Published
July 11, 2010

Come to the cabaret and bid farewell to an old friend

BRUNSWICK — Charles Abbott looks over the walls of photos that hang in his office at Maine State Music Theatre, and the memories come washing down like rain. “There are so many people, so many friends,” he says. “It’s fun to look back over the years and see all the different people who have worked […]
Published
July 4, 2010

Art Review: ‘American Moderns’ isa ‘run, don’t walk to it’ exhibit

American Moderns” showcases masterworks on paper from the Wadsworth Atheneum. Highlights of a great collection, the 90 works on view in the Portland Museum of Art are strong ambassadors. The exhibition is both exciting and easy to digest. While the accompanying catalog would have you think it self-divides into polemical and divisive groups, the works […]

Published
July 4, 2010

‘Sound of Music’ comes alive like the hills

It’s 2010 and the region’s two most prominent summer theaters, the Maine State Music Theatre and the Ogunquit Playhouse, have opened productions of, respectively, “My Fair Lady” and “The Sound of Music.” Are we in a time warp? Is Ed Sullivan in the house? No. More likely we’ve just entered the comfort zone of familiar, […]
Published
July 4, 2010

Dispatches

NEWCASTLE Salad Days will benefitWatershed’s programs The 16th annual Salad Days will take place at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The fundraising event draws up to 500 visitors for an afternoon of local food, ceramics, kids’ interactive projects, music and a pottery sale. Admission is $30, but […]
Published
June 27, 2010

Book Review: A love affair: Soviet leaders and heavy industry

Back in the 1960s, a rather humorless economics-geography teacher at the university I attended posted a new course titled “A Breakdown of the Soviet Transportation System.” We undergrads thought it hilarious since he clearly meant “overview” not the rather negative “breakdown,” but he never got the point of his own unintended pun. Colby College history […]
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June 27, 2010

Books: Grab on, here’s a trio of thrillers

How the pages will turn: from an Amish murder scene to Irish terrorists to a leggy crimefighter.
Published
June 27, 2010

Classical Beat: A multifaceted ‘Hansel and Gretel’

I last saw “Hansel and Gretel” in an outdoor amphitheater in Rochester, N.Y., during a Lilac Festival so long ago that I don’t want to think about it. Now PORTopera is staging it July 29 and 31 at Merrill Auditorium in a politically oriented version, with a children’s chorus of various ethnicities, who may (at […]

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