Vendela Vida tells the moving story of a journey by a widowed teacher.
Arts & Entertainment
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 […]
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: […]
Sounds like a case for Rizzoli and Isles
Actually, it’s no mystery: Tess Gerritsen’s crime-fighting heroines are the stars of a new TNT series. She’ll be watching Monday’s premiere with her neighbors.
Taste & Tell:Monhegan’s Island Inn shows kitchen’s artistic ambition
MONHEGAN ISLAND – An excursion to Monhegan Island is about so much more than dinner that a meal by itself is hard-pressed to compete. But at the Island Inn, with its water-view dining room with Monhegan landscapes on every wall, you can certainly dine well. The handsome turn-of-the-century shingled building with third-floor dormer windows presides […]
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 […]
‘Even if I don’t want to paint, I paint. I have to. That’s what artists do.’
Mired in an unrewarding career, lapsed artist Francine Shrock took up the brush again three years ago and hasn’t stopped creating since.
Paying fans staying away from summer concert tours
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The recession has finally caught up with the lucrative concert touring industry. The industry trade magazine and website Pollstar says gross revenue for the top 100 tours in North America in the first six months of 2010 is down nearly $200 million from last year. That’s a 17 percent drop in an […]
Paint for Preservation event coming July 18
CAPE ELIZABETH – The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s third annual Paint for Preservation event, highlighted by the juried Wet Paint Reception and Auction, happens July 18. During the day of the event, the public is invited to observe 29 artists painting on site at designated public and private locations chosen to highlight Cape Elizabeth’s natural […]
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 […]