Arts & Entertainment

Published
June 27, 2010

Signings, etc.

Journalist Dyke Hendrickson will be signing his new book, “Franco-Americans of Maine” (Arcadia, $21.99). Hendrickson, who worked for Maine newspapers in the past and currently splits his time between Massachusetts and Maine, also wrote about Maine’s Franco population in his 1980 book “Quiet Presence: Stories of Franco-Americans in New England.” WHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday […]
Published
June 27, 2010

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: MONDAYEducation Foundation of the Kennebunks & Arundel Golf Tournament, noon, Webhannet Golf Club, Kennebunk Beach. Shotgun start goes off at 1 p.m. and tournament is followed by a barbecue dinner. $125 single/$500 team of four. www.educationfoundationka.org. TUESDAYBowdoin Festival Gala Benefit, […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Books: New genre for Pulitzer playwright: teen fiction

Leery of ‘corporate slowness,’ Charles Fuller self-publishes ‘Snatch’ to get the book ‘into the community.’
Published
June 20, 2010

Book Review: The ultimate islanders, craving isolation

The idea of choosing a simple, self-sufficient life, away from the din and close to nature, is hardly new. Thoreau famously lived in a cabin near Walden Pond for two years, doing just that. In the 150 years since, countless others have chosen to live off the land and off the grid. But few have […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Arts Dispatches

PORTLAND Museum of Art announces new members of the board The Portland Museum of Art recently announced new members to its board of trustees: Scott M. Black, Harry W. Konkel, Samuel A. Ladd III, Frank G. McGinty and S. Donald Sussman. In addition, the following officers were elected: president, John F. Isacke; chairman, Hans Underdahl; […]

Published
June 20, 2010

Arts Planner

• After several months of interior work, the Tides Institute & Museum of Art in Eastport reopens with a reception 5 to 7 p.m. Friday for “Terra Nova (Newfoundland): Contemporary Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia.” Holownia is head of the department of fine arts at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. He will discuss […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Farnsworth honoring Katz on Saturday

Alex Katz is eager to satisfy the social obligations early so he can settle in and get serious about summer in Maine. Katz, a trendsetting figurative painter who turns 83 in July, will receive the 2010 Maine in America award on Saturday at the Farnsworth Art Museum. The award is part of the museum’s Summer […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Society Notebook: Guitar heroes

Five up-and-coming innovators of the area's creative economy win the coveted strings at Wednesday's Entreverge event.
Published
June 20, 2010

Herbie’s come down, sadly. Happily, there’s a big upside

There was quite a bit of sadness when arborists in Yarmouth made the difficult decision this winter to cut down the ancient elm tree known as Herbie. It started growing in 1793, so Herbie’s demise represented a tangible loss for generations of people who had come to know and love the stately old tree. But […]
Published
June 20, 2010

Hopper, Marin, O’Keeffe, Kent …

American art royalty will look down from every corner of the PMA's big summer show.

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