Arts & Entertainment

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May 9, 2010

Feast your eyes on Carlo Pittore’s brilliant strokes

Even if you have never heard of Carlo Pittore, you have probably felt echoes of his activities in Maine. For example, he founded the Union of Maine Visual Artists, which helped establish Maine’s Percent for Art program and craft the first legislation in America allowing estates of deceased artists to help pay tax debts with […]
Published
May 9, 2010

Taste & Tell: Indulge yourself with Nosh Kitchen Bar’s rich fare

Nosh Kitchen Bar’s menu has everything customers with an affection for rich food could wish to encounter, from yolk dripping from a fried egg on a blue-cheese-and-bacon burger to a swirl of jalapeno cumin creme here and herb ricotta there. Expecting and nursing mothers can indulge themselves knowing this kind of diet is exactly what […]
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May 9, 2010

Keyes: They call it MECAmorphosis

The college of art is throwing a party to celebrate 'the completion of a vision' in its Congress Street home.
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May 9, 2010

Movie Review: ‘Iron Man 2’ too in love with hardware, but cast saves day

“A passable knock-off”: That’s how the man in the Iron Man mask, the obscenely rich but heartsick industrialist Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., characterizes the electro-weaponry wielded by his Slavic adversary (Mickey Rourke) in “Iron Man 2.” Much of this scattershot sequel to the 2008 smash feels like a passable knock-off as well. […]
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May 9, 2010

Society Notebook: To top it all off

More than fun, the Mad Hatter Affair is a smashing success as a fundraiser.

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May 9, 2010

Books Q&A: This just in …

Former newsman turned novelist Gerry Boyle is out with the latest installment of his Jack McMorrow mystery series.
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May 9, 2010

Signings, etc.

Portland author James Hayman, who spent more than 20 years working at a New York advertising agency, will speak about his novel “The Cutting.” The book is focused on a New York City detective who gets divorced and moves to Maine with his daughter, then gets involved in the hunt for a killer. Hayman will […]
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May 9, 2010

Book Review: The high cost – and reward – of pleasing Mars

Near the outset of his intriguing book “Winning at War: Seven Keys to Military Victory Throughout History,” Christian P. Potholm, professor of government at Bowdoin College, observes: “As an undergraduate at Bowdoin, I did my senior honors thesis on the Battle of Stalingrad, much to the disgust of my history professors, who couldn’t imagine wasting […]
Published
May 2, 2010

Taste & Tell: Boda takes Thai food to another, sublime, level

Boda specializes in food grilled on skewers, so good because the small pieces have lots of caramelized surface area, because it’s fresh off the grill and because you can wrap thin-sliced bacon tightly around whatever it is and bacon makes almost everything better. At Boda, almost everything includes dates, scallops and asparagus. Boda, the re-invented […]
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May 2, 2010

Arts Dispatches

ROCKLAND Farnsworth museum catalog wins illustrated book award The Farnsworth Art Museum has won an award for its exhibition catalog “Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope.” The catalog was chosen as a winner in the illustrated book category in the 53rd annual New England Book Show. Farnsworth art director Mary Margaret Sesak designed “Robert […]

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