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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 […]

From can’t-miss hits to sure-fire bombs, we weigh in on moviedom’s busy season.

Athough his name does not appear in the subtitle of Evan Thomas’ “The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898,” Thomas Brackett Reed of Portland is the tragic character of the book. Czar Reed, as he was known, was Speaker of the House, had been considered for president and made historic […]

The question seemed simple: How many photographers does the start-up Maine Museum of Photographic Arts plan to feature? But the answer wasn’t as straightforward. During last week’s Black & White Party in support of this exciting cultural development, I found myself chatting with two of the museum founders, Elizabeth Moss and Denise Froehlich. And when […]

BANGOR – The University of Maine Museum of Art just opened “I-95 Triennial: A Survey from Four New England States.” On view through June 12 at the museum in downtown Bangor, the exhibition showcases artists working within 50 miles of Interstate 95 from Maine to Rhode Island. Museum director George Kinghorn served as one of […]

The summer’s most prominent names include Robert Downey Jr. (“Iron Man 2”), Russell Crowe (“Robin Hood”), Angelina Jolie (“Salt”), Tom Cruise (“Knight and Day”) and Julia Roberts (“Eat, Pray, Love”). But the season’s biggest star might not be an actor but a technique: 3-D. The stereoscopic filmmaking process has been driving any number of box-office […]

BRUNSWICK – Each time John Bisbee knocks down a wall, his buddy Mark Wethli steps in behind him and builds a house. The two friends form an ambitious partnership. They’re both artists. Both teach at Bowdoin College. They’re in a band together, and for the past three years, they’ve taken on the added task of […]

I love going to exhibitions by graduating artists to see the new crop of talent and get an idea about what’s going on with particular programs. The exhibition of works — painting, film, photography, drawing, printmaking and installation — by 16 senior art majors on view in the Bates College Museum of Art is rich […]