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  • Published
    April 18, 2010

    Sculpture exhibition focuses on four artists

    ROCKLAND – The Farnsworth Art Museum has opened an exhibition, “Four in Maine: Site Specific,” showcasing the work of Kazumi Hoshino, Jesse Salisbury, Warren Seelig and Aaron T. Stephan. The second in a program of annual exhibitions devoted to artists working in Maine, the show focuses on sculpture, with each artist creating a site-specific work […]

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    April 18, 2010
    BOOK-20QUESTIONS

    Books Q & A: Catching up with Mark Kurlansky

    The 'Salt' author's latest, 'The Eastern Stars,' is out now.

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    April 18, 2010

    Scene & Heard Datebook

    IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out:   TUESDAY • TASTES OF THE SEASON, 6 p.m., Oak Street Bistro, Alfred. Taste wines and bid on auction items in a benefit for the Sanford-Springvale Rotary Charitable Fund. $39 advance/$49 at door. 651-2142.     WEDNESDAY • MAINE TWEETUP, […]

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    April 18, 2010

    Signings, etc.

    Portland author James Hayman will read from his 2009 novel “The Cutting,” about a police detective who moves from New York City to Portland and becomes involved in a murder mystery. Hayman will also read from his upcoming book focusing on the same detective, “The Chill of Night,” scheduled for release in June. The talk […]

  • Published
    April 18, 2010

    Concert Review: Youth is served in ensemble performance for the ages

    PORTLAND — As the cynical old proverb has it, “Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.” I went to the University of Southern Maine Youth Ensembles concert on Friday night at Merrill Auditorium to see how the next generation of musicians is coming along, and to hear some student work […]

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  • Published
    April 11, 2010

    Book Review: Disaster of drugs gives way to hope

    Anne Lamott's seventh novel skillfully lays bare a family's dysfunction.

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    April 11, 2010

    Book Review: Cohen gives the other Longfellow his due

    Richard Shain Cohen, a retired English professor and president of academic affairs at the University of Maine, has set out to rescue Alexander Longfellow Sr. (1814-1901). A younger sibling of poet Henry Wadsworth, this Longfellow, in Cohen’s words, “provided an important addition to the history, environment and geography of the east end of Maine.” In […]

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    April 11, 2010

    Society Notebook: Modern smart

    Bowdoin infuses its latest exhibition with color and charisma.

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    April 11, 2010

    Book Q&A: Meet the neighbors

    Buddy Doyle's portraits introduce Mainers to the citizen-soldiers in their midst.

  • Published
    April 11, 2010

    Signings, etc.

    Los Angeles-based author Lisa See will be reading from her book “Shanghai Girls” (Random House, 2009), which is now out in paperback. The book is about two Chinese sisters who grow up in comfort in 1930s Shanghai until their father gambled away the family wealth. He then sells his daughters to suitors from America, and […]