Arts & Entertainment
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PublishedApril 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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PublishedApril 18, 2010
Books Q & A: Catching up with Mark Kurlansky
The 'Salt' author's latest, 'The Eastern Stars,' is out now.
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PublishedApril 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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PublishedApril 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 […]
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PublishedApril 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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PublishedApril 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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PublishedApril 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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PublishedApril 11, 2010
Society Notebook: Modern smart
Bowdoin infuses its latest exhibition with color and charisma.
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PublishedApril 11, 2010
Book Q&A: Meet the neighbors
Buddy Doyle's portraits introduce Mainers to the citizen-soldiers in their midst.
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PublishedApril 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 […]
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