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September 8, 2013

Calendar

Art Alix Bacon, George Bayliss and Laura Hart, 31st annual showing of artist-made prints, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. turtlegallery.com. Through Oct. 15. Jane Dahmen, “Through the Trees,” Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through Sept. 28. “Wood, Water, Stone and Seed,” oil on panel still lifes and landscapes by Sean Beavers, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. […]
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September 8, 2013

Book Review: Girl comes of age with help from Shadow

The young adult novel “Nothing But Blue” is disorienting from the first page, fueled in part by a kind of post-apocalyptic starkness in the language. The book opens with a young girl walking down an endless road, struggling to remember who she is, where she came from and what happened. She can’t even remember her […]
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September 8, 2013

Book Review: It’s a dystopia, but it’s still fun

Margaret Atwood pokes fun at our reality through the bleak future she's imagined in 'MaddAddam.'
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September 8, 2013

Dine Out Maine: It’s well worth the drive to refuel at Standard Gastropub

A restaurant in a Bridgton gas station? I had read about the relatively new Standard Gastropub, and while I tried to appreciate the concept from a distance, I admit to not getting it until I was standing there at the door. “Oh, OK,” I thought, staring from across the parking lot. “A restaurant in a […]
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September 8, 2013

Society Notebook: Mouth, meet South

Salvage BBQ garners glowing reviews at its pre-opening party.

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September 8, 2013

Author Q & A: Reality left behind for freedom in Paris

Susan Conley moves from her memoir about living in China and battling cancer to the choices that come with creating characters and plot.
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September 8, 2013

Signings, etc.

AMANDA LINDHOUT & SARA CORBET
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September 8, 2013

Bob Keyes: The Oshers – Blessed with the gift of giving

The Osher family name is synonymous with philanthropy in Portland. Harold Osher said his parents taught him and his siblings that success involves giving back. A cardiologist, Harold Osher and his wife, Peggy, have done more than their share of giving. Their name is associated with the map library at the University of Southern Maine, […]
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September 8, 2013

Three new exhibitions at Ogunquit

OGUNQUIT — The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is continuing its 60th anniversary celebration this month with three new exhibits, “Emerging Artists,” “The York Hospital Collection” and “Charles and Marcia: The Woodburys in Holland.” The exhibits will run through the balance of the museum season, which ends Oct. 31. Featured in “Emerging Artists” are up-and-coming […]
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September 8, 2013

Art Review: ‘Mentor’ puts more than photographs in focus

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s “MENTOR: 40 Photographers/40 Years” is an exhibition featuring master photographers from the Maine Media Workshops & College and their students — many of whom in turn have become leading American artists. Organized by CMCA curator emeritus Bruce Brown, MMW professor Brenton Hamilton and CMCA director Suzette McAvoy, this impressive […]

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