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August 11, 2013

Stonington festival celebrates Hopper

The artist Edward Hopper is not a native son, but the town treats the great painter like family this week.
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August 11, 2013

How ‘LOVE’ regained its splendor

ROCKLAND – At 2 p.m. Monday, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present an “American Treasures” talk and tour featuring Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture. It will be led by chief curator Michael K. Komanecky, and is free with museum admission. As part of the museum’s 65th anniversary, Indiana’s iconic sculpture “LOVE” has been restored by sculpture […]
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August 11, 2013

Dine Out Maine: Outliers a great success story in Portland’s dining handbook

Mention the Outliers Eatery location, and the follow-up is inevitable: “The place that used to have the airplane tail sticking on its roof?” Putting the politics of Portland’s gentrification aside, Outliers is a model for transformation. No longer a dingy and dubious landmark, the space now has a charming, neat gray shingled facade. Rather than […]
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August 11, 2013

Bob Keyes: Risking it all on an act of faith

Along with the rest of us, Gregory Roscoe watched with a sense of wonder as the saga of the 88-foot galleon Raw Faith unfolded over much of the last decade. The boat, designed by a Maine man with no naval background and deemed un-seaworthy by the Coast Guard, was launched in 2003 and sustained its […]
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August 11, 2013

Books Q&A: Tamra Wight and her scrappy campers

In Wight's new book, outdoorsy duo Cooper and Packrat team up to solve a mystery against the backdrop of a lakeside campground.

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August 11, 2013

Signings, etc.: Carla Maria Sullwold

Author Carla Maria Sullwold will detail her new book, “The Whaler’s Bride.” Obsessed by a scrimshaw carving given to her by her late husband on their honeymoon, a middle-aged widow sets out to discover the origins of the piece in a journey that takes her across several lifetimes to another dimension. Books will be available […]
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August 11, 2013

Book review: Twisty ‘Wicked Girls’ a dark treat

“The Wicked Girls” became the British press’ catchphrase for 11-year-old Bel Oldacre and Jade Walker, who were convicted in the mid-1980s of killing a much younger child in this absorbing dark novel of crime and punishment, revenge and forgiveness. Marwood delivers an insightful psychological study of the two girls and the women they became 25 […]
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August 11, 2013

Book review: ‘Errors’ follows an innocent abroad

Caleb Crain writes a smart, pensive novel, revealing a sharp ear for dialogue.
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August 11, 2013

‘Elysium’: Sci-fi ripped from the headlines

Neill Blomkamp may be well on his way to becoming the only sci-fi writer-director who matters. And if “Elysium” is more an evolutionary leap than a revolutionary one from his break-out hit “District 9,” it still shows him in great form telling a story from the future ripped from today’s political hot button issues. Blomkamp […]
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August 11, 2013

‘Elysium’: Sci-fi ripped from the headlines

– By ROGER MOORE McClatchy Newspapers Neill Blomkamp may be well on his way to becoming the only sci-fi writer-director who matters. And if “Elysium” is more an evolutionary leap than a revolutionary one from his break-out hit “District 9,” it still shows him in great form telling a story from the future ripped from […]

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