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Published
July 21, 2013

Society Notebook: It’s a grand site for singing

PORTopera singers make the rafters ring at a joint benefit at the Victoria Mansion.
Published
July 21, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

This week’s poem, by Richard Foerster of Cape Neddick, features two creatures familiar to those with birdfeeders in their backyards: a bird and a cat.
Published
July 14, 2013

Calendar

Art “Monhegan Island” by Kevin Beers, and “Drawing on Porcelain” by Tim Christensen, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through July 27. Kennebec Valley Art Association Presents “The Vaughan Legacy,” special exhibition celebrating the Vaughan family legacy in Hallowell, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Through July 27. “A Taste of Modernism — The William S. Paley […]
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July 14, 2013

Book Review: Gritty stories indelibly moving

In the collection 'Dirtyville Rhapsodies,' the most idiosyncratic of the offerings work the best.
Published
July 14, 2013

Author Q & A: More, ‘Peas’

Jennifer Wixson is out with 'Peas, Beans & Corn,' the second in her series of novels set in a small, fictional Maine town.

Published
July 14, 2013

Shakespeare returns to Stonington

STONINGTON — Julia Whitworth, founding director of Shakespeare in Stonington, returns to Opera House Arts this week with another original production, “Cymbeline.” The presentation features an original score by composer and musician Phillip Owen (“Measure for Measure,” “Antony and Cleopatra”), and an 18-foot double revolving stage designed by Ray Neufeld, an installation artist and set […]
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July 14, 2013

Bob Keyes: Take a bow, Mr. Kaplan

BRUNSWICK — The news could hardly be considered shocking. After all, Lewis Kaplan is the only artistic director the Bowdoin International Music Festival has ever had. He helped establish the festival, nursed it through infancy and raised it to become one of the most highly regarded classical musical festivals in the world. Each summer, 250 […]
Published
July 14, 2013

Slaid Cleaves is a travelin’ man

Every year about this time, singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves hits the road from his home in Texas -- destination Maine -- performing and renewing acquaintances all along the way.
Published
July 14, 2013

Book Review: Two to fortify your history shelf

“The Forts of Maine: Silent Sentinels of the Pine Tree State,” by Harry Gratwick, and “Wiscasset and Its Times: Stories of Maine’s Prettiest Village.” by Phil Di Vece, are two volumes that should not be overlooked in the rising tide of Maine-related material. Neither is scholarly nor particularly rigorous, though each is fun to read, […]
Published
July 14, 2013

Art Review: Bowdoin reaffirms the place of Prendergast

The most important figure in the landmark exhibition “Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea” just might be a little goat standing by a pair of fancy ladies in Prendergast’s “The Idlers.” The goat shifts the painting from a snapshot of early century fashionable leisure to philosophical commentary about society. Filling in for a satyr, Prendergast’s goat […]

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