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March 31, 2013

Book Review: ‘Burgess Boys’ has hallmarks of a classic

Four years after winning the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for the book “Olive Kitteridge,” Portland native Elizabeth Strout is back. Her latest novel, “The Burgess Boys,” doesn’t disappoint. This post-9/11 story of family and forgiveness, identity and dislocation, has the hallmarks of a classic and the urgency of today’s news. The plot stems from a […]
Published
March 31, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

The poet Gary Lawless of Nobleboro often honors in his work the purity of the natural world that continues to exist around us, despite the corruption of our civilization. In today’s poem he follows a path that leads beyond destroyed totem poles in Sitka, Alaska, to a wild nature, calling us to join him.
Published
March 25, 2013

Society Notebook: Rock Around the World supports language program

Imagine a dance party that is a melting pot of cultures – including Cambodian, Iraqi, Chinese, Bolivian and Namibian, among others. A woman in Sudanese dress hula hooping. A belly dancer swing dancing in a sari. Last weekend’s eighth annual Rock Around the World fundraiser for the Multilingual Summer Academic Program in Portland was its […]
Published
March 24, 2013

Calendar: Your Arts and Entertainment Guide

Art Lois Dodd: “Catching the Light,” career retrospective — 1955-2012 — for the Maine painter, through April 7; and “Voices of Design” — 25 Years of Architalx, interactive exhibition that showcases the power of design, through May 19, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives,” historic photographs, documents, artifacts and first-person accounts, Maine […]
Published
March 24, 2013

Giving voice to books

Tavia Gilbert has recorded more than 200 audio books, learning along the way that sometimes it gets deeply personal.

Published
March 24, 2013

Dine Out Maine: Hail Merry Table, full of crepes, European and yummy

Tucked along the almost secretive (and certainly the most Paris-invoking) cobblestone avenue of Portland’s Wharf Street, with its old-fashioned gas-lamp-style street lights and European ambience, is The Merry Table Creperie. The welcome sign hangs above the door while inviting, warm light shines from the window. From the outside, this small bistro looks like a place […]
Published
March 24, 2013

Midcoast to perform Brahms and Britten

TOPSHAM – The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will perform under guest conductor Hiroya Miura at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Orion Performing Arts Center, 50 Republic Ave., Topsham. Tenor Jeffrey Hartman, accompanied by the orchestra, will perform Britten’s “Les Illuminations.” The orchestra will also perform Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. […]
Published
March 24, 2013

Art Review: Treat yourself to a fine Mess at a fine young gallery space

Jonathan Mess is one of my favorite Maine artists. I have written about his work before, but I doubt I could cover all the ideas that his art puts into play even in a book. Yet the Mess show is my first mention of Westbrook’s Saccarappa Art Collective, which is headed toward its first anniversary […]
Published
March 24, 2013

Review: American hero exactly describes ‘Murph’

The most telling image about Navy SEAL Michael Murphy in the new documentary “Murph: The Protector” is a snippet of video from a high school football game. Murphy has just caught a pass near the other team’s goal line. He’s being tackled, but it’s not obvious that he’ll go down. But he has the presence […]
Published
March 24, 2013

American lit: How Edison changed the culture

The national character and its bold embrace of innovation found its spark in the birth of electricity, Ernest Freeberg's new book contends.

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