Arts & Entertainment

Published
March 10, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

How could a prisoner who suddenly achieved the freedom he long desired become so disconsolate that he committed suicide? Robin Merrill, of Madison, explores this question, making us think again about the meanings of freedom and confinement.
Published
March 10, 2013

Society Notebook: Show Stoppers

Mainers attending the perennially popular Portland Flower Show are treated to a welcome taste of spring.
Published
March 3, 2013

Book Review: ‘Bailey’ a fine Revolutionary War-era biography

The title of James S. Leamon’s superb new biography, “The Reverend Jacob Bailey, Maine Loyalist: For God, King, Country and For Self,” is accurate, though the word order of the subtitle may be open to rearrangement for some. Parson Bailey (1731-1808) always held himself in high esteem, but almost certainly would have liked the subtitle […]
Published
March 3, 2013

Readers Pick the Oscars Results: A few good pickers

Only two entrants in our annual Readers Pick the Oscars poll guess all six of the top winners.
Published
March 3, 2013

Author Q & A: A fighting chance

Wayne's Betsy Connor Bowen sees her father's manuscript – a memoir of serving alongside the British in Africa during World War II – published.

Published
March 3, 2013

Calendar

Art Lisa Dombek, mixed media/white series, Katie Made Bakery, Portland. 771-0994. Through March 30. 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. […]
Published
March 3, 2013

Art Review: Collages and constructions form a fine ‘Confluence’

Noriko Sakanishi’s “Confluence” at June Fitzpatrick Gallery in Portland features two bodies of work: Her system-oriented wall constructions and her exquisitely intimate collages. And while Sakanishi’s painting-logic sculptures are her most ambitious work, her collages are more complex, striking and humanistic. The collages are small, float-framed squares comprising elements of her drawings, paintings, constructions and […]
Published
March 3, 2013

Grownups to movie studios: If it’s worth it, we will come

Older moviegoers are turning out in big numbers for non-popcorn fare. Lesson learned?
Published
March 3, 2013

Smithsonian to exhibit Portland metalsmith’s artwork

Jeffrey Clancy's reputation in the craft-art world just gained a substantial amount of weight, thanks to his inclusion in the prestigious exhibition.
Published
March 3, 2013

Book Review: Looking through the lens of life’s end

The splendid 'Benediction' offers views of a Plains life in a plain-spoken style.

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