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February 24, 2013

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Today’s poem about dividing the spoils after a divorce comes from Donald Crane, who lives on the Down East coast above Milbridge.
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February 24, 2013

Book Review: Parker chases something dark through Maine woods

John Connolly’s new Charlie Parker thriller/mystery, “The Wrath of Angels,” is much like the corner of the Great North Woods of Maine, where the central tension of the story is spawned. There are many “paths” for the book’s characters to enter these woods, but once they do, a haunting wraps itself around them, disorienting them […]
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February 24, 2013

Campaign spending soars in Oscar races

Forget about the price of gasoline: The real skyrocketing expense this year was the Oscar race. With two deep-pocketed studios locked into one of the closest best picture duels in recent memory and Academy Award voting extended by two weeks, the battle between “Argo” and “Lincoln” sparked what several Hollywood executives say is the costliest […]
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February 17, 2013

Calendar

Art “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, through Sunday; 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, […]
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February 17, 2013

Dem bones, dem bones, gonna swing around at ICA exhibit

PORTLAND — If you haven’t already, be sure to take time to check out the exhibition “Dan DenDanto and Frank DenDanto: BUMP,” on view through April 7 at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art. And with school vacation week at hand, be sure to bring your kids. This is very much […]

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February 17, 2013

Movie review: Don’t go hankie-less to ‘Safe Haven’

When it comes to trying to make you cry, there are no safe havens in “Safe Haven.” The latest film based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks — the author who’s elicited more tears than an onion factory — includes plot points of spousal abuse, cancer, cute kids, children in peril, a hunk with a […]
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February 17, 2013

Dine out Maine: Enjoy a perfect mix of latitude and attitude at 45 North

Go north, young men. And women. To 45 North. The Sugarloaf Mountain ski resort has just added this first-rate restaurant to its heretofore less-than-stellar mix (that includes the region, which has been weak in noteworthy restaurants since the Porter House in Eustis closed). 45 North, so named because the mountain sits at this latitude, occupies […]
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February 17, 2013

Book Review: Fact and fiction mingle in irresistible postmodern novel

When you read a novel, you expect fiction. When you read a memoir, you expect facts. Somewhere between these genres lies a battleground where truth has become the weapon of choice. Some authors have paid dearly for writing memoirs that were long on embellishment, short on fact. But should novelists be held to the same […]
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February 17, 2013

Author Q & A: Go ahead wine

In 'Wine Maniacs,' Layne Witherell pulls 30 years of advice and adventures out of the many hats he's worn in the industry.
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February 17, 2013

Movies: Hough tests acting chops with darker roles this year

LOS ANGELES — During her four seasons gliding through “Dancing With the Stars” in skintight, bedazzled bodysuits and spray tans, professional ballroom dancer Julianne Hough confidently guided an Olympic gold medalist and an Indianapolis 500 champion to victory. Getting Hollywood directors to consider her a true leading lady, however, hasn’t been easy. “When people’s primary […]

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