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December 30, 2012

Art Review: Inside Homer’s local artistic community

Winslow Homer’s psychological complexity and propensity to color outside the lines help place him as the quintessential American artist. Homer makes us all look good. While Jackson Pollock brawled and brooded his way through stardom to self-destruction at a critical moment on a stage not of his making, Homer’s genius didn’t get by the rest […]
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December 30, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Mae’s Cafe and Bakery worth the trip for the buns alone

Mae’s Cafe and Bakery, conveniently situated near the Route 1 exit in Bath, occupies two turn-of-the-20th-century houses at the top of Centre Street. Renovated and now connected by an addition, these historic buildings offer four separate spaces (plus a seasonal deck) for a variety of purposes. A baby shower? Small wedding? Class reunion? Mae’s has […]
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December 30, 2012

Classical Beat: Stunning student achievement tops remarkable year in music

It’s the time of year to look back on the highlights of the 2012 musical season. There were quite a few, actually, an astonishing number for a state the size of Maine. But as they say, Maine is the place where talented New Yorkers go when they graduate. We’ll start out with the biggest surprises. […]
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December 30, 2012

Society Notebook: Surfs Up

A party and charity auction mark the mounting of 'Fix the Shadows,' a photography exhibit celebrating surfing and stillness in Maine.
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December 30, 2012

New exhibitions to supplement series of art inspired by farmers

With the new year at hand, the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell winds up its regional year-long project and exhibition, “CSA: Community Supporting Arts.” A year ago, the Harlow matched 14 artists with 13 CSA farms in and around central Maine. Through the 2012 growing season, artists visited farms and created art inspired by farmers’ lives, […]

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December 30, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

We end the year with a love poem by the late Philip Booth of Castine. With his characteristic brevity, Booth pays tribute to the constancy of love, despite the passage of time.
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December 23, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Flaky Tart’s once-a-month prix fixe is outstanding fare

There’s nothing like stumbling across good food where you least expect it. The small village center of Winthrop, far from big city lights, indie films and Manhattans on the rocks, offered up a delightful surprise. In October, Maine artist Amy Stacey Curtis exhibited her massive work, “Space,” across the street from The Flaky Tart in […]
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December 23, 2012

Movie Review: Apatow returns to funny form with ‘This Is 40’

“This Is 40” is a bull’s-eye zeitgeist comedy, a movie in which everyone acts like real people but funnier. In his fourth directorial outing, Judd Apatow gives us plenty to feel good about. There’s a humane empathy for his flawed characters as they grapple with marriage, family and encroaching middle age. There are plenty of […]
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December 23, 2012

Book Review: Book resurrects a lost era in Maine woods

From the pages of an old (circa 1860) novel, a trapper by a campfire introduces his story: “It don’t run so much to the great and terrible as the small and curious.” That’s just the range of yarns that Steve Pinkham has resurrected in his new book. Pinkham, who grew up in western Maine, collects […]
Published
December 23, 2012

Calendar

Art “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine,” exploring the […]

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