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    December 23, 2012

    Author Q & A: Clothes-Minded

    Siobhan McDonough's passion for fashion comes through in her new book, 'My Mother's Dressing Room.'

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    December 23, 2012
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    Movies: Dramatizing the ultimate ‘Dark’ op

    In 2008, the screenwriter Mark Boal sought an appointment with a retired special-ops agent. Boal was researching a movie about the fruitless search for Osama bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora six years before, and he wanted insight into how U.S. forces gathered intelligence. The agent agreed to meet, but under strict conditions. […]

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    December 23, 2012

    Jingle bell shop

    The Old Port – and hundreds of visitors – revel in Merry Madness.

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    December 23, 2012

    Book Review: Mystery, suspense disrupt tiny isle

    Chris Ewan's fictional tale is told intelligently and with plenty of action.

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    December 23, 2012

    Art Review: Paint – thick and fresh – and two young artists to watch

    One distinction we don’t make often enough is between the roles played by brushwork and paint itself. There is a graphic quality to Maine painting in general that is tied to the high esteem we put on mark-making and brushwork. But brushwork bravado isn’t the only thing you can appreciate. Sometimes, artists indulge in the […]

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  • Published
    December 23, 2012

    Signings, etc.

    J.R. MACKENZIE

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    December 23, 2012

    The case for the Fine Print

    The late David Becker developed a deep appreciation of printmakers and their art while at Bowdoin College. He paid it forward with his bequest to the school of some 1,500 works, about 80 of which are now on view in its art museum.

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    December 23, 2012

    Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

    In 1861, Longfellow’s wife, Frances, died from the burns she suffered after an ember from the fireplace set her dress on fire. Some say Longfellow grew his beard to hide the scars that resulted from trying to put the fire out. In today’s poem he looks back on his wife’s death, 18 years later.

  • Published
    December 16, 2012

    Movies: A legend’s personal flaws treated gently in ‘Hitchcock’

    Despite bringing Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein into the proceedings as a fanciful one-man Greek chorus, haunting Alfred Hitchcock’s dreams as he prepares the Gein-inspired “Psycho,” the biopic “Hitchcock” presents a gentle and forgiving view of Hitchcock’s penchant for playing Svengali and, depending on the source being cited, possible thwarted Lothario to more than one […]

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    December 16, 2012

    Animal welfare society

    That would be Arron Sturgis and his team, charged with restoring three of Bernard Langlais' iconic wooden sculptures.