Arts & Entertainment

Published
October 21, 2012

Author Q & A: Soul practitioner

USM professor Robert Atkinson continues to help people reach for their potential with a new book about getting to know our deepest selves.
Published
October 21, 2012

Scene & Heard: Safe water

The Beer + Wine = Water event helps Maine engineers make sure people in Ghana have a clean source to drink from.
Published
October 20, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Slinging sushi, skewers with equal skill

Kushiya Benkay is Portland sushi standard-bearer Benkay’s newest venture, and the restaurant offers a budget-friendly feast for meat-on-stick lovers. (The Japanese word “kushi” translates to “skewer.”) No longer run-down and dive-tastic, the reclaimed Congress Street locale includes exposed brick, delicately arranged colored tiles and a tin ceiling accentuated by rough-hewn wooden beams. I encourage diners […]
Published
October 14, 2012

Worshiping at the altar of Church

For the artists who make the journey to Frederic Edwin Church's farm in the shadow of Katahdin, to see what he saw and paint what he painted is almost a religious experience.
Published
October 14, 2012

Signings, etc.

SUSAN ORLEAN

Published
October 14, 2012

Audience Calendar

Art “William Wegman: Hello Nature,” photographs, videos, paintings and drawings, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick. bowdoin.edu/art-museum. Through Oct. 21. “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 […]
Published
October 14, 2012

Book Review: Debut novel full of action and secrets on a Maine island

There’s lots of action in “The Lighthouse Society,” the debut mystery novel by Maine native Jerry Graffam, and the author has a good sense of place when describing the island-studded waters off midcoast Maine. But the plot veers too often into fantasy that challenges the suspension of disbelief essential to a good mystery. Excitement prevails […]
Published
October 14, 2012

Dine Out Maine: For hometown vibe and friendly prices, try The Red Onion

The summer tourists have departed, and Rangeley-area locals have The Red Onion to themselves again, except for the occasional leaf peeper, hiker or fly fisherman. Come winter, the place will bustle with snow sport enthusiasts. Above our table is a mirrored map of the snowmobile trails ranging miles in most directions, no doubt a conversation […]
Published
October 14, 2012

Author Q & A: Rocky road

Susan Allport's book on stone walls is a wide-ranging treatise winding back as far as the glaciers – and the peripatetic author wouldn't have it any other way.
Published
October 14, 2012

Book Review: Struggles as faith fades has funny side

The author's portraits of conflicted members of a family are beautifully done.

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