Arts & Entertainment

Published
July 29, 2012

Your shows, your way

The costs of cable and satellite services and recent blackouts lead some viewers to find other ways to watch TV programs
Published
July 29, 2012

Book Review: Compelling tale of hardship in Ireland

French's elegant prose shines despite some loose and drawn-out scenes.
Published
July 29, 2012

Classical Beat: Salt Bay to feature new music linked to past fragments

The Aug. 17 concert at this year’s Salt Bay Chamberfest at Darrows Barn in Damariscotta promises to be something new and different, even for a festival whose programming is noted for novelty. Called “Fragments: Connecting Past and Present,” it is a project of the Brentano String Quartet. The chamber festival is one of a dozen […]
Published
July 29, 2012

Signings, etc.

CHRISTINA SOLAK-GOODWIN
Published
July 22, 2012

Book Review: ‘Unmoored’ drifts, then finds its course

A kind of cotton-candy glow surrounds coming-of-age fiction about teenagers maturing from adolescence into adulthood. Good intentions translate into good deeds. Plot lines stay predictable. Bad turns, when they come, don’t stay long. And neither events nor their consequences leave much of an impression on what we’re told, over and over again, are “the carefree […]

Published
July 22, 2012

Book Review: ‘Festival’ is indeed an earthly delight

This 'American abroad' story almost evinces visions of Vonnegut.
Published
July 22, 2012

Arts Planner

• Celebration Barn in South Paris presents “The Big Barn Family Show” at 2 p.m. Saturday and “The Big Barn Spectacular” at 8 p.m. Saturday. The line-up of artists includes local favorites and guests from Baltimore and New York. The family show matinee includes veteran physical comedian Mike Miclon, the Inflatable Theater Company’s Fred Garbo […]
Published
July 22, 2012

Calendar

Art Biddeford Art Walk, downtown. biddefordartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Cushing Arts In The Barn, featuring photographer Louisa Scott Creighton-Smith, cushing mainehistoricalsociety.org, Cushing. 5 to 7 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Fresh Art Show and Sale, Sprague Hall, Cape Elizabeth. 318-1049. Photography, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, woodwork, fiber art, sculpture and more, […]
Published
July 22, 2012

Dine Out Maine: Carmen creates buzz-worthy dinners at The Danforth

Even before it opened, a fair amount of media hype surrounded Carmen at The Danforth. Understandably so. Puerto Rico native Carmen Gonzalez enjoys celebrity status, having been a finalist in season two of “Top Chef Masters,” and she soon will host a Spanish-language television show slated to air in 20 countries. Kimberly Swan, owner of […]
Published
July 22, 2012

Friends combine talents

Whenever Elizabeth Peavey shows up for one of her book signings, she almost can’t resist the urge to help out in the kitchen. “After all my years of restaurant work to support my writing, I keep thinking I need to pick up a tray and start bussing glasses at these things,” she writes in an […]

Sign In:

Arts & Entertainment