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July 15, 2012

Classical Beat: Orchestras should focus on music, not ‘younger crowd’ gimmicks

When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied, “because that’s where the money is.” The quote popped up while I was doing some reading about why (or whether) audiences for classical music have been declining generally, and particularly in Maine. One of the writers on the subject pointed out that except for the current recession, […]
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July 15, 2012

Painter’s show at UNE takes a colorful look at reflections

BIDDEFORD — Through July, Sarah Gorham will present “Meditation on Reflection” at the University of New England Campus Center Gallery on the Biddeford campus. The exhibition features a collection of acrylics on paper exploring colorful interpretations of the water’s edge. The series is a 20-plus-year investigation of painted water reflections. The works were created using […]
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July 15, 2012

Signings, etc.: Philip Hoose

National Book Award-winner and Portland author Philip Hoose will be at Longfellow Books to talk about and sign his new book, “Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95.” The book is about the small rufa red knot shorebird known as B95, which makes an 18,000-mile migratory circuit from the bottom of […]
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July 15, 2012

Dine Out Maine: The Osprey gives coastal summer dining a creative edge

A local treasure has a new chef whose skillfully prepared offerings include both the expected and the experimental.
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July 15, 2012

Art Review: Tom Crotty handles the Mainescape like few others

One of Tom Crotty’s paintings in his Frost Gully Gallery in Thomaston is a view of the Orr’s Island bridge. It is highly detailed and realistic. And it’s beautifully painted. Superficially, it looks like a Rackstraw Downes painting, insofar as it’s a technically superb landscape with a few active lines delineating the human presence, such […]

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July 15, 2012

Author Q&A: Waters’ edge

In his new book, Matt Rigney uses tales of his adventures sport fishing to help form a plea for conservation of the world's imperiled oceans.
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July 15, 2012

Wegman unleashed

People know and love the portraits of his Weimaraners, but there’s a lot more in the portfolio of this longtime summer resident of Rangeley.
Published
July 8, 2012

Author Q&A: 4 ounces of fight

Phil Hoose's new book details the spellbinding survival story of the scrappy B95 rufa red knot.
Published
July 8, 2012

Book Review: A lively, life-affirming book about death

Biologist and best-selling author Bernd Heinrich has spent years spying on his neighbors. Using his camp in western Maine as a field laboratory, he observes the animal life in his backyard woods. Lately, he has trained his eye on the final stage of the life cycle: What happens when animals die? What species convene at […]
Published
July 8, 2012

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• For the past 25 years, the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle has hosted ceramic artists as residents. To celebrate this long-standing tradition, Watershed and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens present “Watershed’s Legends: 25 Years of Residencies.” The exhibition will open Tuesday, and the public is invited to a reception from 6:30 to […]

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