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Arts & Entertainment

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July 31, 2011

Readers’ Choice

Mainers pick favorites in more categories than ever in our annual poll.
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July 31, 2011

Bob Keyes: Singer of true stories will be missed

When I lived in the Midwest, I’d often squirrel myself away in my dark basement, plug a bunch of Bill Morrissey CDs into my six-disc changer and let his music and words sing me back home. Morrissey, who died July 23 at age 59, provided a lifeline to the New England culture that I grew […]
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July 31, 2011

And a few of our favorite things

More choices are a good thing. We collected your opinions on everything from your favorite restaurants and bars to nail salons and tattoo parlors, and compiled the results for our 25th annual Readers’ Choice poll. But if you want even more choices — more ideas for places to go and things to do during the […]
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July 31, 2011

Artists’ impressions of France

DAMARISCOTTA — Claudette Gamache, a midcoast pastel artist and teacher, recently led a group of Maine-connected artists to paint in France. Their explorations included Aix en Provence, where Cezanne painted, the wine region of the Lot River Valley, and the medieval towns of Sarlat and St. Cirq-Lapopie. The exhibition of their work will run from […]
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July 31, 2011

Society Notebook: Drawing A Crowd

Art aficionados young and old are captivated by UNE's Children's Book Illustrators show.

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July 31, 2011

Book Review: Food for thought emerges from fast

A UMaine instructor writes candidly about his experience in the book 'Fasting for Ramadan.'
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July 31, 2011

Book Review: It’s easy to keep your nose to this ‘Grindstone’

Here’s a historical novel bound to hook you from the start. It’s an exciting read with finely drawn, believable characters caught in a dangerous world. Set on the Thousand Island headwaters of the St. Lawrence River during the American Civil War, “Grindstone” is a fictional account of the national struggle that affects even those on […]
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July 31, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

A Conversation in Poetry
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July 31, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art Openings Barbara Ernst Prey: Open Spaces, Blue Water Fine Arts, Port Clyde. 516-316-7477. Meditations on the environment; opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Aug. 21. Sarah Knock “Water: The Surface and Below,” Greenhut Galleries, Portland. 772-2693. Maine realist painter, opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday; […]
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July 31, 2011

Signings, etc.

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