Arts & Entertainment

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July 17, 2011

Audience Calendar

Art “New Works,” by Craig Mooney and Henry Isaacs, Gallery on Chase Hill, Kennebunkport. maine-art.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday. “Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900–1940,” paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs examine the relationships of a small group of American modernists who worked in Maine in the first half of the 20th […]
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July 17, 2011

Author Q & A: Close encounters of the RV kind

Former Gov. Angus King's book blends stories from his family trip around the U.S. with insights about getting through transitions.
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July 17, 2011

CMCA Benefit Art Auction to take place July 31

ROCKPORT — “Art to Collect Now,” an exhibition of 100 works contributed by artists participating in the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s 34th Benefit Art Auction, opened with a reception Saturday. The 2011 auction will take place on July 31 at Point Lookout in Northport. The event is CMCA’s largest fundraiser, providing support for the […]
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July 17, 2011

Hopper heaven

Fans of the painter may think they've died and gone there upon viewing 'Edward Hopper's Maine' at Bowdoin.
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July 17, 2011

Book Review: Imagining a happy Diana

Monica Ali’s first novel, “Brick Lane,” made waves in 2003. Some hailed it as a realistic portrait of Bangladeshi life in London, while others condemned it as exaggeration and fabrication. Her fourth book, “Untold Story,” makes no pretense at realism. Instead of drawing back the curtain on immigrant lives, Ali writes a happy-ish ending for […]

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July 17, 2011

Movie Review: James, comic menagerie let loose in ‘Zookeeper’

We want the same thing from our comedians that we expect of great ballplayers — that they “leave it all on the field.” And Kevin James does that. From his various team-ups with Adam Sandler to “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” James hurls himself at the physical shtick and never lets on that he knows he’s […]
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July 17, 2011

Book Review: King shares his awe of America and a bit of his wit

When Angus King left public office in January 2003, he wasted no time. The popular, independent two-term governor, who famously mandated laptop computers for all of Maine’s seventh and eighth graders, had a plan. Just hours after his round-the-clock police escort pulled out of his Brunswick driveway, so did he. The former governor loaded his […]
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July 17, 2011

Signings, etc.

MATTHEW ALGEO
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July 17, 2011

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

Edited & Introduced by Wesley McNair, Maine Poet Laureate
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July 17, 2011

Book Review: With novel No. 2, Sapphire is off the ‘one hit’ hook

'The Kid' follows her first book, which became the basis of the film 'Precious.'

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