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July 3, 2011

Choice assignment for you, dear reader

Here’s a key thing to remember about summer in Maine — we’re all in this together. Summer in Maine can be a little overwhelming, what with so little time to enjoy the nice weather and so many different ways to enjoy it. Which fried fish place should you try this week? Where’s the best lobster […]
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July 3, 2011

Cover boy

The whimsy of Monhegan artist Charles Martin, long a go-to illustrator for The New Yorker, is on display in a new exhibition.
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July 3, 2011

Book Review: Engaging game warden entangled in new mystery

Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is back. Introduced in Paul Doiron’s 2010 debut novel, “The Poacher’s Son,” Bowditch is only slightly more seasoned as a warden in the sequel, “Trespasser.” But he’s still impetuous, impassioned and inclined to stick his nose into murder investigations outside his jurisdiction — disregarding the damage it could heap on […]
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July 3, 2011

Classical Beat: Festival’s focus – Vienna’s many fingers in classical music pie

The theme of the Bowdoin International Music Festival this year is “Vienna: 150 Years of Musical Glory (1780-1930),” exploring the key role of that city in the development of classical music. Vienna is a kind of cultural black hole formed by the dying star of the Austro-Hungarian empire, spinning off whole new galaxies — not […]
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July 3, 2011

Bob Keyes: Haystack marks 50 years of ‘shingles and lichen’

Not that you need an excuse to go to Deer Isle in the summer. But if you do, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts opens an exhibition today worthy of your attention. Curated by Falmouth architect Carol Wilson, “Haystack’s Architecture: Vision & Legacy” is on view at Haystack’s Center for Community Program through the fall. […]

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July 3, 2011

Loon Auction kicks off summer for Art Guild

BRIDGTON — On Friday, the Bridgton Art Guild will host an auction that will feature 45 wooden loons bearing the designs of local artists. The money will be used for an ongoing capital campaign. The guild, which operates Gallery 302 in Bridgton, wants to own its own building that will accommodate a gallery and learning […]
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July 3, 2011

Book Review: Music mirrors troubled water

Stories of four albums from 1970 offer insights into a time of upheaval.
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July 3, 2011

Author Q & A: On the long run

One of the rare runners who has finished marathons on all seven continents chronicles his adventures, while helping kids fight cancer.
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July 3, 2011

In The Arts: Show strikes fine balance between Maine history and art

This story was updated at 10:30 a.m. to correct the site of Neill Ewing-Wegmann’s show last year. I am not an art historian by training, and only slightly so by inclination. Too assiduous attention to the details of history can be the hobgoblin of aesthetics. In the end, art is a matter of passion, […]
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July 3, 2011

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JANET MENDELSOHN

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