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Published
June 19, 2011

‘Saturday Waitress’

The first thing I smell on Saturday morning is the cafe. It is heavy with the odor of cooking food. Plates of eggs, toast and bacon are piled on the crook of my arm. Clusters of hungry customers are waiting at the door. Their feet track in mud and snow like melted chocolate mixed with […]
Published
June 19, 2011

Review: Cassatt String Quartet worthy of acclaim

The concert would have graced Lincoln Center; for it to take place at the Dunaway Center in Ogunquit Friday night was little short of phenomenal. The world-renowned Cassatt String Quartet, with pianist Adrienne Kim, played four major contemporary works, including a world premiere. And each one was introduced by the composer. The compositions varied tremendously […]
Published
June 12, 2011

Dine Out Maine: 15 Exchange in enviable spot, but food doesn’t quite measure up

Blue awnings stretch invitingly over the brick and cobblestone sidewalk at 15 Exchange Grille, the spot where Walter’s restaurant used to be. Step inside to a long, narrow room with a bar and high tables. There is one customer downstairs on a warm and clear Friday night in late April. We are seated upstairs, in […]
Published
June 12, 2011

Bob Keyes: After 37 years of teaching, Thomas Block says farewell

WISCASSET — This week, former students of retiring high school art teacher Thomas Block will gather at a midcoast gallery to toast the man who changed their lives. “When I started at Wiscasset High School, I was a lonely, invisible outcast with nothing to pull me through the day except my love of art,” said […]
Published
June 12, 2011

Arts Dispatches, June 12, 2011

OGUNQUIT Michelle Lee in ‘Summer of Love’ at Ogunquit Playhouse The Ogunquit Playhouse has announced that TV and film star Michelle Lee will headline the new Roger Bean musical “Summer of Love,” on stage June 22 through July 16. Lee has starred on Broadway and in feature and television films. She is known for her […]

Published
June 12, 2011

Historic Maine house murals bound for new home

A remarkable series of 19th-century wall paintings is in the process of being moved to the Bridgton museum named for famed Maine muralist Rufus Porter.
Published
June 12, 2011

Two photography exhibits open this month at university

BANGOR — The University of Maine Museum of Art opens two new contemporary photography exhibitions this month. Photographer Thomas Hager pays homage to the early photographic processes of Sir John Herschel and Anna Atkins in “New Dawn Fades,” on view June 24 to Sept. 24. Hager re-examines early historical processes, and employs new techniques and […]
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June 12, 2011

Book review: We can and will go home again

Jean Thompson's novel explores elements that drag us back to our pasts.
Published
June 12, 2011

Audience Calendar, June 12, 2011

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Published
June 12, 2011

Society Notebook: Maine teens fashionably great for prom ’11

Another prom season has come and gone, but the glamorous memories live on in the snapshots. This week we present you with a collection of photos featuring Maine students sporting the season’s hottest styles. While a handful of fashion-forward guys went with white, this year the black tuxedo again proved to be the favorite, with […]

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