Arts & Entertainment

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April 24, 2011

Book Review: Chill wind swirls in Wolitzer’s new novel

'The Uncoupling' raises questions more ancient than war, sex or love.
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April 24, 2011

Author Q & A: Author/illustrator doles out those lazy, hazy, Daisy days of summer

In Jamie Hogan's kids' book, her daughter counts down to a visit from Grandma.
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April 24, 2011

Society Notebook: Hungry for change

Author Anna Lappe captivates a committed Food+Farm audience.
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April 24, 2011

Signings, etc.

JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING
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April 24, 2011

Art Review: UNE delivers a family blockbuster of an art safari

“Critters” is a mammoth show at the University of New England’s Portland campus that fills all three floors of the gallery, the foyer and the grounds — even flowing out to Stevens Avenue. It includes about 300 works by almost 100 artists. Curated by Nancy Davidson (a grande dame of Maine art), “Critters” features major […]

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April 24, 2011

Book Review: ‘Made For You and Me’ sure to charm some, but not all

Generations of young Americans have long heeded the call to “go West.” Some have been clear-eyed and methodical in pursuit of a better life; others have been vague and wishful, blind to the realities at hand. Author and freelance radio producer Caitlin Shetterly and her photographer husband Dan Davis were among the latter. Lured by […]
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April 24, 2011

Art recalls Pineland era, celebrates its end

AUGUSTA — Works by more than 30 artists will be displayed in the Hall of Flags at the State House on May 2 for “Lest We Forget,” a celebration of the 15th anniversary of the closing of the Pineland Center in New Gloucester. “This exhibit will bring the voices of the people with disabilities we […]
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April 24, 2011

Arts Planner

• “The Thinking Heart: The Life and Loves of Etty Hillesum” will be presented at First Parish Portland, 425 Congress St., on Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 1. “The Thinking Heart” is an ensemble work in two voices, with cello. It is an original arrangement of the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, taking the form […]
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April 24, 2011

Black beauty

Reflections of the outdoors constantly change the ebony landscape created by Lauren Fensterstock in the Ogunquit Museum of American Art.
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April 24, 2011

Bob Keyes: Buying local at the museum shop

PORTLAND — Mark Bessire didn’t have to look far when searching for a new manager of the store at the Portland Museum of Art. The museum director found a perfect candidate right here in Portland, reaching out to retail entrepreneur and local arts advocate Sally Struever to take over the operation. Struever and her husband, […]

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