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January 30, 2011

Book Review: It’s a ‘she said, he said,’ but through the book, we learn

Elizabeth De Wolfe, professor of history at the University of New England in Biddeford, has, in a rather short span of time, made a vivid and arguably lasting impact on the shape of and approach to regional history. Her first book, “Shaking the Faith: Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer’s Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867” (2002) told […]
Published
January 30, 2011

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: TUESDAY • Maine Successful Thinkers Meetup, 5 p.m., Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, Falmouth. Network with other local business people and enjoy a cash bar. Free. www.meetup.com/MaineSuccessfulThinkers THURSDAY • Business Bowl, 6 to 8 p.m., Bayside Bowl, Portland. Network with other business […]
Published
January 23, 2011

Book review: Science drama? Ax Pluto, you’ll see

A Caltech astronomer offers interesting insights to the world of research.
Published
January 23, 2011

Arts Planner

This week • Go see “The Goat.” Just go. Edward Albee’s shocking and disturbing play about a brilliant architect and his midlife meltdown highlights a rich and varied winter of theater in and around Portland. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents Albee’s “The Goat, or Who Is Slyvia” through Feb. 6 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter […]
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January 23, 2011

Book Review: Bakewell examines in depth the culture of ‘madre’

In her illuminating new book, Liza Bakewell of Freeport, a linguistic anthropologist with sparkling credentials, turns to a single Mexican-Spanish word, “Madre,” and discovers controversies and challenges centered on women in Mexico. Beyond the obvious public issues in our headlines, all is not serene in our neighbor’s house. That Bakewell should point this out, with […]

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January 23, 2011

College president exhibits her photos of Guatemala

KENNEBUNK — Heartwood College of Art is showing photographs by college President Berri Kramer from her recent journey to Guatemala. The show is titled “Bringing It Home: A Visual Journey of the Villages of Conception and Zunililito, Guatemala.” In her work, Kramer tries to capture the joy and innate personal happiness exuded by the people […]
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January 23, 2011

Arts Dispatches

BRISTOL Mainer chosen as 2011 artist for Louisville Derby Festival Maine artist Sarah Lynn Richards was chosen as the 2011 artist for the Derby Festival in Louisville, Ky. The festival began Jan. 14 with the unveiling of the official poster and continues through the Kentucky Derby in May. Richards designed the poster. She attended the […]
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January 23, 2011

Society Notebook: Icing on the cake

Guido Corriero's birthday dinner party is less about age than an ageless sort of grace, full of lively humor, good cheer and humility.
Published
January 23, 2011

Art review: Maine perspective on art transition displayed in Farnsworth exhibition

After World War II, America emerged as the military, economic and cultural leader of the Free World. However, the artistic regionalism that had preceded the war wasn’t grand enough for our gleaming new international stage. So America invented new art that was both fundamentally American and worthy of inspiring the rest of the world. This […]
Published
January 23, 2011

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