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December 19, 2010

Book Review: A charming girl’s-eye view of life in Maine

“The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister” by Maine writer Charlotte Agell of Brunswick is a burst of joy for readers ages 8 to 11 and for all who travel with them into its pages. I loved it. And I haven’t been 11 years old for a long time. No matter. India McAllister, a 9-year-old girl […]
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December 19, 2010

Arctic thrill

Into Inuit art? Bowdoin College's Peary-MacMillan Museum has a show for you.
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December 19, 2010

Arts Dispatches

WESTBROOK Maine glass expert creates period windows for MFA The work of Maine stained glass conservator Robin Neely is part of the Brown Pearl period room of the new $345 million Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The museum commissioned Neely to re-create leaded glass windows for the Colonial-era […]
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December 19, 2010

Arts Planner

With less than a week before Christmas, the holiday programs are winding down. But we’re not done quite yet. • At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Merrill Auditorium and the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ host “Christmas with Cornils,” featuring municipal organist Ray Cornils playing a holiday program on the Kotzschmar. He will be joined by the […]
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December 19, 2010

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Dead or Alive,” by Tom Clancy (Penguin Group) 2. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth,” by Jeff Kinney (Abrams) 3. “Learning to Ski With Mr Magee,” by Chris Van Dusen (Chronicle Books) 4. “Full Dark, No Stars,” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster) 5. “The Confession,” by John Grisham (Knopf […]

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December 19, 2010

Taste & Tell: Pai Men Miyake means delicious meat-happy meals

This story was updated at 1 p.m. Dec. 20 to correct a description of the restaurant’s hot drinks. It does not serve coffee. Pai Men Miyake opened to an onslaught of customers and attention a few months ago, and all the excitement made it a challenge to wait out the allotted time that’s always […]
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December 19, 2010

Signings, etc.

PHILLIP HOOSE Maine author Phillip Hoose will be signing copies of his book “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice.” Hoose won a National Book Award for the work, which tells the true story of Colvin, an African-American woman from Alabama who was arrested in 1955, when she was 15, for refusing to give her bus seat […]
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December 19, 2010

Book Review: Three ‘Strange’ journeys

South African Damon Galgut's new novel is on the short list for the Man Booker Prize.
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December 19, 2010

Author Q&A: Charting his own course

After a successful run with a traditional publisher, Mainer Van Reid is back with a self-published book of short stories.
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December 19, 2010

In the Arts: Exhibit demonstrates the art of the show

After 60 years of quiet exploration, I’ve discovered where good paintings go to die. I report sadly that they expire in the reception rooms and hallways of America’s law offices. Going to see a lawyer is often antipathetical to the tranquility needed to take in a good painting. Without a kindly emotional exchange, the paintings […]

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