Arts & Entertainment

Published
October 10, 2010

Best-Sellers

FICTION HARDCOVER 1. “Fall of Giants,” by Ken Follett (Penguin) 2. “Don’t Blink,” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little Brown) 3. “Freedom,” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) 4. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday) 5. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” by David Sedaris (Little Brown) 6. “Mockingjay,” by […]
Published
October 10, 2010

Books: New on the Shelf

“The Good Daughters.” Joyce Maynard. William Morrow. 288 pages. $24.99. Joyce Maynard’s new novel hangs on a couple of plot twists so cliched that one might be tempted to call them gimmicks. But one reads Maynard for characters, not plots. The author’s deft and delicate touch as she plumbs the depths of her characters’ psyches […]
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October 10, 2010

Winging it: Maine humorist John McDonald puts words in puffins’ mouths

'Everybody loves puffins,' Maine humorist John McDonald says, by way of explaining a new book pairing captivating photos with funny captions he's dreamed up.
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October 10, 2010

Signings, etc.: Isabelle Knockwood

ISABELLE KNOCKWOOD, a tribal elder of the Mi’kmaq Nation, attended the Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia, Canada, from 1936 to 1947. Her book, “Out of the Depths,” tells her story of her experiences in a school system that tried to wipe out indigenous culture. On Tuesday, she talks about her experiences and the effects […]
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October 10, 2010

Book review: No one escapes vagaries of chance

Philip Roth's latest short novel takes aim at the most blameless.

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October 10, 2010

Calendar, Oct. 10-17

Art Group show, with work by Nina Jerome, Sandy Wadlington and Jeffery Becton, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. 348-9977. 2 to 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. “John Haberle: Master of Illusion,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. […]
Published
October 3, 2010

Books: Ambition, fear and surviving the South

Isabel Wilkerson chronicles black America's Great Migration toward hope.
Published
October 3, 2010

Keyes: An artistic vision for Maine’s future

DEER ISLE — Certainly, these last two years have been difficult for the arts economy in Maine. It’s been difficult for everybody, and the arts and cultural segment has faced the downturn and recession head-on. There’s a common perception that the bad economy has devastated the arts. In this instance, perception is not reality. The […]
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October 3, 2010

Arts Dispatches

BRUNSWICK Music theater looks for girl and dog to star in ‘Annie’ Maine State Music Theatre wants to know: Do you know Annie? The summer music theater in Brunswick is seeking bright, energetic girls to play Little Orphan Annie and her fellow orphans in its 2011 production of “Annie.” Candidates for Annie must be between […]
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October 3, 2010

Arts Planner

Opening this week • The University of Southern Maine theater department begins its performance season with the comedy “Lend Me a Tenor,” directed by Wil Kilroy. Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Oct. 14-16, and at 5 p.m. Oct. 10 and Oct. 17. Tickets […]

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