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  • Published
    August 1, 2010

    Signings, etc.

    Erika Waters of Freeport will be signing copies of her new book “Kittery to Bar Harbor: Touring Coastal Maine” Saturday at Borders in South Portland. The book is part of Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series and features pictures from more than 25 Maine historical societies and individuals, including from the archives of the Maine […]

  • Published
    August 1, 2010

    Studios, farms to welcome Fiber Arts Tour visitors

    More than 50 studios and farms across the state will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Aug. 8 for Fiber Arts Tour Weekend. The free weekend event sponsored by Maine Fiberarts offers folks a chance to see demonstrations and participate in workshops, children’s crafts and farm living. The sites […]

  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Book Review:Mainer spins taut tale of unknowing killer on the streets

    Fast-moving. Polished. Taut. These are qualities that dominated my thoughts as I neared the end of “Walking Homeless,” a thriller by Al Lamanda of Raymond, author of “Dunston Falls” and a Maine writer with a firm hand on a good story. There’s little hint of Maine, however, in the book itself. Lamanda is a former […]

  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Book Review:A skewer of literati falls on its sword

    Adam Langer's satiric, witty novel gets a tad too preposterous at the end.

  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Three exhibits will bring art lovers to Courthouse

    ELLSWORTH – Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will open three exhibitions Thursday with an artist’s reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibitions will run through Aug. 25. Solo shows by David Graeme Baker and Gregory Dunham will feature new work, and Baker will give a gallery talk from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 15. Gallery […]

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  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Arts Planner

    This week • Beginning Friday, the Theater at Monmouth presents William Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” an adventure of love, danger and mystery. Directed by Jeri Pitcher, “Pericles” opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, with additional performances on Saturday and Aug. 1, 5, 11, 14 and 19. Tickets range from $22 to $26. Call 933-9999 or […]

  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Big and bold opera is back

    PORTopera returns to full production with 'Hansel and Gretel,' and chooses a story that deals with hard times.

  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Art Review:Finding strength in ‘Sea Geometry’

    Maine culture is defined by its relationship to our coast — gorgeous and bountiful but craggy and mortally tough. Our landscape is transcendentally beautiful, yet more often than not, impenetrably dense. Maine soars as a source of great paintings of Western culture. But the vast majority of these paintings are defined by the distance of […]

  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Author Q&A:Hanging judgment

    Jerry Genesio's new self-published book tells the fascinating tale of the first execution ordered under the U.S. Constitution -- which took place in Portland.

  • Published
    July 25, 2010

    Bob Keyes:Home of Homer expertise

    PORTLAND – This coming weekend, the Portland Museum of Art will move one step closer toward establishing itself as the pre-eminent authority on Winslow Homer. On Friday and Saturday, the museum will host Winslow Homer Weekend. Scholars and invited guests from around the country will gather at Homer’s studio at Prouts Neck on Friday night […]