Arts & Entertainment

Published
July 25, 2010

In the Arts:Seeing Monhegan in cold, clear light

Monhegan is a lithic wonder. Less accessible than other pictorial icons, it has been less abused by painters. It submits itself as a bastion in a restless sea and as an exemplar of man against an often furious nature. Still, when reduced to canvas, those qualities, as forceful as they are, are anticipated and thus […]
Published
July 25, 2010

Signings, etc.

RICHARD SHAIN COHEN
Published
July 25, 2010

Scene & Heard Datebook

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to party, network or support a good cause this week, check out: TUESDAY • The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Open, 1 p.m., The Woodlands Clubs and Falmouth Country Club. Thirty-six hole shotgun golf tournament. http://fundraising.mmc.org. THURSDAY • A Conversation with Doris Buffet, 6 p.m., Strand Theatre, Rockland. Program will be followed by […]
Published
July 25, 2010

Classical Beat:When artists should end the show

Applause has been called “the custom of showing one’s pleasure at beautiful music by immediately following it with an ugly noise.” From time to time, music lovers have tried to do away with it during public performances, but all they have succeeded in doing is bewildering or embarrassing the performers. Still, at least two Maine […]
Published
July 24, 2010

Taste & Tell:Updated menu enhances island inn experience

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND – During the hottest time of the summer you want to escape the heat, even if only for dinner. A meal at an oceanside inn like the Chebeague Island Inn, presiding over the western side of the island and offering good dinners and a fabulous view, is just the ticket. But first you […]

Published
July 18, 2010

Without a flinch, peeling the layers of family

A book’s title should be a passport, of sorts, inviting our curiosity, making us want to know more. A case in point is the wondrously named collection, “I Just Lately Started Buying Wings,” by Kim Dana Kupperman. Winner of the 2009 Bakeless Prize for non-fiction, this book of 16 essays combines the energy and pacing […]
Published
July 18, 2010

Arts Dispatches

AUGUSTA Cultural initiative will team Maine, New Brunswick Gov. John Baldacci has signed a memorandum of understanding with New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham to establish a Maine-New Brunswick Cultural Initiative. The memorandum recognizes historical, cultural and artistic ties between Maine and the Canadian province. The agreement calls for exploration of collaborative cross-border cultural projects, as […]
Published
July 18, 2010

Arts Planner

This week • Harpswell artist John Bisbee will discuss his “Two Tons” installation at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The installation is on view through Aug. 1. Bisbee, who teaches at Bowdoin College, constructs large, abstract sculptures from 12-inch steel spikes, which he welds together to create massive, patterned pieces. […]
Published
July 18, 2010

Galleries give us more reasons to love summer

For art galleries in Maine, summer is the best time of the year. In many ways, this is also true for the art-viewing public. One gallery owner seemed a bit surprised that I would want to discuss summer group shows in a review. In the broadest sense, he had a point, since most art reviews […]
Published
July 18, 2010

Bob Keyes: Colby shares its gifts

The public will benefit from the generosity of donors who gave the Colby College Museum of Art a major collection and the money to house it beautifully.

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