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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Asparagus, it’s time for a talk
Local farmers market asparagus doesn’t come cheap. But there are ways to make this favorite vegetable stretch.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: When we were very young, spending money on annuals seemed an extravagance
Now the Atwells revel in their beauty, in the garden and in the vase.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Vinalhaven shines, again, in Chris Van Dusen’s latest children’s book
When this Maine author gave island mishap a much closer look, he turned a true story about neighbors into a picture book.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Nature is all around us
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A secret mission, a confident heroine and a harrowing escape make ‘The Left-handed Twin’ a thrilling read
The ninth of Thomas Perry’s Jane Whitefield novels, which includes a pursuit through Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness, mostly delivers.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
OFF RADAR: ‘The Body in Late Stage Capitalism: Poems’
The central emotions are rage and grief, and they come reeling off most of the pages like fireballs.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Farnsworth fetches $1.5 million in sale of second Lynne Drexler painting
Last week’s auction of the Monhegan artist’s ‘Herbert’s Garden’ was even more lucrative for the Rockland museum than the surprising $1.2 million sale of her ‘Flowered Hundred’ in March.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Community, Life & Culture, Maine, Morning Sentinel
With renovations to outdoor stage, Sidney arts center looks to draw bigger acts, larger crowds
The Snow Pond Center for the Arts renovates its outdoor stage, the Bowl in the Pines amphitheater, which officials say should allow the organization to provide enhanced experiences for audiences and artists.
Posted inBooks
Best-Sellers: ‘Big Truck Little Island,’ ‘Downeast’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.