Daniel Sonenberg’s ‘The Summer King’ is an unusual success for Maine art, telling a story in operatic form about segregation and civil rights through a heroic athlete, Josh Gibson.
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Maine poet wins international prize for poem about husband’s dementia
The judge of the Ballymoe International Poetry Prize says she ‘fell hard and fast’ for Lee Sharkey’s poem ‘Letter to Al.’
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Targeted monuments are on land, in sea
Here’s a look at five of the national monuments Trump wants reviewed.
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Waterville farmers’ market opens for season in new downtown location
The Thursday afternoon market moved next to Castonguay Square just as Colby College begins to build a residential complex in the northeast corner of The Concourse, the market’s previous home.
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Hiking in Maine: Moosehorn offers the perfect getaway
The national wildlife refuge near the Canadian border outside Lubec is a hiker’s paradise.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Cave Dwellers’ and ‘Maine on Glass’
Maine authors offer up a World War II spy thriller and a glimpse of Maine through the camera’s lens
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No-tipping experiment fails to pay off at 2 popular Maine restaurants
Owner/chef Cara Stadler drops the policy, at least for now, after profits decline at Bao Bao in Portland and Tao Yuan in Brunswick, but legislation may offer another option.
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Augusta’s Raw Space Art Walk scheduled for Friday
The event is designed to draw artists, students, parents, musicians, poets and others to downtown Augusta.
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In ‘Between Them,’ Richard Ford looks for the world in his parents’ stories
The memoir in two parts tells of Parker and Edna Ford’s lives, together and apart.