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‘Flora and Son’ simply about love and music
John Carney, Irish to his toes, has no Marvel heroes, capes or swords, rescued damsels, car chases or shoot-outs in his bag of tricks. His “Flora and Son” is as fresh and bright as newly washed clothes hanging on a line in the sun, with a cast of sparkling actors: Eve Hewson (Flora), Joseph Gordon-Levitt […]
The Glenn Miller Orchestra director talks about band’s history, music
I was not alive when Big Band music was in its heyday, but I do remember my father listening to his 78s and me trying to look uninterested because there was something almost magical about the way that music would make you feel. At my age back then, the music of our parents was inherently […]
‘Murder, She Wrote’ actress Angela Lansbury dies at 96
Her stardom came in middle age when she became the hit of the New York theater, but her widest fame began in 1984 when she launched ‘Murder, She Wrote’ on CBS.
Book review: ‘Lucky Turtle’ tells a sweeping coming-of-age tale of romance – and heartbreak
A teenage girl, and her older self, narrate Bill Roorbach’s latest novel, which tackles big themes of abuse, racism and love.
Deep Water: ‘Atop Peaked Mountain,’ by Dennis Camire
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Maine Gardener: All about foxgloves
Which, by the way, are not poisonous in ordinary garden circumstances. (Maybe that Smartphone isn’t so smart after all.)
Bedside table: A multi-tasking reader makes her way through a tall stack
Book recommendations from readers.
Best-Sellers: ‘Lucy by the Sea,’ ‘The Personal Librarian’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Let the whole animal butchers who are flourishing in Maine introduce you to something new
Chat with your local butcher and head home with a ‘poodle cut,’ an ‘oyster,’ a ‘spider steak’ or one of several other unconventional cuts newly available here.