The ninth of Thomas Perry’s Jane Whitefield novels, which includes a pursuit through Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness, mostly delivers.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
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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, Community News, Life & Culture, Local & State, 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.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Natives (and a few others) to grow in your shade garden
A shade garden needn’t be a poor stepchild to the sunnier spots. Here are some suggestions for what to plant.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Why aren’t you making your own salad dressing?
There is nothing to it, and it saves tons of plastic waste.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
The ingredients every Maine beach read needs
Dead body, old family cottage, crusty lobsterman, dark secrets… bingo. Sounds like you’ve got a classic Maine beach read.
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Bedside table: And for a Massachusetts beach read, read on
Book recommendations from readers.
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Good Waffle Hunting: Is there a waffle-size hole in Portland breakfast menus?
When waffle-loving foodie Charlie Beck lamented the lack of waffles in Portland, we took him out to sample the few we could find.