John Ewing/Staff Photographer Strummin' along
Inch by inch, row by row, David Mallett continues to grow as a songwriter. He believes his latest work is some of his best yet.

BOB KEYESArtfully done, Brunswick

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N.L. ENGLISHItalian favorites top The Great Impasta's versatile menu

Bearden, Driskell dazzle in celebration of color

PHILIP ISAACSON / IN THE ARTSSidetracked in Rockport by the art of woodworking

Museum's slide show tracks Maine's role in skiing history

CHRISTOPHER HYDEMusic has long been cursed as the devil's work

Center to host noted talents in panel discussion on creativity

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Maine connections bring Lincoln exhibit home
Local color enlivens a national touring exhibit of Honest Abe memorabilia.

Retirement sage
Some people take up golf or watch lots of TV when they quit working – not so Ted Davis of Bath, who became a first-time novelist at 74.

Under King's 'Dome' is where pulp meets art

Signings, etc.
MELISSA SENATE

Habitat, Rotary and L.L. Bean join forces to raise a roof

New girls' science school hosts show of Maine women

Strummin' along
Inch by inch, row by row, David Mallett continues to grow as a songwriter. He believes his latest work is some of his best yet.

BOB KEYESRecession may be 'over,' but hard choices not going away

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N.L. ENGLISHTrue to its Gaelic name, Feile has hospitality to spare

Maine pastel artist honored

Farnsworth's new director impressed by enthusiasm

New Ipcar exhibit on display in Freeport

Encaustic artist Sandra Quinn waxes poetic

SAVE THE MALES
Two Colby College professors collaborate on a book about protecting boys from marketing that targets them.

Think you know Portland? Give this book a look

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FLAHIVE AND OWENS

GISELLE GOODMAN / SOCIAL GRACESA little Girls' talk, a whole lot of encouragement, inspiration

Picture this: Art and a worthwhile cause, all rolled up in one

Mr. Lehmann's opus
Robert Lehmann – teacher, violinist, composer, conductor and self-appointed ambassador for classical music – makes ready for a really big show.

BOB KEYESTwo lives well spent in art

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N.L. ENGLISHFrancine Bistro makes perfection look easy

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Hoping to keep Waldoboro KinderKonzerts alive

CHRISTOPHER HYDEDaPonte String Quartet offers rare treat

Long-lost piano work to get U.S. premiere at USM

STEVE FEENEY / THEATER REVIEW 'Gin Game' sweet and scary

APRIL BOYLE / THEATER REVIEW'Frost/Nixon' premiere excels

Solotaire show reveals quirky, rather brilliant, even cool work

Science writer tracks 11 threatened species

GIVING THANKS
Cheverus alum Tim Whitney's new young adult novel draws its drama from family and gratitude, not blood and vampires.

GISELLE GOODMAN / SOCIAL GRACESMingling with a master at the Portland Museum of Art

Cheverus grad signs copies of his young adult novel

Signings, etc.
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True north
Believing his calling was to be an artist, Bowdoin alum Robert Van Vranken consulted his inner compass. It guided him from Maine to
New York and back to Maine ... and to a successful painting career.

Hanging with Harry, Hagrid and the gang
A new exhibit at Boston's Museum of Science is sure to delight Potter lovers.

BOB KEYESWhimsical 1932 map of Maine re-purposed for 21st century

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Books: Team work
From proofing to creating the cover art, Washington County's Flat Bay Collective helped Robert Froese with his novel, 'The Origins of Misgiving.'

DANIEL KANY / ART REVIEWMade in – and of – Portland, Swoon show is fantastic