TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Whether it’s a Valentine Day getaway or quality vacation time with the kids … Samoset Resort has something for everyone

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February 7, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Whether it’s a Valentine Day getaway or quality vacation time with the kids … Samoset Resort has something for everyone

What comes to mind when you think about the Samoset Resort in Rockport?
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February 7, 2013

BOOKS: ‘Hour of Peril’ a compelling true story

It's February 1861 and Abraham Lincoln is making his way by train from Springfield, Ill., to his inauguration in Washington, D.C., on March 4.
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February 7, 2013

BOOKS: ‘The Entertainer’ depicts old Hollywood

Part biography and part Hollywood history with a side of Americana, "The Entertainer" might be the most engaging book you're likely to read about someone you've never heard of, whose a movie star to boot.
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February 7, 2013

CALL FOR ARTISTS: ART2013, 18TH ANNUAL JURIED ART SHOW AT THE HARLOW GALLERY

HALLOWELL -- The Kennebec Valley Art Association invites artist submissions to Art2013, the 18th annual juried show at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell. Art2013 is open to all Maine artists and also to artists with a strong connection to Maine. This years jurors are Bob Keyes and Dan Kany, both are arts writers at the Portland Press Herald.
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February 7, 2013

PAT COLWELL talks about upcoming hometown show

On Friday, Feb. 15, Johnson Hall in Gardiner will host a concert featuring the Colwell Brothers and their band. These two popular Maine musicians have been doing their thing for many years now and have recently released a brand new CD titled "Guilty Pleasures" which is made up of six original tunes (written by the brothers) and four covers by the likes of Chuck Berry, Lieber and Stoller, Johnny Bristol and Don Covay. In a recent telephone interview from his office in Auburn, Pat Colwell chatted about his brother, Bob, their musical history as well as their newest album ... which was the first topic of the conversation.

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February 7, 2013

‘Rust and Bone’ draws blood and tears

In "Rust and Bone," director Jacques Audiard ("A Prophet") introduces us to two handicapped humans: Ali (Matthias Schoenarets), a transient street and kick-boxing fighter from Belgium, whose handicap is a social one. Ali, a walking bruise of a man, has been tossed upon city's streets with little education. In adulthood, he has made money slugging it out in back alley money bouts, and arrives on this last doorstep hungry for life to color.
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February 7, 2013

Documentary to be shown at Railroad Square Cinema

WATERVILLE -- A documentary "After I Pick The Fruit: The Lives of Migrant Women" at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Railroad Square Cinema.
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February 7, 2013

Paintings on exhibit by Harlow Tuesday Group

AUGUSTA -- The Kennebec Valley Art Association invites the public to visit the lobby gallery at 45 Memorial Circle. Exhibiting artists include: Penny Markley, of Winthrop; Elizabeth Budd, of Litchfield; Kay Morris, of West Gardiner; Anita Morrissey, of Sidney; Judith Schuppien, of Pittston; and Pamela Hetherly, of Mount Vernon.
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January 31, 2013

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Last To Die” and “Finding Your Inner Moose”

When best-selling Camden author Tess Gerritsen sits down to write a new novel in her popular Rizzoli and Isles mystery series, she knows her fans will expect a clever, suspenseful tale of mayhem and excitement. This latest mystery will not disappoint.
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January 31, 2013

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