BOOKS: McEwan offers up fiction about fiction

Happening

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November 21, 2012

BOOKS: McEwan offers up fiction about fiction

Ian McEwan’s latest novel, “Sweet Tooth,” is a curious hybrid: part spy novel, part romance, it’s really a work of fiction about fiction.
Published
November 21, 2012

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Indian food and Winslow Homer A GREAT COMBINATION

Our friend Jim Pinfold said South Portland's Taj has "the best Indian food in Maine." He spends a lot of time in India, so he should know.
Published
November 21, 2012

BOOKS: Dirk Pitt fans will enjoy ‘Poseidon’s Arrow’

Dirk Pitt and the NUMA crew are back to save the world in the Cussler (Clive and son Dirk) family's latest adventure, "Poseidon's Arrow."
Published
November 21, 2012

MARCIA GALLAGHER to perform at Slates Monday

Marcia Gallagher is a music teacher in the Augusta area, with 10 years of being a voice coach, piano instructor and director of the University of Maine at Augusta vocal jazz ensemble. She's also the kindergarten through eighth grade music teacher at St. Michael School in Augusta, as well as a private instructor. She performs throughout the state at venues and private functions as a solo artist, and is part of a trio and a quartet. It is in that capacity that she'll appear at Slates in Hallowell on Monday. She recently telephoned to chat about a new show -- "Tribute to Jazz Sirens, featuring the Marcia Gallagher Quartet" -- she'll bring with her to the eatery.
Published
November 21, 2012

Christmas events planned in many communities

WATERVILLE -- Downtown's annual Parade of Lights is planned for 6 p.m. Friday on Main Street. The parade will begin at the north end of Main Street and end at Castonguay Square with the lighting of the giant spruce and Santa's arrival at Kringleville.

Published
November 15, 2012

BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of Nov. 15

Publishers Weekly best sellers
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November 15, 2012

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): The Captain Daniel Stone Inn

Offering beautifully decorated rooms in a historic building, attentive service and a wonderful dining experience, the inn and its No. 10 Water restaurant in Brunswick make a perfect 24-hour getaway — but we liked it so much, we stayed the whole weekend!
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November 15, 2012

BOOKS: ‘Who Could That Be at This Hour?’ marks return of Lemony Snicket

BY SUSAN CARPENTER Los Angeles Times WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR? By Lemony Snicket, Illustrations by Seth Little, Brown $15.99 For readers 8 and up What is a bombinating beast, and why would anyone make a statue of it, much less steal it, in a city nowhere near an ocean that’s nevertheless known […]
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November 15, 2012

BOOKS: ‘Bowl of Heaven’ begins sci-fi epic

About 100 pages into "Bowl of Heaven," I realized it isn't a stand-alone book. There's no mention of more volumes on the book jacket, but the world imagined here is too vast, the questions too many for 416 pages.
Published
November 15, 2012

‘Skyfall’

First of all, in my opinion, "Skyfall" is the best Bond movie ever made, the most beautiful and engaging, and Daniel Craig now owns the title forever more.