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    September 13, 2012

    BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of Sept. 13

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    September 13, 2012

    MOVIE TIMES

    Movie times are good for Friday, Sept. 14, through Thursday, Sept. 20 AUGUSTA Regal Augusta 10, Marketplace Drive, 623-8183 Unavailable at press time. FARMINGTON Narrow Gauge Cinemas, Front Street, 778-4877 Unavailable at press time. PITTSFIELD Pittsfield Community Theater, 487-5461 “ParaNorman,” 7:30 daily; 10 a.m. Wednesday; 2 p.m. Sunday SKOWHEGAN Skowhegan Drive-In Theater 474-9277 “The Dark […]

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    September 13, 2012

    Poetry reading at Harlow Gallery

    HALLOWELL -- A poetry reading by UK poet William Ayot of Wales will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. Ayot's powerful and accessible poetry speaks directly to the heart as he charts an underworld journey through loss, self-loathing and grief, to acceptance, reconciliation and a sense of belonging, according to a release.

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    September 13, 2012

    ‘Sleepwalk With Me’ fails to awaken

    His name is Mike Birbiglia, and that's the last time I use it. But that's his real name, and he's a real stand up comic who found success in a long one act about himself Off Broadway that ran for 36 weeks. Not a bad run.

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    September 13, 2012

    ABOUT THE MOVIES

    "Finding Nemo" Arguably Pixar's best movie returns, this time in three dimensions. 96 minutes (PG-13)

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    September 13, 2012

    Dar Willimas to perform in Dover-Foxcroft

    On Sunday, Sept. 16, Dover-Foxcroft's Center Theatre for the Performing Arts will host singer-songwriter Dar Williams, who is touring in support of her ninth studio album, "In The Time of Gods" (released on Razor & Tie Records on April 17 of this year). The album features 10 songs that, though set in today's chaotic world, borrow from classic Greek archetypes. In a recent phone interview from her New York home, Williams, who's career began in the early 90s, talked about her album, her fondness for Maine and the tour that will bring her to our fair state.

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    September 6, 2012

    TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): LUBEC: The place you’ll miss when you’re not there

    We’ll bet you can’t visit Lubec just once. We certainly can’t. This place hooks you right in the heart, and quickly becomes a place you miss when you are not there. On and off the water, there’s lots to do, but some of our best times here are spent doing — nothing.

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    September 6, 2012

    BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of Sept. 6

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    September 6, 2012

    BOOKS: Poet reflects on the winter of his life

    Thirty years ago, a struggling poet and translator of French poetry published a memoir of his father that marked him as a writer worth watching. "The Invention of Solitude" ended a bleak few years in Paul Auster's life when his first marriage had disintegrated, he was suffering from writer's block, and he could barely eke out a living.

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    September 6, 2012

    BOOKS: No more ramen noodles: A cookbook for students

    When writing a cookbook for beginners, it's best to assume complete ignorance. Mincing may be new to the reader's vocabulary. Rice may require step-by-step instructions.