Old Fort Western plans maple syrup events

AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western, the 1754 National Historic Landmark fort, store and house museum on the Kennebec River, will host its 21st annual Maple Syrup Day from 1 to 3 p.m. During the 18th century maple syrup demonstrations, volunteers will whittle spiles, tap trees and collect and boil sap over an open fire. Inside […]

Maine Jewish Film Festival this weekend in Waterville

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Darby’s Restaurant, in Belfast, offers wonderful meals served in a building that has housed a restaurant for 140 years.

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS

‘Railroad to the Moon’ and ‘Deer Isle’s Undefeated America’s Cup Crews’ are new offerings from Maine authors.

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Waterford Inn offers stunning views inside and out, overlooking the western Maine landscape while inside a chockablock full of art and collectibles.

DANA WILDE

'Wayward Shadow,' a new book of poetry by Bruce Holsapple, is well worth a look.

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Coplin Dinner House

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS

THE BATTLE FOR THE FOURTEENTH COLONY: AMERICA’S WAR OF LIBERATION IN CANADA, 1775-1776 By Mark R. Anderson University Press of New England, 2013 456 pages, $35 ISBN 978-1-61168-497-1   Most Mainers know that Maine played a pivotal role in the American invasion of Canada in 1775-1776 during the American Revolution, but few know the whole […]

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Past’

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner   Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is back with us with another reminder that Faulkner was, of course, right. But in Farhadi’s films, it is Tolstoy’s words that play an important role: “All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its […]

The Academy Awards

The Alure, The Sparkle and the magic of the Oscars never go away. The first one was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929, I sat in the back, and the best picture was “Wings,” directed by William Wellman. Here we are 86 years later, and we still sit mesmerized by the scarlet carpet, […]