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Published
March 1, 2012

BOOKS: Slocumb women find trouble — again

The number 13 strikes no fear in the hearts of the Slocumb women. For them, 15 spells doom. That’s the age Ginny was when she gave birth to Liza. And the age Liza was when she had her own baby girl. Now that Mosey Slocumb is settling into her own 15th year, the fates clearly have their designs on the family again.
Published
March 1, 2012

David Mallett to perform in Fairfield March 11

When it comes to Maine born and bred musical performers, few stand out with such consistent grace, integrity and talent as singer/songwriter David Mallett. He's recorded 14 albums over the decades of his career, and has had his songs recorded and performed by such diverse artists as Pete Seeger, Alison Krauss, John Denver and The Muppets. His insightful songs reflect the heart and soul of our state as few others and convey what it means to live and work here. It is always a pleasure to chat with him as I did in February when he talked about his life and his music -- which are pretty inseparable, as it turns out.
Published
March 1, 2012

‘A Separation’ is a tale of families in peril

At the opening of Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation," the two central characters, husband and wife, sit facing a judge in a small Iranian courtroom no bigger than their home bedroom. The wife, Simin (Leila Hatami), is eager to escape Iran's suffocating policies and take her teenage daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi) with her, presumably to Europe or perhaps America, anywhere but Iran. Simin is an educated woman with a good job, who sees no future for herself or her daughter in her native country.
Published
February 23, 2012

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Havin’ fun at Portland’s HOT SUPPA

There’s one key ingredient not in the food that makes a restaurant special: Fun. And we had a lot of that at Portland’s Hot Suppa.
Published
February 23, 2012

BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of Feb. 23

Publishers Weekly best sellers for the week of Feb. 23

Published
February 23, 2012

BOOK EVENT FEB. 25: Independent authors featured at February Blues Book Bash

Maine Authors Publishing of Rockland is sponsoring a February Blues Book Bash in Brunswick. Independent authors will sign, sell and read from their works. They will also be offering information about writing and self-publishing.
Published
February 23, 2012

Bass Box with Chas Lesterto make area debut at Hallowell’s Slates

On Monday night, Feb. 27, Slates in Hallowell will host a unique new group of musicians known as Bass Box. The spokesman for the band is a University of Maine, Augusta graduate, Chas Lester, who resides in Portland, where he works for a nonprofit called the Maine Academy of Modern Music. He also teaches one day a week at Musicians First Choice School of Music on Cony Circle in Augusta. He recently was reached at his Portland apartment to chat about the band and their impending central Maine gig.
Published
February 23, 2012

‘A Dangerous Method’ is a walk on the wild side

David Cronenberg's new film, "A Dangerous Method," opens in 1904 with a young woman, Sabina Spielrein, hysterically banging her face against a carriage window. Moments later she is dragged screaming from the carriage and hauled into the Burgholzli Clinic in Zurich, Switzerland, where she is to be treated by Dr. Carl Jung. Yes, that Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender in a perfectly shaped performance.)
Published
February 16, 2012

The not so ‘Safe House’ is action packed

“Safe House,” as all Bourne fans know by now, is of course, a major misnomer. For bad guys who are taken there to be water boarded, or for good guys who flee there to escape the tentacles of evil-doers, it’s the last rooming house where you would want to be a guest.
Published
February 16, 2012

Carolyn Currie to perform Friday night

WATERVILLE — Carolyn Currie will perform at 7 p.m. Friday night at the Waterville Opera House Studio Theater, 93 Main St. Tickets cost $12. For more information, call 873-7000 or visit operahouse.org.