Photographer Bill Page’s images bring alive another time June 20, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Arts & living, Lifestyle DEER ISLE — When Tinker Crouch was a teenager, she went to dances held every Saturday night at the Legion Hall in Deer Isle. She remembers waltzing, doing the foxtrot and an Irish reel called Lady of the Lake. “Everybody went, from 12-year-olds to grandparents,” said Crouch, who was then a Gross. “Skinner Williams was …
Seal Cove museum mechanic driving in Great Race June 19, 2018 by Sarah Hinckley on Arts & living, Lifestyle TREMONT — Peter Brown didn’t always commune with antique cars. For many years, it was a side business within his Portland-based repair garage that set a new course for his life. “I made quite a niche for myself,” Brown said in a phone interview from The Forks, where he also is a river guide. “I’m …
Citizens to track lingering songbirds, food source June 8, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle WINTER HARBOR — In the Northeast, millions of songbirds migrate south every fall along the coastline. As they travel long distances to reach their southern destinations, they make stopovers where they can refuel on insects and fruit. As the climate changes in the Downeast region, however, rising temperatures are causing those sources of sustenance to …
Bucksport student artwork hits the streets June 6, 2018 by Cyndi Wood on Arts & living, Lifestyle BUCKSPORT — Museums typically frown on visitors touching the art. Dare to sit on it and you’ll find yourself escorted to the nearest exit — possibly in handcuffs. But a group of Bucksport Middle School artists have taken a more accessible approach. They’ve transformed castoff lawn furniture into canvases for some of the world’s great …
Book review: “Baby Bear” delights June 2, 2018 by Cyndi Wood on Arts & living, Lifestyle Baby Black Bear is NOT going to sleep, no matter what his parents say. Remind you of anyone? The impish little cub featured in the children’s book “Baby Bear’s Not Hibernating” (Down East Books, $16.95) is convinced he does not need to hunker down for the winter. His father decides this is a lesson Baby …
Book review: “Warcross” May 31, 2018 by Guest on Arts & living, Lifestyle Marie Lu, the best-selling author behind the YA “Legend” series, has done it again with her latest novel “Warcross.”
Sullivan artist paints here and now May 29, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle ELLSWORTH — The Thrumcap rises like a wooly cap outside “The Gut” or narrow channel separating Great and Little Cranberry islands. Mount Desert hills rise in the distance. That scene is captured in Sullivan artist Philip Frey’s painting “Thrumcap and MDI.” The oil was commissioned for Maine folk singer Pixie Lauer, who composed the song …
Linguist tracks forebearers to The Azores May 24, 2018 by Jack Dodson on Arts & living, Lifestyle SURRY — She grabbed a shawl and said to follow her down the street. Approaching the last house on the right, she called out, “Maria da Luz, Maria da Luz!” Maria stuck her head out of the front door and listened while the neighbor asked if she knew anyone related to Manoel Francisco Ramos. Speaking …
Poems from Here May 22, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle With Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum Today’s poem is “From Away” by Sylvester Pollet, who died in 2007. He taught writing at the University of Maine. He also was the editor of the “Backwoods Broadsides Poetry” series —publishing 100 issues over 12 years. In his writing he said he was influenced by the nature …
Leaving her mark May 22, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle ELLSWORTH — The late Sedgwick artist Holly Meade (1956–2013), whose lyrical linoleum and woodblock prints grace many homes in Maine and beyond, is the focus of a show opening Friday, May 25, and running through June 15 at Courthouse Gallery Fine Art. Meade was prolific as well as talented. She died of breast cancer at …
