Poet’s Spotlight April 23, 2018 by Guest on Arts & living, Lifestyle Editor’s Note: Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum lives in Deer Isle. The former director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts is the author of four collections of poems and a collection of essays. “Prayer for Joy” By Stuart Kestenbaum What was it we wanted to say anyhow, like today when there were all …
Ellsworth artist weaves multidimensional tapestries April 19, 2018 by Cyndi Wood on Arts & living, Lifestyle ELLSWORTH — When Julianna Wood lays eyes on a metal form, she gets a creative itch. Whether she’s spied a conical tomato cage, the rectangular frame of a for-sale sign or a cork holder shaped like a chicken, the urge is the same. “If it has metal around it, I want to weave it,” says …
Poet’s Spotlight: Ann Moran April 17, 2018 by Guest on Arts & living, Lifestyle Ann Moran Young lives in Otis, but grew up on Little Cranberry Island. She has many relatives and friends on the island and returns there frequently. “Jack Moran” was written as a tribute to her father. This poem and others were featured in the 2016 edition of “A Living History of Northern and Downeast Maine: …
Naturalist says “keep your eyes and ears open” April 16, 2018 by Kate Cough on Arts & living, Lifestyle EASTBROOK — When Lynn Havsall moved to Maine after years living out West, she took an unusual approach to house hunting: the Wisconsin-born naturalist studied range maps of her favorite animals and perennials, looking for “deciduous woods within earshot of loons” and “dark skies.” “That doesn’t come up in the Maine Real Estate Listing,” she …
Watercolors reveal underwater world April 15, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle WINTER HARBOR — Becky O’Keefe spends as much time as she can underwater, whether exploring a Caribbean reef or live plants beneath the surface of Maine’s pristine lakes and ponds. The Prospect Harbor artist will reveal these hidden, watery worlds at a month-long show kicking off May 1 at Hammond Hall. An artist’s reception will …
Winter life in pictures April 9, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle BROOKLIN — We’ve weathered another Maine winter and have plenty of stories to tell for it. Skating at Acadia’s Sieur de Monts Springs, tunneling out of the driveway and cobbling together meals during power outages. Brooklin’s Friend Memorial Library is asking community members to share their photos of the area in the “off season.” The …
Poet’s Spotlight April 7, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle Editor’s note: Somesville resident Carl Little manages marketing and communications at the Maine Community Foundation. He also writes prolifically about visual arts, having profiled in books and articles numerous Maine artists from Winslow Homer to Sullivan painter Phil Barter and Blue Hill’s Francis Hamabe. His poems have been widely published, including his 2006 collection in …
Poet’s Spotlight April 6, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle Editor’s Note: Islesford lobsterman Jack Merrill earlier this winter took time out from fishing in his 42-foot boat Tigger to recite his poems at the FisherPoets Gathering in Astoria, Ore. The three-day festival celebrates commercial fishing in poetry, prose and song. As part of the annual event, Jack joined over 100 fisherpoets and read his …
Piece of historic waterfront preserved April 5, 2018 by Jack Dodson on Arts & living, Lifestyle SORRENTO — In Eastern Point Harbor, a newly shingled boathouse hugs the shoreline. Through the four windows of its great sliding door, Calf and Preble islands loom in the far distance across the inlet. The newly restored, cavernous structure once housed the Ewing family’s watercraft that slid out the big doorway and into the water …
Husband and wife both nominated for fiction award April 4, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — Cape Breton novelist Oisín Curran, who hails originally from Surry, and his writer wife, Sarah Faber, both are in the running for the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia’s 2018 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. The award carries a monetary prize of $25,000. The Cape Breton Island couple, who live with their …
