Poems from Here September 26, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle With Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum Today’s poem is “Ode to Autumn” by Sally Bliumis-Dunn. Her poems have appeared in the Paris Review, Plume, Prairie Schooner, The Academy of American Poets’ “Poem-a-day,” and The Writer’s Almanac. “Ode to Autumn” is from her third full-length collection, “Echolocation,” which was published by Plume Editions, MadHat Press …
Painter Philip Frey chases after and vividly captures one moment in time September 26, 2018 by Letitia Baldwin on Arts & living, Lifestyle SULLIVAN — You are standing atop a mountain. A sweeping view of wooded islands unfolds below. A brisk breeze blows. Clouds race and billow up. Sailboats are trimmed close to the wind. The sea seems driven every which way. Spruce trees sway on the steep slope. That’s the scene Philip Frey conjures in his oil …
“Silly Seals” draws smiles September 22, 2018 by Cyndi Wood on Arts & living, Lifestyle Smaller than your average coffee-table book, “Silly Seals” may be more appropriately scaled for an end table.
“Call Me American” author to kick off literary fest September 21, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle BLUE HILL — “Call Me American,” Abdi Nor Iftin’s story of his quest to emigrate from war-torn Somalia to Maine, caused a stir when it was published in June. Iftin will kick off this year’s Word literary arts festival Friday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in Emlen Hall on South Street. Brook Ewing Minner, host …
Bring “Toby” home September 17, 2018 by Cyndi Wood on Arts & living, Lifestyle The sad-eyed shelter dog in the children’s book “Toby” (Candlewick Press, 2016, $16.99) is having trouble settling into his adoptive home.
In the Right Place September 13, 2018 by Guest on Arts & living, Lifestyle Editor’s note: Brooklin author/photographer Richard J. Leighton creates the popular “In the Right Place” posts online about life and nature in Maine. He will share a post the second Thursday of each month in The Ellsworth American. The former Washington, D.C., trial lawyer and his architect wife, Barbara, summered in Brooklin for more than 25 …
Artist Richard Kapral immersed in his medium after 75 years of work September 12, 2018 by Jennifer Osborn on Arts & living, Lifestyle STEUBEN — Abstract Expressionist painter Richard Kapral inhabits a storybook cottage — albeit one with a chandelier dripping with crystals. A narrow courtyard, buffering his house from the road, is filled with hostas. The lushly leafed shade plant is Kapral’s favorite perennial. He particularly likes a variety called “Sum and Substance.” Asiatic lilies, phlox and …
Corea printmaker keeps creating at age 90 September 5, 2018 by Jessica Piper on Arts & living, Lifestyle COREA — Don’t tell Dan Miller to retire. The printmaker and sculptor celebrated his 90th birthday this summer, but, beginning at 7 a.m. each day, he is most likely to be found carving wood in his Corea studio. A native of Brooksville, Pa., Miller also continues to work as an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy …
Novel follows middle-schooler to a struggling mill town September 5, 2018 by Staff on Arts & living, Lifestyle PORTLAND — From Woolwich author Jennifer Richard Jacobson, who wrote the award-winning “Small as an Elephant” and “Paper Things,” comes “The Dollar Kids,” a heart-tugging novel for 10- to 14-year-olds about guilt and grief, family and friendship and, above all, community. The story is illustrated by the prize-winning comic book artist Ryan Andrews, who lives …
Stonington’s gWatson Gallery treats the eyes, ears and palate August 29, 2018 by Jessica Piper on Arts & living, Lifestyle STONINGTON — Ron Watson insists that opening an art gallery was just something he did on a lark. “It wasn’t something I had thought about for a long time,” he said, sitting at his desk in the back of the gallery on a recent hot summer day. “I maybe joked about it with some artist …
