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A new drama premiering at 9 tonight on ABC has a title that’s at least half right. “Wasteland” tells the story of five pretty people, former college friends in their mid-20s who don’t know what they want to do with their lives. The title is… Read More
This season’s neverending stories of teen-age angst take on a new face tonight, as “Roswell” premieres at 9 on WB. This time, it’s the face of an alien. Three aliens in fact, who look just like ordinary teens in the small New Mexican town made… Read More
When someone in the family has a serious disability, no one in the family is beyond the reach of its effect. That’s part of the message Julie Portman tells in the one-woman show “My Sister’s Sister,” which she performed Monday at Hauck Auditorium as part of Mental Health… Read More
Expectations are often muted for spinoffs. After all, any piece of the whole by definition must be less than that from which it has come. For every successful spinoff such as “Frasier,” there’s a dozen shows like “AfterMASH,” bad concepts which assemble a handful of supporting players and… Read More
KHAKI: CUT FROM THE ORIGINAL CLOTH, edited by David Fahey, Tondo, Santa Fe, 1999, 155 pages, $50. Khaki has recently enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, influencing even haute couture, most notably the collections of Yohji Yamamoto, Donna Karan and the house of Chanel. It’s also… Read More
MYSTERY, ALASKA. Directed by Jay Roach. Written by David E. Kelley and Sean O’Byrne. Running time: 118 minutes. Rated: R. Jay Roach’s “Mystery, Alaska” is part “Picket Fences,” part “Bad News Bears,” part “Les Boys,” part “Mighty Ducks,” part jock itch. It does everything one… Read More
THE MOUSE OF AMHERST, by Elizabeth Spires, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, New York, 1999, 64 pages, $15. If you’re a mouse, you never know what kind of house you’ve moved into. There may be cats, mousetraps, and mean children. Then again,… Read More
A woman in the back row of Saturday’s gala opening at the Maine Center for the Arts performing season said it all: “I brought tissue. I hope I have enough.” She was describing her anticipation of a concert by Roberta Flack, the love-song lady who rose to fame… Read More
In Theaters — “Double Jeopardy” Bruce Beresford’s action-adventure film “Double Jeopardy” is a prime example of how a film can nearly be ruined by theater previews and a badly handled television advertising campaign. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
The biggest trend this fall has been teen-age angst, as networks target those who actually manipulate the purse strings in most families. One of the two strong entries in this category so far makes its debut tonight. Like NBC’s stellar “Freaks and Geeks,” WB’s “Popular,”… Read More
In Theaters: MUMFORD Written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. Running time: 111 minutes. Rated R. Lawrence Kasdan’s terrific new film, “Mumford,” is about people — people who need people. It’s very good. Quirky but never silly, gentle but never dull, the film is a standout… Read More
In that moment when a pianist sits down to play for an audience — when the room is still stunningly quiet, there’s an exciting anticipation of discovery. What will the pianist reveal through music about the composer? What will the pianist reveal about the piano? And, quite importantly,… Read More
You blink, you miss it. That’s the underlying challenge of the juggling company blink, the Maine-based duo that entertained a nearly full house Saturday afternoon at the Maine Center for the Arts. Blink’s founders, Morten Hansen and Fritz Grobe, are essentially science geeks who have translated the burning… Read More
One of the season’s best new dramas debuts at 8 tonight on NBC. Set in 1980s Michigan, “Freaks and Geeks” succeeds in looking at the travails of high school much as “The Wonder Years” and “My So-Called Life” did before it. Two members of the… Read More
One of TV’s most distinctive creators returns with an intriguing new program tonight. Glenn Gordon Caron, who revamped the detective show with “Moonlighting” in the ’80s, attempts to do the same to the government-conspiracy drama with “Now And Again,” debuting at 9 on CBS. “Now… Read More
In Theaters: “For Love of the Game” Sam Raimi’s “For Love of the Game” is a baseball movie, which means, like many baseball movies, the film is going to make a hero out of a man while also using the game as a metaphor for… Read More
This is definitely a comeback year for John Wells (“ER,” “China Beach”) following last season’s misstep, the muddled Irish stew “Trinity.” First, Wells collaborates on the stellar “The West Wing.” Now he’s rolling out “Third Watch,” which debuts at 10 tonight on NBC before moving… Read More
“The West Wing,” debuting at 9 tonight on NBC, is a series that will challenge viewers. The drama set inside the White House assumes that viewers have more than a basic knowledge of what goes on within The Beltway. Another built-in assumption is that they… Read More
Some cooks rise to popularity because of light souffles or creamy sauces. Others know how to cook a mean prime rib or a tasty stew. Private Igor, the cook on the long-running TV series “MASH,” became notorious because — simply put — he couldn’t cook. Furthermore, he had… Read More
Debuting at 10 tonight on ABC is a noble experiment. “Once and Again,” a limited series which airs until “NYPD Blue” returns Nov. 9, tells the story of two people yearning to break out of their ordered existences, to once again find love. In the… Read More
“The Muse.” Directed by Albert Brooks. Written by Brooks and Monica Johnson. Running time: 97 minutes. Rating: PG-13. Just a month after Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy skewered Hollywood in “Bowfinger,” Albert Brooks throws his poison pen into the ring with “The Muse,” a biting,… Read More
Maybe it is possible to clone a classic. In its 10th season, “Law & Order” has remained a steady if not splashy drama, defying conventional wisdom by surviving numerous cast changes and flourishing. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
If “Judging Amy” had debuted at this time last year, it would have been deemed a fresh idea. The concept of the series, which has a sneak preview from 8 to 9 p.m. Sunday, is as follows: a woman, unsure about the direction her life… Read More
Only a handful of new TV series have premiered yet, and already a strong candidate for least likable lead character jumps snarling off the screen in the causticly funny satire “Action,” which premieres at 9:30 tonight on Fox. Cartoonishly based on Joel Silver, one of… Read More
STIR OF ECHOES With clear echoes of M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense,” David Koepp’s “Stir of Echoes” glides into theaters with a strong, character-driven story that opens with a boy who sees dead people. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
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HOW IS MY FIRST GRADER DOING IN SCHOOL?, and two other books that look at your second-grader and third-grader, written by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Fireside Books, Simon and Schuster, New York, N.Y., 200-plus pages each, $12 each. Does it seem that teaching practices and jargon… Read More
WILD CHILD, written by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch, Simon & Schuster, New York, N.Y., 32 pages, $16. MOOSE, OF COURSE!, written by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Jim Sollers, Downeast Books, Rockport, Maine, 26 pages, paperback, $9.95, hardcover, $14.95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
MOLLIE PEER or the Underground Adventure of the Moosepath League, by Van Reid, Viking-Penguin, New York, 336 pages, hardcover, $24.95. A decade after New York World reporter Nellie Bly feigned insanity to expose the deplorable conditions in the city’s insane asylums, Mollie Peer is fighting… Read More
Recently, at a screening of “Chill Factor,” a disaster of an action-adventure film if there ever was one, a middle-aged man sitting nearby voiced his disappointment as he left the theater. “People who don’t know a thing about movies are making too many of them,” he said. Read More
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THE ASTRONAUT’S WIFE Capping one of the year’s worst weeks in film is Rand Ravich’s “The Astronaut’s Wife,” an unbearably dull waste of celluloid that, to quote one of its characters, is “an insult to the brain.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
“The 13th Warrior.” Directed by John McTiernan. Written by William Wisher and Warren Lewis. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated R. Based on Michael Crichton’s 1976 novel “Eaters of the Dead,” John McTiernan’s “The 13th Warrior” is part “Beowulf” and part true story — if you… Read More
“Universal Soldier: The Return” The innocence of incompetence is on full display in Mic Rodgers’ highly unanticipated film, “Universal Soldier: The Return,” a movie that features the action star Jean-Claude Van Damme and his magical, self-laundering shirt, a tight-fitting, olive-green creation that has the remarkable… Read More
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is a story about harmony, enlightenment and a flute. It was recently presented in a heartwarming concert version in the performance barn of the Surry Opera Company. Director Walter Nowick plays lead piano, runs the lights and conducts the singers. The whole scene is… Read More
There’s much good to be said about the Assembled Player Company production of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” which runs through Aug. 28 in Belfast. Written by the 1970s stand-up comedian Steve Martin, “Picasso” is witty, provocative and brief. It runs all of 75 minutes with no intermission,… Read More
“MICKEY BLUE EYES.” Directed by Kevin Makin. Written by Adam Scheinman and Robert Kuhn. Running time: 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. Here’s an offer Hugh Grant should have refused: appearing in “Mickey Blue Eyes,” an “engaged-to-the-mob” movie whose script is full of blanks. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Today’s Hollywood is a world that few in the general public can fathom. Hundreds of millions to make a picture, multimillion-dollar salaries for the big-name stars, star perks beyond belief — all are far beyond the realm of the average person. “The Lot,” airing in… Read More
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ROOM TO GROW, edited by Christina Baker Kline, Golden Books, New York, 1999, 197 pages, hardcover, $23. “I have never been able to make sense of things in the usual way, like reading advice books and how-to guides,” confesses Christina Baker Kline in the introduction… Read More
Bangor Public Library’s grand finale concert for its summer reading program was almost a washout. Just as Maine composer-performer Rick Charette was about to start his first song, the occasional ominous raindrops blended into a steady drizzle. The concert was moved to a third floor… Read More
“Detroit Rock City” Directed by Adam Rifkin. Written by Carl Dupre. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated: R. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) {… Read More
WE WERE TIRED OF LIVING IN A HOUSE, written by Liesel Moak Skorpen, illustrated by Joe Cepeda, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1969 and 1999, 32 pages, hardcover, $15.99. Ursula Hawkes jogged into the Briar Patch in the middle of leading a Cub Scout hike… Read More
TRAITOR’S MOON, by Lynn Flewelling, Bantam/Spectra, New York, 1999, 540 pages, softcover, $6.50. What an exotic world Bangor author Flewelling has created for readers in her Nightrunner series of books, the third of which is “Traitor’s Moon.” There’s sorcerers, dragons, fairies, swordplay, political machinations and,… Read More
SEAL ISLAND SCHOOL, written by Susan Bartlett, illustrated by Tricia Tusa, Viking, New York, 1999, 69 pages, hardcover, $13.99. “No, Mom,” 6-year-old Katie would protest, “That’s not the way Mrs. Smart does it,” any time I strayed too far from kindergarten protocol at home. And… Read More
THEN, AND NOW: SELECTED POEMS 1943-1993 by Theodore Enslin; edited by Mark Nowak. (Includes interview with the author.) National Poetry Foundation, Orono, Maine, 1999, 429 pages, paperback, $19.95. “Then, and Now,” by Theodore Enslin of Milbridge, represents 50 years of a life in poetry —… Read More
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“Parallel Lives,” which opened last week at Town Hall in Bar Harbor, is a girl story. It starts with gods — or in this case goddesses — in a brainstorming session about procreation. Who will have the baby? The woman. But won’t the man feel left out? Yes,… Read More
THE SIXTH SENSE, written and directed by N. Night Shyamalan. Running time: 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. The very best thing about N. Night Shyamalan’s terrific film “The Sixth Sense” is its restraint, which shows across the board in its tight script, solid directing, strong performances,… Read More
Billy Ray Cyrus knows how to connect with his audience. Before a paid crowd of 2,832 Saturday night, Cyrus proved that, as he sauntered, swaggered, stalked and danced across the Bangor Auditorium stage, making it his own during his hourlong Bangor State Fair set. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
When William “Bill” Geagan died in 1974 at the age of 71, his many admirers searched for the right words to assess his contribution to Maine outdoor literature and the burgeoning field of conservation. A Bangor Daily News profile said the local native was “naturally… Read More
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THE GREAT CHICKEN COOKBOOK FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, by Beryl M. Marton, American Diabetes Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 228 pages, $16.95. Beryl M. Marton loves chicken — more than 150 recipes in all. Chicken, of course, is one of the most popular foods and this cookbook… Read More
Each summer concert series presented by Arcady Music Society has a theme title that guides the listener. Last week’s was “East Meets West.” Next week’s is “The Next Generation.” Within the first few notes of Stravinsky’s classical ballet piece “Apollon Musagete” Monday in Minsky Hall at the University… Read More
“The Blair Witch Project,” written and directed by Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated R. Don’t buy into the hype, Carol Anne! googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
George Bernard Shaw was embarrassed by the premier performance of “Arms and the Man” in 1894. He called it a “pleasant play,” but apparently thought it was flimsy. When an audience member booed in an otherwise cheering hall, Shaw stood and exhorted: “I quite agree with you, my… Read More
In Theaters THE RED VIOLIN Spanning five countries, four languages and more than 300 years of history and cultural change, Francois Girard’s “The Red Violin” nearly succeeds in pulling off a terrifically original and ambitious idea. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Big. That’s the word for Opera Maine’s touring production of “Passion and the Pops,” which opened Sunday at the Trenton Grange Hall and has several more gigs in the midcoast area through Aug. 1. This spritely company specializes in opera and will present several short ones before the… Read More
After you get past plot, poetry and characters, the loveliest feature about Shakespeare is: He can take it. Make “Romeo and Juliet” a 1990s gang war in Florida. Set “Hamlet” in Stalinist Russia. Twist “Macbeth” toward Washington. And Shakespeare still shines. That’s why Bangor’s annual… Read More
AN IDEAL HUSBAND. Directed and written by Oliver Parker. Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Running time: 97 minutes. Rated PG-13. With all of its bitchy wit and mean-spirited one-liners, Oliver Parker’s excellent adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” feels as if it’s… Read More
ACADIA: VISIONS AND VERSE, by Jack Perkins, Down East Books, Camden, 1999, 112 pages, hardcover, $25.95. Visitors who have ever watched the honey glow of a Cadillac Mountain sunrise or gone snorkling in the deep blue waters off the Cranberry Isles might object to the… Read More
“Eyes Wide Shut” The much talked about opening shot of Stanley Kubrick’s 13th and final feature film, “Eyes Wide Shut,” encapsulates the film’s major themes in their entirety: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Early in Tuesday night’s show, Willie Nelson performed his version of the standard “All of Me.” That proved to be a fairly accurate foreshadowing of what was to come for the 2,652 in attendance at the Bangor Auditorium, as “The Red-Headed Stranger” played for them most of his… Read More
EYES WIDE SHUT, directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Frederic Raphael. Running time: 159 minutes. Rated R. It isn’t often that one imagines polite society taking part in a masked orgy, but in this, Stanley Kubrick’s 13th and final feature film, that’s precisely… Read More
Don’t even try to figure out the first 45 minutes of Alan Ayckbourn’s time-warped comedy “Communicating Doors,” which opened Tuesday at Acadia Repertory Theatre in Somesville. And don’t expect much help from this direction. The logic of this wacko story stays one swift step ahead of even the… Read More
At last! A show about the big questions that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Actually, “GvsE,” which debuts at 8 p.m. Sunday on USA, tackles the largest of moral issues — good versus evil — with its tongue planted firmly in cheek. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
They are rich. They are gorgeous. They are rotten. They rule the peaceful coastal New England town their ancestors founded with an iron fist and a haughty glare. They are the Crane dynasty. They are middle class. They are beautiful. They are nice. They run… Read More
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Glen Campbell defied many rules of concert pacing Wednesday night. And the near-capacity crowd at the Maine Center for the Arts loved him for doing so. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
“The Monkey Kid.” Written and directed by Xiao-Yen Wang. In Chinese with English subtitles. Running time: 95 minutes. No rating. July 16, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville. 1970 in China was no time to be a child. With Chairman Mao’s Little Red Books required reading in… Read More
It’s tough being a woman. Just when you think you have a handle on raising the kids, they go and dye their hair green. Or when you think you can really depend on something, there’s a plot twist in your favorite soap opera. And is it possible your… Read More
With its warped floors, wavy balcony rails, footlighted stage, and arch of lights wrapped around a white movie screen, the Waterville Opera House is a throwback to the old bijous that showcased the work of masters such as Alfred Hitchcock, movies not dependent upon the magic of special… Read More
AGAINST THE TIDE: THE FATE OF THE NEW ENGLAND FISHERMAN, by Richard Adams Carey, Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1999, 364 pages, hardcover, $23. Anyone who listens to the news can’t miss the stream of reports on the steadily changing commercial fishing regulations. Richard Adams Carey… Read More
PREACHER’S LAKE, by Lisa Vice, Dutton-The Penguin Group, New York, 472 pages, hardcover, $27.95. You won’t find Preacher’s Lake in the DeLorme Maine Atlas and Gazetteer. And that’s no loss, according to the idiosyncratic characters in Lisa Vice’s novel, “Preacher’s Lake.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ALICE ROSE & SAM, by Kathryn Lasky, Hyperion Books for Children, New York, 1998, 252 pages, hardcover, $15.95. PRESENTING KATHRYN LASKY by Joanne Brown, 1998, Twayne Publishers, New York, 172 pages, hardcover, $28. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
FACE DOWN AMONG THE WINCHESTER GEESE, by Kathy Lynn Emerson, St. Martin’s, 256 pages, $22.95. If you like a touch — well, really more than a touch — of history with your mysteries, here’s just the novel for you. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
DEAR AMERICA — DREAMS IN THE GOLDEN COUNTRY and A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD by Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic Inc., New York, DREAMS — 1998, 188 pages, $9.95; and JOURNEY — 1996, 173 pages, $10.95. There has never been a better time for girls’ historical… Read More
STRONG FOR POTATOES, by Cynthia Thayer, St. Martin’s Griffin, 248 pages, paperback, $12.95. An acquaintance in the coastal Maine village where I lived a few years ago once remarked that if he stood on the sidewalk and tossed a pebble in the air, it was… Read More
Simply Unconventional> Singer, songwriter hopes his off-center approach to creating music catches on
Almost everything about Mak Wolven is unconventional. His work defies country music industry labels. He’s marketing his CD in supermarkets instead of music stores. His lyrics reflect a longing for a state he’s never lived in. Even his Hawaiian first name, short for Makaala and pronounced “Mock,” puts… Read More
“Movie Stars,” which debuts at 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday on The WB, is appropriately high-concept: celebrity actors crammed into “Father Knows Best.” Too bad the producers forgot that the script is equally as important as the initial idea. Reese Hardin (played by Harry Hamlin,… Read More
Second annual Maine International Film Festival Railroad Square Cinema Waterville “La Ciudad” — July 10 and 11 googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) {… Read More
A.R. Gurney’s canine comedy “Sylvia” is a play you can easily love to hate. The season opener at Acadia Repertory Theatre in Somesville tells the story of Kate and Greg, a Manhattan couple whose empty nest has made room for her career dreams and his midlife crisis. Kate’s… Read More
SUMMER OF SAM. Directed by Spike Lee. Written by Lee, Victor Colicchio and Michael Imperioli. Running time: 145 minutes. Rated R. Spike Lee’s “Summer of Sam” is the perfect tonic for the summer of 1999: His excellent film is sparked vibrantly to life not by… Read More
With its labor woes, escalating salaries, gangsta players and greedy hangers-on, pro basketball is ripe for lampooning. The new Showtime series “The Hoop Life” does just that with flair. “The Hoop Life,” premiering as a two-hour movie at 10 p.m. Sunday before continuing as one-hour… Read More
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THE THINGS WE DO TO MAKE IT HOME, by Beverly Gologorsky, Random House, New York, 1999, 211 pages, $22.95 “In a war without aim, you tend not to aim. You close your eyes, close your heart. The consequences become hit or miss in the most… Read More
“Big Daddy” Directed by Dennis Dugan. Written by Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
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TARZAN. Directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck. Written by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated G. Where Tarzan is concerned, the adage certainly proves true: It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
It may be saddled with an inscrutable title, but “Beggars and Choosers” still rates as a wry, satiric look at the TV business. The title refers to those with ideas, programs and talents to sell (the “beggars”) and the handful of powerful network decision-makers they… Read More
IN THEATERS Election What makes Alexander Payne’s “Election” one of the year’s best films isn’t just its sterling performances from Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, but its sharp insight into human nature. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
A coalition of Downeast musicians are using music as a spotlight on a heinous but hidden crime. The CD single “No More Domestic Violence” is the creation of 18 local musicians. The single includes “Song for Andrea” and “Piece in C,” both written by Lamoine… Read More
CLEMATIS FOR ALL SEASONS, by John Feltwell, Firefly Books, 1999, 128 pages, paperback, $19.95. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then “Clematis for All Seasons” is a sight to behold. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME. Directed by Jay Roach. Written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. Behave? Not on your lava lamp, baby. In “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” Dr. Evil returns to steal Austin… Read More
WHITE ROCK WAYS: FOLK AND FOLKWAYS OF A MAINE ISLAND, by Margaret Graham Neeson, Long Point Press, Spruce Head, 1998, 197 pages, $15.95. Did you ever get caught in a teen-age misdeed and go through the anxiety of waiting to learn what your punishment would… Read More
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY AND THE 4TH OF JULY, written and illustrated by Eloise and Robert Ensor, Windswept House Publishers, Mount Desert, 1997, 40 pages, $9.95. I think what I love most about the Fourth of July is that it hasn’t yet been supersized into… Read More
STARS OF THE FIRST PEOPLE: NATIVE AMERICAN STAR MYTHS AND CONSTELLATIONS by Dorcas S. Miller, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder, Colo., 1997, 346 pages (with appendices, references, index), softcover, $19.95. Apparently the human imagination has been awe-struck by the night sky throughout history — and well… Read More
TRIPLE WITCH by Sarah Graves, Bantam Books, New York, 1999, 292 pages, $5.50. If you read Sarah Graves’ first book, “The Dead Cat Bounce,” then you’ve been looking forward to her next. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
THE WINSLOW BOY On the surface, David Mamet’s new film, “The Winslow Boy,” is about justice. British justice. But beneath it all, Mamet has other things in mind, such as a film about passion. British passion. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More