“I always feel in Maine like I’m walking on the surface of the Earth. In the South, I always feel like I’m knee deep.” – Anne Rivers Siddons In her new novel “Sweetwater Creek,” Anne Rivers Siddons is waist-deep in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Read More
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SABATTUS – Kate Fetterman scored a goal and dished out an assist to lead the Camden Hills Windjammers to a 4-0 high school field hockey win over the Oak Hill Raiders Thursday. Megan Bauer, Ayla McIntosh, and Laura Schelble each scored a goal for the… Read More
Contemporary art, especially installation, is a challenge. Done well, it heightens the senses and enhances experience. It communicates. It’s a celebration of both medium and message. Done poorly, it screams, “Look what I can do with my computer/projector/iPod!” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Week 2 of the high school football season features two key Pine Tree Conference Class B matchups that likely will have ramifications far into the later reaches of the fall. One represents one of the top rivalries in the state of the past 15 years… Read More
GORHAM – Megan Benevides scored the game-winner off a deflected ball in front of the net with 6:59 left in overtime to give the Gordon College Fighting Scots a 1-0 field hockey win over the University of Southern Maine Thursday Chayanne Wilson had two saves… Read More
Let’s give “Lost” more credit for resuscitating serial dramas on the networks. The ABC freshman hit of last season did more than prove that viewers were capable of following storylines week to week, that they didn’t need everything wrapped up with a bow at the… Read More
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Minsky Hall looks wonderful. Unfortunately, the University of Maine concert hall does not always sound wonderful. The same clean painted ceilings and pale wooden paneling that make the space so visually appealing can make sounds bounce around in unexpected and sometimes unpleasant ways. The sounds… Read More
CONTEMPORARY MAINE FICTION: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES, edited by Wesley McNair, Down East Books, Camden, 2005, 295 pages, $25. Those of us fortunate enough to call Maine home may have sensed, in recent years, that a great deal of first-rate fiction was being written… Read More
This has to be something of a rarity in America: to view an exhibition of landscapes in a museum and then, upon exiting, to encounter the very places you were just looking at. That is one of the distinct pleasures offered by the show on… Read More
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. – On his 22nd birthday, Ryan Moore of Scarborough scored his second NASCAR Busch North Series win of the season in the TSI Harley-Davidson 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway. Moore lead the final 38 laps to take the victory on Wednesday night. Read More
ORONO – Sunny, clear skies, temperatures still hovering around 90 degrees, and high humidity. Not exactly football weather at Alfond Stadium on Tuesday, but it felt absolutely perfect for the 10 University of Maine football coaches directing preseason practice and the 90 players who were… Read More
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MARIETTA, Ga. – Katie Porter went to third on a bunt and scored via an infield error on Lindsay Stevenson’s grounder in the top of the eighth as Bangor edged the North Georgia Bulldogs of Athens, Ga., 5-4 at the ASA Softball East National Tournament Thursday. Read More
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BANGOR – The Bangor Comrades had lived off the big inning during their run out of the loser’s bracket at the state American Legion baseball tournament. But Andrews Post of Portland used a big inning of its own to rally past the Zone 2 runners-up… Read More
Dave McGillivray has accomplished a great deal in his illustrious running and race directing career. For starters, he ran 3,452 miles across the country from one Medford to another – Oregon to Massachusetts – to raise money for the Jimmy Fund, a run which ended… Read More
BANGOR – Pitching for the Brewer American Legion baseball team this summer has basically meant pitching with a lead, because the Falcons have had a tendency to score in bunches early in games. Andrew Patterson, for one, doesn’t mind the support. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
BUCKSPORT – Chris Maguire belted a two-run triple off the top of the left center-field fence with one out in the fifth to provide the winning margin and struck out eight batters to help lead Bucksport to an opening round 5-3 win over Saco at the Senior League… Read More
Conductors seeking fame and fortune do not attend the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians in Hancock. Rather than endure the rocky Maine coast, frigid Atlantic and unpredictable summer weather, those future maestros settle themselves in the more comfortable rolling hills of the Berkshires at a… Read More
Telling a war story during a time of war is always a tricky business. Now Steven Bochco and Chris Gerolmo, co-creators of “Over There,” have upped the ante, setting a scripted drama in the continuing war in Iraq. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, by J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books; illustrations by Mary GrandPre; Scholastic Inc., New York, 2005; $29.99, children’s hardcover. Parents and schoolteachers should be glad that the new “Harry Potter” book was released in July, a month in which… Read More
HAMPDEN – Ian Lee tallied two singles, a double, and drove in a run to lift Hampden by Lincoln 8-5 Tuesday for the final playoff spot in the American Legion Zone 1 baseball tourney. Bangor and Brewer earned berths in the tourney by capturing the… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – At Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, it will be easy to identify the hometown heroes on the NASCAR Nextel Cup circuit. Many fans will be wearing Jeff Gordon T-shirts or Tony Stewart hats, but at New Hampshire International Speedway over the weekend, it was difficult… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – He may have finished fifth but Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre had a smile on his face after the New England 125 Busch North race at New Hampshire International Speedway on Friday. That’s because Grizco Racing teammate Mike Stefanik claimed his second trip to… Read More
The so-called “Singing Bridge,” an industrial-looking structure spanning the channel between the Maine towns of Hancock and Sullivan, was torn down in 1999. Its passing left those of us who routinely crossed its metal roadway with memories of girders against an eastern sky, the three distinctive harmonic tones… Read More
For moments, days and weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, many Americans sat helplessly and watched the tragedy unfold on TV. Stomachs were churning, hands wringing and hearts breaking. What could regular citizens – so far away, so unprepared and unskilled for emergencies – do to… Read More
When it comes to proving theories, we tend to think of math or science. But in David Auburn’s drama “Proof,” the heart steps up to validate its own quirky math in which one plus one may not equal two. The heart of this story belongs to Catherine, a… Read More
If God had a voice, it would have to sound a lot like David McCullough. McCullough, 72, a summer resident of Camden, has become America’s unofficial historian laureate. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
For a band made up of four unfailingly polite British lads, Coldplay inspires an awful lot of antipathy. Alan McGee, founder of influential UK record label Creation, which was once home to Oasis, famously referred to Coldplay as “music for bedwetters” around the time they appeared on the… Read More
If history is any indicator, competitors in this week’s 41st Whited Ford Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament may just want to award defending champion Ricky Jones of Thomaston the winner’s trophy already. Shortly before his first victory in 2001, Jones and wife Christienne had celebrated… Read More
ASHLAND – Whitney Flint struck out seven and allowed only two hits in four innings to get the win in relief as the Ashland Hornets rallied for an 8-7 Class D quarterfinal softball victory over Washburn Thursday. Flint also singled and scored three runs. Katie… Read More
BANGOR – Andy Pooler singled to score Sam Burne and break a 6-6 tie in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Mount Desert Island Trojans to a 7-6 high school baseball win over the George Stevens Academy Eagles Friday. Pooler finished with three… Read More
Maybe you’ve had this experience. The curtain goes up on a Bangor Community Theatre musical, and a dance step is missed here, a line or entrance is missed there, but the singers blow the roof off the house. I’ve been witnessing this phenomenon for more… Read More
A pair of unaccompanied violins, like a pair of coloratura sopranos, can sound shrill, even harsh under the wrong conditions. An unwise choice of strident material can exacerbate this situation, making music actually painful, not emotionally, but physically. To put it another way, Sunday afternoon’s concert by the… Read More
Richard Russo’s vision of small-time life in a Maine mill town comes boldly to life this weekend on HBO. “Empire Falls,” which airs in two parts at 9-11 p.m. Saturday, May 28, and 9-10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 29, on the premium cable channel, successfully captures… Read More
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Music is like food. There is the piquant appetizer of the etude, and the wholesomely uplifting meat and potatoes of the pastorale. And although not fattening, there is even the musical equivalent of the mega-calorie, divinely decadent, death by chocolate extravaganza with extra whipped cream. It may not… Read More
Everyone wants the dish on the royal family, and America’s most beloved king may be the King of Rock and Roll. “Elvis by the Presleys” is the story of Elvis Presley as presented by his former wife, Priscilla, daughter Lisa Marie and other family and… Read More
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FACE DOWN BELOW THE BANQUETING HOUSE, by Kathy Lynn Emerson, Perseverance Press, McKinleyville, Calif., 240 pages, paperback, $13.95 A visit in 1573 from Queen Elizabeth I was a lot like having the President of the United States “drop in” to take the pulse of the… Read More
Mark Torres’ parting theatrical gift after more than a decade at the helm of the Penobscot Theatre Company is a tried and true play about theater life that last week threw the audience into fits of opening night laughter. Torres cast “Noises Off” with a mix of well-known… Read More
I am not a fair critic. In fact, I employ a double standard. I am unabashedly and consistently much harder on guest artists and professional ensembles than I am on local groups. In general, I tend to give our local community musicians credit for being… Read More
EVERYBODY NEEDS A HIDEAWAY, written and illustrated by Dean Bennett, Down East Books, 32 pages, hardcover, $15.95. Through several significant books on wilderness, Dean Bennett, professor emeritus of education at the University of Maine at Farmington, is considered one of the, well, deans of environmental… Read More
One moment can change a person’s life. That’s the message of “Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story” (the documentary will be shown without commercial interruption, a first for USA). googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
The concert felt like a pair of shoes one-half size too small: not really painful, but not comfortable either. Part of the problem with Sunday afternoon’s concert by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the University of Maine Singers, the University of Maine Oratorio and a quartet of imported vocalists… Read More
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Bobby Labonte became the first driver to win in each of NASCAR’s top three series at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, capturing the closest Craftsman Truck Series event at the track. Labonte passed Chad Chaffin for the lead with 30 laps to go,… Read More
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Aquila Theatre Company has become standard fare each season at the Maine Center for the Arts. Its touring productions of literary classics such as “Oedipus Rex,” “The Odyssey,” “Julius Caesar,” and “The Comedy of Errors” have won the group a local following. The works are highly stylized, tightly… Read More
A BITTER BREW: FAITH, POWER, AND POISON IN A SMALL NEW ENGLAND TOWN, by Christine Ellen Young, Berkley Books, New York, 2005, 256 pages, hardcover, $19.95. The jacket blurb says that author Christine Ellen Young’s “A Bitter Brew” reveals “the true story behind the Maine… Read More
The term “private eye” often conjures up the image of a dark office in a seedy part of town, with the gruff lone-wolf investigator aided by his faithful gal Friday. “Eyes,” debuting at 10 tonight on ABC, offers an intriguing update on that old TV… Read More
It’s the time of year when the networks trot out their last bunch of contenders for next fall’s schedule, hoping to find another midseason success story such as “Medium” or “House.” That explains why ABC is giving the character-rich “Boston Legal” a four-week hiatus to… Read More
For years, the Brits have been a source of American TV programming ideas, as long ago as “All in the Family” and “Sanford and Son” and as recently as “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and “Trading Spaces.” Then came the much ballyhooed crossing of… Read More
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In book form, Eugene O’Neill’s play “Long Day’s Journey into Night” has the feel of a novel. Unlike Shakespeare, who almost never offers stage or extended character notes, O’Neill gives more than a dozen paragraphs of introductory material before the opening scene of Act I – the titles… Read More
BANGOR – They have waited a long time for a crack at their first Eastern Maine Class A boys basketball championship. So two extra days shouldn’t be an inconvenience for Hampden Academy and Oxford Hills of South Paris. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
People who pass through the village of Anatevka don’t even know they’ve been there. It’s a “blink-and-you-miss-it” kind of place. But Anatevka was the center of the universe on Saturday at the Maine Center for the Arts, where musical lovers brought their children, their memories and their applause… Read More
Carl Little, the ubiquitous arts writer in Maine, was a latecomer to Monhegan Island. Artists have been going there steadily for 150 years, and Little’s first trip was in 1990, as research for a lecture he was preparing for the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. Still, it’s easy… Read More
There should be more here. There’s too much talent involved in “Jake in Progress,” a comedy debuting at 9 p.m. Sunday on ABC, for it to feel so fleeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
ORONO – The University of Maine women’s basketball team hoped to breeze through Saturday night’s regular-season finale, celebrate “Senior Night,” then start gearing up for the America East Tournament. The Black Bears knew the University of Maryland Baltimore County, despite being the league’s last-place team,… Read More
Editor’s Note: Maine Bound is a column featuring new books written by Maine authors set in the Pine Tree State or with other local ties. KAYAKS YOU CAN BUILD: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION, by Ted Moores and Greg Rossel; Firefly Books, Buffalo, N.Y.,… Read More
You would think that with all the tabloid attention concerning her weight problems, Kirstie Alley would want to shun the spotlight. Instead, the former “Cheers” star is tackling America’s obsession with weight in her hilarious and rude new Showtime series, “Fat Actress,” which debuts at… Read More
In New York City, workers are removing the last of Christo’s 7,000 orange fabric gates. In the Louvre, despite conservation measures, paint grows brittle, gravity does its work, and da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” ages. In Egypt, a few more grains of sand fall from the surface of the… Read More
ORONO – Poor Gulliver. His tales were so tall (literally), and his travels so wild and wondrous that nobody wanted to believe him. But Lilliput’s gentle giant got his due when National Black Light Theatre Prague came to town Thursday night for a performance at… Read More
Thursday night at 10 will bring the answer to the question: “Can Dick Wolf go to the well too many times?” That’s when the latest of the part-time MDI resident’s “Law & Order” series, “Trial by Jury,” debuts on NBC. It will move to its… Read More
The prospect was daunting: a three-, possibly four-hour concert program of all six quartets by the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok. Nearly everyone who follows chamber music has heard one of the quartets played on a mixed program, often paired with a quartet by Beethoven. But all six in… Read More
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Deborah Spillane netted a goal in each game over the weekend as Boston College beat the University of Maine women’s hockey team twice, virtually eliminating the Black Bears from the Hockey East playoff picture. The Eagles beat the Bears 2-1 Saturday… Read More
BANGOR – Will the future of the Mount Desert Island girls basketball team be as bright as its recent past? With four sophomores and two juniors back from the Trojans’ rotation, coach Chip Taylor thinks so, and that’s one of the reasons he emptied his… Read More
Seems like there was a time not too long ago when some critics (of both the professional and armchair variety) felt that, given its track record, Sweden should no longer be allowed to export its pop music. This was during the Clinton presidency and the idea was based… Read More
STANDISH – St. Joseph’s College received 14 points and nine rebounds from Margaret Blauvelt and 11 points from Megan Tetrault as the Monks beat the University of Maine-Fort Kent 56-43 Sunday to completed a weekend sweep of Aroostook County colleges. St. Joseph’s nipped UM-Presque Isle… Read More
Editor’s Note: Maine Bound is a column featuring new books written by authors, set in the Pine Tree State or with other local ties. TOOL AND DIE, by Sarah Graves, Bantam, New York, 2005, hardcover, 274 pages, $22. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
Poor Aida. She never really has a chance. She’s the Ethiopian slave of an Egyptian princess, their two countries are at war, and hers is the away team. She can’t trust anyone – not her boss, not her father, not even the gods. Worst of all, she can’t… Read More
AUGUSTA – For six minutes Saturday evening, Old Town High wrestler Dan Hatch had no bigger fan than Harry Pearson. Pearson, a junior from Camden Hills of Rockport, had just won his second straight individual state championship at 160 pounds. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Zulu dancing, jewel-colored outfits and driving percussion are not elements typically associated with church choirs. But if more religious services offered music and dance with the alacrity and fervor of the Soweto Gospel Choir, it’s a sure bet that the pews would be filled each week. Read More
Ah, February. Month of teasing thaws followed by freezing rain and snow. Twenty-eight days of schizophrenic weather that leaves even the most hardy of souls reeling. Thank goodness it’s the shortest month. And thank goodness for indoor gardening. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
AUGUSTA – Dethroning a state wrestling champion never has been a common occurrence in Maine. The Maine Principals’ Association began awarding a single state team championship in 1959, and initially it belonged to Sanford. The Redskins won nine consecutive titles, including seven Class A crowns… Read More
Yet another indoor track season is coming to a close, and a championship season is here. Athletes from four conferences will gather at four different venues this weekend for conference bragging rights. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
It?s hard to believe that the same man who wrote the music to ?Over the Rainbow? also composed ?Blues in the Night? and ?Lydia the Tattooed Lady.? But that?s Harold Arlen for you. His signature sound drew from jazz, pop, swing and the blues,… Read More
Molly, Debra and Nicky have been holding the same monthly dinner party with their husbands for nearly 20 years. After eating, they go to the kitchen to clean up, and the guys retreat to the living room to practice their putting. It’s a little suburban, a little Stepford. Read More
DURHAM, N.H. – One men’s hockey streak ended Friday night and another two fell Saturday night at the Whittemore Center. The University of New Hampshire Wildcats, who had their 12-game home winning streak snapped by Maine on Friday night, returned the favor on Saturday (2-1)… Read More
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ORONO – It slices. It dices. It sautes and slices. It rocks. It rolls. It bangs on bowls. It seasons and sizzles and the fun never fizzles. And it all can be yours for the price of admission. People in the first 10 rows will… Read More
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Ten Bucks Theatre Company likes to laugh in the winter. “We try to do an outrageous comedy in January because we think it’s unfair to ask an audience to come out in the cold to see something depressing,” said Julie Arnold Lisnet, a founding member of the Brewer-based… Read More
WATERVILLE – Adam Rich connected on 12 3-pointers, notched his 1,000th career point, and scored 51 points as the Thomas College Terriers rolled past the University of Maine-Presque Isle 107-72 here Sunday in basketball action. Former East Grand star James Godley registered 14 points for… Read More
The smorgasbord may have been invented to break up the monotony of a long Swedish winter. In that spirit, Sunday afternoon’s concert by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at the Maine Center for the Arts was a musical smorgasbord, offering new music based on an ancient myth, composed by… Read More
In the performing arts, an evening such as the one Garth Fagan Dance presented Friday at the Maine Center for the Arts, is called a dance concert. It is made up of a series of choreographies much like a music concert is made up of a series of… Read More
Editor’s Note: Maine Bound is a column featuring new books written by authors set in the Pine Tree State or with other local ties. THE PRINCE OF BEVERLY HILLS, by Stuart Woods, G.P. Putnam, New York, 2004, 315 pages, hardcover, $25.95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
STONE BY STONE, by Robert M. Thorson, Walker & Company, New York, 2002, $14. The subtitle on the cover proclaims “The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls.” The first time around I read “of” instead of “in” and the difference is striking. “Of,” of… Read More
It was more than a decade ago that I happened upon Maine Cottage Furniture in Yarmouth. I remember the brightly colored wooden headboards, painted tables that were simple, whimsical and unpretentious, and paintings that exuded a real joy of life. When co-owner, designer and painter Carol Bass introduced… Read More
“Numb3rs” is the definition of a tough sell. The new crime drama, debuting at 10 p.m. Sunday (or whenever the Patriots game ends), is built on mathematics. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
If you think the idea of a series spinoff is a product of the TV generation, think again. Shakespeare got there first with “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” reportedly written on a commission from Queen Elizabeth I, who wanted to see the return of the… Read More
Give credit to “The X-Files.” Thanks to the success of that paranormal drama, Fox is at least willing to put shows with a science fiction or occult flavor on its schedule. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
ORONO – Two coaches synonymous with Eastern Maine track, Old Town’s Rod White and Maynard Walton of Bangor, felt that Saturday’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet was a preview of the EM championship. “If you look at the event standings, especially on the boys’… Read More
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Despite a quarter-century of emphasizing sports, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network has been working more on the entertainment portion of its name in recent years. The results have been uneven, to say the least, from the high-powered Dale Earnhardt biopic “3” to the laughable… Read More
Well, it’s an improvement. “It,” in this case, is the new NBC sitcom “Committed,” debuting tonight at 9:30. It’s better than the show it’s replacing, “Father of the Pride,” an animated series starring computer-generated animals so demeaning that it should have set both PETA and… Read More
ORONO – If the first game of the new year is any indication as to what University of Maine men’s basketball fans will see from the men’s team, they have reason to expect a happy new year. The Black Bears started the game with a… Read More