Photography is the hottest medium in the art world at the moment and has been now for almost a decade. The accessibility of photo technology in a digital age is making it possible for a veritable army of artists to generate imagery for all intents and purposes. A Photo Salon As I’ve been writing monthly […]
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Cinnamon Girl | Music Review
For someone with a highly limited music budget, tribute albums can be a source of great anxiety. They always have great potential — covering another artist’s material is a chance for a musician to both pay homage to their roots and at the same time expand upon the original message. Sometimes this process is transcendent, […]
My limited experience with news blogs has given me the impression that they’re wild and lawless places where rampant rumors, unvetted and untrustworthy, and partisan opinions, unexamined and unedited, are passed along willy-nilly by pseudonymous correspondents who could be anyone and anywhere. Of course, that may just be the old ink-stained wretch in me. I’m […]
There’s no such thing as bad art. I used to think that the work of the art critic was to judge art and artists, to sort out the good and dispose of the bad. Years ago, however, I came to realize that on the scale of human actions from genocide to sainthood, making art ranks […]
Passing through the ultra-lifelike dioramas of Connecticut’s Mashantucket Pequot Museum, visitors speak in hushed tones as though they’re intruding. But the models don’t flinch: They’re frozen snapshots of a history almost forgotten. This state-of-the-art museum is dedicated to resurrecting and popularizing the story of New England’s native inhabitants, which isn’t always easy. But by weaving […]
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We Were Right All Along
“There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.” –Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), abolitionist, suffragist, and women’s rights leader, “The Status of Woman, Past, Present and Future,” The Arena, May 1897
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New England Numbers: Spring
98.5 percentage of 20,646 starting runners who crossed the finish line at the 2007 Boston Marathon 414 pairs of nesting bald eagles counted in Maine in 2006, up from 21 pairs in 1967 $1,103 World Series share per player for the 1918 champion Boston Red SoxGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) […]
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Hatches Harbor
Take Route 6 all the way out through Provincetown, into Cape Cod National Seashore. Just past the parking area for Herring Cove Beach, you’ll find a small sand lot, where you can park. (If you have trouble finding it, go to the ranger booth at Race Point and they’ll give you directions.) The sign across […]
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Snail Road
Take Route 6, heading toward Provincetown. You’ll come to an intersection, marked by a sign saying “To Route 6A, Provincetown,” with a small parking area on the right. Park in that lot and start hiking. This trek, along Snail Road (the only trail here, but it has no sign), requires stamina — it’s about 1.5 […]
I first saw Jon Shain at the tiny black box theater at the Mansfield Music and Arts Society. By chance, the Patriots’ Divisional Playoff game against the Jaguars was scheduled at the same time, so needless to say there were a few cancellations. Excluding the two owners, the opening act and her mother, there were […]
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Jodi Picoult Interview
Jodi Picoult sat down with us in her home and shared her thoughts on critical thinking skills and public health issues.
Roxanne Quimby’s goal is to preserve the landscape of Maine’s North Woods forever, but controversy has been sparked by those who want to retain use of that land. In the early summer of 1975, 24-year-old Roxanne Quimby arrived in northern Maine, having driven across the country with her boyfriend, looking for a place to homestead. […]