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July 2008 - Posts

Did Wild Oats close in vain?

by Deirdre Fulton | July 30, 2008

A ruling by a federal appeals court yesterday said that the Whole Foods-Wild Oats merger, which has already closed four Wild Oats stores (including the one in Portland) and "reflagged" 27 others as Whole Foods, may have taken place without adequate... Read More »

Reporting on the Hill, Part 2

by Deirdre Fulton | July 30, 2008

NY Times on Protest Votes

by Deirdre Fulton | July 30, 2008

Why We Don’t Need Public Art

by Ken Greenleaf | July 29, 2008

It’s an article of faith among art organizations that public art is unquestionably a good thing. The fact is, most public art is far from a good thing; most of it is plain awful. Making art good enough to hold its own in a pubic space is special skill... Read More »

Filed under: Innocent Bystander

Shockingly, a weekend protest is planned in Kennebunk

by Deirdre Fulton | July 29, 2008

I'm getting a feeling of deja vu . Jamilla El-Shafei, of the Kennebunks Peace Department, is helping to organize a weekend protest march to the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport .... Read More »

Filed under: Local Activism

Film Action in Kittery

by Deirdre Fulton | July 28, 2008

An independent film, co-written by Kennebunk resident Steve Hrehovcik , filmed some scenes in Kittery over the weekend. 27 Down , due out in 2009, tells the story of a Boston cop who gets involved in a hit-and-run and then moves to the fictional town... Read More »

Filed under: Local Film

Pythons in Maine

by Deirdre Fulton | July 25, 2008

Um, excuse me.... Read More »

Charles DuBack - An Unreconstructed Modernist at Jameson

by Ken Greenleaf | July 24, 2008

It’s in the nature of newspaper scheduling that you don’t always get to write about those interesting events, so I haven’t had the time or column inches to devote to a veteran painter of considerable interest, Charles DuBack at Jameson Gallery in Portland... Read More »

Filed under: Innocent Bystander

Darfur Rebel Leader to Visit Portland Saturday

by Deirdre Fulton | July 24, 2008

Green housing opening today in Bayside

by Deirdre Fulton | July 23, 2008

Online chat with Spencer and Gutter

by Jeff Inglis | July 22, 2008

This didn't quite fit in Sibilance this week, but we didn't want you to miss out: Normal 0 F The Portland music scene is getting all kinds of Web-friendly. On July 24, Spencer Albee and Dave Gutter of Rustic Overtones (and As Fast As and Paranoid... Read More »

Filed under: local music, Spencer Albee, Dave Gutter, Rustic Overtones

Gritty's birthday surprise

by Jeff Inglis | July 22, 2008

Filed under: Gritty McDuff's, beer

Spoon-fed drivel for lazy reporters

by Jeff Inglis | July 21, 2008

You will undoubtedly see a great deal of media coverage of the upcoming Beach to Beacon road race, slated for Saturday, August 2, in Cape Elizabeth. But the dirty little secret the newspapers and TV stations never tell you is that many of those stories... Read More »

Filed under: Media

Famous for Hating Harry Potter

by Deirdre Fulton | July 21, 2008

As reported on the New Yorker's books blog this morning, Maine gets some attention in A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-Day Iraq (Atlas & Co), due out this September. Sure, we'd rather get noticed... Read More »

On Going Too Far for Art

by Ken Greenleaf | July 18, 2008

For the past couple of decades or so quite a number of artists have been trying to push the limits of decency in art. It’s good business. Remember the piss Christ, the elephant-dung virgin, Mapplethorp’s special nasties? Feces and bodily functions have... Read More »

Filed under: Innocent Bystander