Arts & Leisure

Old York Garden Club still growing after 75 years

The Old York Garden celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2007

"Seussical" opens this Friday at SRT

Vocal warm-ups. Audition pieces. Dressing "dancy."

Former writer for The Independent publishes first book

"The Vanished Messenger," a new novel by Randy Moser, is being hailed as a rallying cry for Generation X.

State's new campground reservation system up and running for 2007

The Bureau of Parks and Lands, a division of the Maine Department of Conservation, is now accepting campground reservations for the 2007 season.

The Music Scene...

This week's happenings

Ongoing

Rare opportunity to enjoy Goya's "Los Caprichos" at the PMA

"The world is a masquerade. Face, dress, and voice, are all false. All
wish to appear what they are not. All deceive and do not know themselves."

Local playwright nominated for Edgar Award

Local resident Michael Kimball may be best known for his international best-selling thrillers, but he's now quickly gaining recognition for his talent as a playwright, most recently with a nomination for the 2007 Edgar Award.

Created with love, one square at a time

The Square Knits don't have too many rules.

Art Attack: New student exhibit pulls in a crowd

The opening of Third Annual York Public Library Student Art Show drew what might have been one of the largest turnouts ever at the library's opening reception on Friday, Feb. 2.

Captivating images of privileged early Americans through the eyes of John Brewster (1766-1854)

Pictured on the soft-cover catalogue accompanying the exhibition, "The World of John Brewster, Jr.," currently at the Portland Museum of Art, is a full-length portrait of an unidentified little girl.


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