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‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ … fully booked

“Room service? Send up a larger room.” — Groucho Marx My plans for spring break travel have changed. I was going to check in at the “Best Marigold Hotel,” but now, after I’ve seen Wes Anderson’s fresh, sparkling, dynamic, insane, comedic masterpiece, I’ve booked rooms at the “Grand Budapest Hotel.” I know I will be […]

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‘Gloria’ … dancing to the end of love

Gloria (an extraordinary Paulina Garcia) is one of God’s dancers who kept her own beat. Though still a lovely woman in her “mid years” who sports a happy face, a thin veil of sadness floats about her. She once had a happy marriage that went off the rails somewhere. We can tell that it was […]

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J.T. Lockwood Band returns to Slates

Quartet’s CD release party is part of the restaurant’s Monday Night Concert Series Let’s face it … Maine has some wonderful local acts. One that has been mentioned here before is The J.T. Lockwood Band — their self-titled album was released in December 2012 with a CD party at Slates, in Hallowell, to celebrate. Well, […]

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DANA WILDE

Recent news stories about D.F. Mortland, who died last month at the age of 87, mentioned the great respect people felt for him, but they neglected to indicate he was also a man of letters.