All posts tagged "monhegan island"
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13.1K3Crime and ScandalMonhegan Murder Mystery: What Did Rockwell Kent Know?
In 2013, Jamie Wyeth’s new portrait of Rockwell Kent on Monhegan Island, paintbrush and palette in hand, was exhibited at the Brandywine...
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26.4K4Arts and LeisureEdward Hopper in New England
Edward Hopper is known for his paintings of urban isolation, and yet he did some of his best loved work in rural...
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32.6K13Business and LaborThe Legend of Faneuil Hall’s Golden Grasshopper Weathervane
The truth is more interesting than the legend about the golden grasshopper perched above Faneuil Hall since 1742. The real story links...
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15.2K13MaineFlying Santa: Dropping Gifts on Lighthouses Since 1929
The New England Flying Santa tradition was born in the teeth of a fierce winter storm when lighthouse beacons along Penobscot Bay...
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