Dr. Stanley Block may have found the key to lasting happiness. This retired psychoanalyst, native Mainer (born on Munjoy Hill) and former medical director of Maine’s Jackson Brook Institute has published Come to Your Senses—Demystifying the Mind Body Connection, in which he describes how people with serious problems can make them disappear by “coming to…
Oprah Winfrey’s talk show guests have sat on them. The Royal Caribbean Cruise Line uses them. And Cardwell’s Restaurant in Plaza Frontenac (a small exclusive mall in St. Louis with a Nieman’s and a Sack’s) ordered them for an expansive renovation. Gregg Lipton chairs, stools and other furnishings are in demand when only the best…
Puppets interacting with actors; actors interacting with puppets. The Maine-based Figures of Speech Theater takes traditional Japanese Bunraku puppetry and gives it a dramatic and magical spin—with the mission of producing “visual theater that emphasizes myth and transformation.” The theater was established nearly 3 decades ago when John Farrell dropped out of law school to…
It’s almost impossible to describe Avner Eisenberg in one word. In fact, he has the ability to captivate an audience without uttering one word. So we’ll have to use a wide range of words to describe him—comic, entertainer, actor, acrobat and magician—and that’s just touching the surface. Avner has enjoyed a flourishing entertainment career in…
Sally Morris provides legal advice regarding employment law and compliance matters to small businesses and non-profit organizations. She has advised small businesses for over twenty years and understands that small businesses face increasing state and federal regulatory demands relating to their employees. Sally helps her clients sort through the confusing web of employment regulations. She…
On a Friday evening after a long, grueling week, it’s finally time to relax with a few close friends and enjoy a sumptuous meal of mussels cooked in white wine, butter and shallots; lamb stuffed with goat cheese, dates and almonds; green beans cooked in pecan-honey butter; and peach-raspberry bundles with an orange custard sauce.…
