‘Outermark’ tells the complicated story of trouble on a Maine island.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy event raises $125,000
Bestselling novelists Chris Whitaker, Claire Lombardo and Dani Shapiro spoke about the life-changing power of reading.
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Deep Water: ‘cat and mouse’ by Grace Sleeman
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Bestsellers: ‘My Friends’ and ‘Everything is Tuberculosis,’ top bestsellers locally
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Biddeford rapper Assasi blends story and song to tell tales of his Syrian home
The artist will weave stories about Syrian culture with acoustic Middle Eastern music and Arabic hip-hop in a performance raising money to visit his family in Aleppo for the first time in 13 years.
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Portland City Council will revisit concert venue moratorium
The council’s Sustainability and Transportation committee last week recommended adopting a moratorium to delay a proposed music hall downtown, but the full council still has to vote.
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Maine’s hospitals say they’re under threat by proposed Medicaid cuts
Sen. Susan Collins, a key vote, has not indicated whether she will vote in favor of President Trump’s budget bill.
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Portland voters may soon determine fate of huge coal pile along waterfront
A petition that looks likely to land on the November ballot would seek to cover and eventually remove the 45,000-ton heap, which has concerned some neighbors for years.
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Pint-size pioneer ‘Dora the Explorer’ celebrates her 25th anniversary with a new film
Twenty-five years ago, a little girl with a bob haircut appeared on our TVs, speaking a mix of English and Spanish, with a spunky, can-do spirit.
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‘Bride Hard’ is neither ‘Bridesmaids’ nor ‘Die Hard.’ Discuss.
Rebel Wilson stars as a superspy in a lazy, unfunny action-comedy mashup.