What is a dad joke, anyway? Read the examples below, gathered with help from Maine dads and comics, just in time for Father’s Day.
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Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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When do Mainers tell dad jokes? When they become apparent.
For Father’s Day, we talk to Maine dads, comics and others about what a dad joke is, why dads tell them and why we love to hate them.
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A mother pays tribute to the sons she lost
In her memoir ‘Things in Nature Merely Grow,’ Yiyun Li tries to honor the lives, and accept the unfathomable deaths, of her two sons.
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‘The Emperor of Gladness’ and ‘Abundance’ top bestseller lists locally
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Portland’s Washington Baths features the Brutalist splendor of experiential architecture | Column
Nudity, steam and an icy-bath plunge are the only respectable way to lay eyes on Portland’s newest slice of Brutalist architecture.
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A book of poems set in Old Orchard Beach moves from the specific to the transcendent
‘Old Orchard’s Palace’ is poet Robert Gibbons closely observed second book about the town he lives in.
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Deep Water: ‘i dream my gender a thousand shades of green,’ by Jude Marx
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Maine author’s debut novel about the ’80s rock scene is set to become a film
‘The Whyte Python World Tour’ by Scarborough resident Travis Kennedy goes on sale June 24, and Paramount has already begun developing a movie based on it.
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Portland Stage pulls back the curtain for gala guests
This year’s Portland Stage Spring Gala was a bit like an open house, giving guests a chance to focus the theater lights, swap out scenery, perform a quick costume change and direct a scene. “Tonight is building constituencies as much as it about raising money,” said board president Todd Nicholson. “It’s really about making people […]
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Updated: The cyber ‘incident’ at area hospitals. Here’s what patients need to know
UPDATE: St. Mary’s announced on Monday, June 30, all systems were fully restored.