Having covered nonprofit fundraisers weekly for the past 13 years, I have seen hundreds of auctions where ordinary people raise their hands — and their bid numbers — to protect the organizations and initiatives that matter to them. Never is that impulse stronger than when they feel that something they love, like the Children’s Museum […]
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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‘Circular Motion,’ a debut both wildly imaginative and deeply emotional
Alex Foster’s first novel is about a futuristic high-speed travel system with troubling global consequences.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Deep Water: ‘A Chaucerian Scholar,’ by Edward J. Rielly
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Action-packed ‘Fountain of Youth’ has everything — except a soul
An Apple Original starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman plays like ‘Romancing the National Da Vinci Treasure Ark.’
Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
Rep. Pingree decries cuts to Planned Parenthood, Medicaid
During a roundtable discussion in Portland, Planned Parenthood officials said ‘everything is on the table’ for cutbacks if the Republican budget bill becomes law.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, News
Artists use midnight performance to draw attention to rising seas
A group of painters, dancers and sculptors gathered on the Portland waterfront in the middle of the night as an unusually high tide flooded parking lots and piers.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Collapse of Maine’s browntail moth population brings a less itchy spring
The forest pest — which causes an itchy rash that can last for weeks — may be entering the bust phase of its boom and bust cycle.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
There’s an 80% chance the world will break another annual temperature record in the next 5 years, the World Meteorological Organization and the U.K. Meteorological Office say.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
New storytelling events in Maine let people share, Moth-style
Monthly storytelling series are being held at venues in Portland and Lewiston, and other storytelling events have been held recently focused on health care, parenting, immigrant life and food.
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See these 4 storytelling events in Portland, Lewiston and Damariscotta
Here are some upcoming storytelling events and series around Maine: June 5: Stories Told Live, 7:15 p.m. at Blue Portland Maine, 650 A Congress St., Portland. $20. Six local people telling stories on stage. The shows are usually held the first Thursday of the month. Blueportlandmaine.org. June 5: The Corner, 7 p.m. at L/A Arts, […]