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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Society Notebook: Make It Happen hits its sweet spot with storytelling social
The latest fundraiser for Make It Happen, Portland Public Schools’ college readiness program for multilingual students, was perfectly aligned with the way the program celebrates diversity while promoting English literacy. More than two dozen students spoke from their hearts at “Sips, Sweets, and Stories” April 16 at Ocean Gateway. “Make It Happen gives me and […]
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Beyoncé’s daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi take on the ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour
Beyoncé put her daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi front and center as she launched her ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour in Los Angeles.
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‘We are Definitely Human’ uses humor to teach children lessons about kindness
A delightful, laugh-out-loud funny picture book from Midcoast writer and illustrator X. Fang.
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‘Thunderbolts*’: Another Marvel widget, saved by the cast
Florence Pugh, David Harbour and Julia Louis-Dreyfus lead an ensemble of actors that elevate an otherwise ho-hum MCU entry.
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MFA’s Van Gogh exhibit shows the deep friendship behind his portraits of one family
A lonely Van Gogh painted postman Joseph Roulin and his family in a creative frenzy. The portraits, on view at MFA Boston, reveal a wildly immediate inner life.
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‘On Swift Horses’ is a mixed bag of eros and agita in 1950s California
A TV director takes a gamble on a big-screen drama that only partially pays off.
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MECA’s temporary exhibit uses U-Haul trucks to explore the possibilities of empty spaces
The ‘Cluster Truck’ sculpture exhibition invited 11 students at the Maine College of Art and Design to adopt a truck and create an experience or spectacle.
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A man tries to build a world for his wife. Will she ever arrive?
Antonio Muñoz Molina’s ‘Your Steps on the Stairs’ tells a story of love, loneliness and one very good dog.
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Deep Water: ‘Limington,’ by Lynne Benoit
This week’s poem, Lynne Benoit’s “Limington,” offers a nuanced portrait of an aging grandfather and the past. I love this poem’s vivid range of glimpses, memories, and artifacts, and how they all add up to a whole — a life to hold. Benoit grew up in the western mountains of Maine. She lives and writes […]