Successful transplants have increased in Maine and across the nation over the past five years as awareness grows and the science improves.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Engine, an arts nonprofit that helped revitalize Biddeford, dissolves
The Heart of Biddeford, the downtown group that often partnered with Engine, will expand its own arts programming to fill the void.
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Hospitals ready to take more pregnant patients as Waterville facilities end birthing services
MaineGeneral Health and Redington-Fairview General Hospital expect more demand once birthing services in Waterville close March 1.
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Society Notebook: Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association buoys support with art, auction and appetizers
“Art. Auction. Appetizers.” Nothing like telling it straight with the name of a fundraiser! The 75 guests at the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association event Jan. 25 at The Press Hotel didn’t expect to be surprised. And yet they were. “That has to be the best scallop I’ve ever had,” said Pam Hadley, who was visiting […]
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The odd, darkly enchanted world of Kate Hargrave
That every one of the nine paintings in “Kate Hargrave: The Journal” at Moss Galleries in Portland (through Mar. 8) sold within 24 hours of the opening is itself astounding. It tells us much about Hargrave’s startling originality, but also about the art scene in Maine. Clearly, we have been hankering for something this fresh […]
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A new work builds on an old Acadian musical tradition
Jordan Guerette and Forêt Endormie will perform a new work in French at Space in Portland on Feb. 9.
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Marlee Matlin blazed trails. She also suffered a lifetime of isolation.
The new Sundance documentary ‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,’ told via American Sign Language, shows how deaf women are often targets for violence.
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An ode to — [insert long pause] — the movie intermission
A meditation on the appeal, and decline, of the movie intermission. “The Brutalist” has one.
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Deep Water: ‘New Moon on Tap Mountain’ by Jay Franzel
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Steven Soderbergh made his new movie by becoming a ghost
The inventive director embraced POV filmmaking on ‘Presence,’ his haunted-house film shot from the spirit’s perspective.