Dubbed ‘the king of daytime talk,’ he was the first to incorporate audience participation, typically during a full hour with a single guest.
Life & Culture
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See U.S. Navy band Country Current for free in Freeport
The band is the Navy’s only country/bluegrass ensemble.
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Kotzschmar organ ventures into outer space for cosmic show on Sept. 14
Tickets are on sale now for the Merrill Auditorium show featuring municipal organist James Kennerley.
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See this Portland artist’s tribute to the working waterfront
Portland native Timothy Goldkin created a mural on the side of Casco Variety, based on an old photograph from right around the corner.
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Tickets on sale for Deer Tick in Westbrook, Elvis Costello in Waterville
Alternative rock band Deer Tick performs outdoors at the Rock Row venue on Aug. 31.
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Maine briefly hits the big screen in ‘It Ends With Us.’ Don’t get too excited.
There’s not a lot to admire about this controversial box-office hit.
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From Bath to Berkeley, Bay Ledges has a following – and a new album
Native Mainer Zach Hurd fuses indie-pop with electronica in ‘Rivers,’ his sophomore album.
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Record number of breeding puffins recorded on island in Gulf of Maine
Seal Island, off the coast of Rockland, was once home to the area’s largest Atlantic puffin colony. Elsewhere, there are reminders that Gulf of Maine seabirds remain highly vulnerable.
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Amazing Acro-Cats purrform for a cause in Portland
The cat circus troupe and band sold out The Hill Arts on Sunday, with proceeds benefiting rescue cats.
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Indiana Jones’ iconic fedora fetches $630,000 at auction
The brown felt fedora was worn by Harrison Ford in 1984’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.’