More than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author’s award-winning novels and adventure-filled life.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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A New Yorker cartoonist and a historian walk into a bar…
Book-related talks and events around Maine.
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Deep Water: ‘Freshet’ By Grace Sleeman
Maine Poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling
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Art review: On the surface, the new exhibit of painter Jay Stern’s work is beautiful Maine pastorale
But what lies underneath tells a different tale. The show, now on at Grant Wahlquist Gallery in Portland, delves into marginalization.
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Bestsellers: ‘Pitch Dark,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s bestselling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Society Notebook: In Cape Elizabeth, art is the key to preserving open spaces
The annual Paint for Preservation fundraiser brings in more than $100,000 for the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust.
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The largest production ever for Opera Maine demanded a stage design to match
‘What does epic look like?’ set designer Germán Cárdenas-Alaminos asked himself when considering how to stage Verdi’s ‘Aida.’
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‘National Anthem’: America at its openhearted best
Luke Gilford’s gentle coming-of-age drama offers an appealing alternate vision of the American West.
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A lyrical new children’s book recounts a day in the life of Rockland’s Lobster Lady
At 101, Virginia Oliver still lobstered every day. ‘The Lobster Lady’ tells how she got her start fishing at age 8, in a time when other girls definitely didn’t, and what kept her lobstering through the decades.
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The 1995 political thriller that now feels prescient
Charles McCarry’s ‘Shelley’s Heart’ is not only exceptionally suspenseful but also unnervingly realistic.