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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Preble Street leader honored for ‘challenging unjust systems’
Mark Swann, executive director of the social services agency, received the Muskie Fund’s Access to Justice Award.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, News
Julia Gagnon, Maine’s ‘American Idol’ star, sings new music at packed Portland show
Gagnon performed at Merrill Auditorium on Sunday night for the first stop on her ‘Here in Maine’ tour.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, News
English bulldog Babydog makes surprise appearance in West Virginia mural
The English bulldog had never been featured prominently in West Virginia history, until now.
Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values
How will Louisiana’s Ten Commandments requirement be funded, enforced?
As a legal battle ensues over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of exactly how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain unclear
Posted inMaine, News, Religion and Values
Boaters receive annual blessing from Portland religious leaders
A blessing for good catches and smooth sailing has been extended to all boaters – occupational and recreational.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Open Palms,’ by Katherine Norton
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A Mainer took refuge in her garden during COVID, then wrote about it
In the understated and evocatively written ‘A Gardener at the End of the World,’ Margot Anne Kelley muses on time, pandemics and plants.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
In ‘Bear,’ a grizzly claws at a family bond in a mix of horror and enchantment
Julia Phillips’ modern-day fairy tale follows two sisters struggling to get by on San Juan Island.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
5 works of art that represent freedom at Maine museums
For the Fourth of July, we asked these museums to select pieces that reflected the meaning behind the holiday.