See her at the Waldo Theatre on Friday.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Tickets on sale for Billy Bragg in July, T.J. Miller in August
See ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro at Stone Mountain Arts Center on Thursday.
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‘The Outsiders’ wins best musical, ‘Stereophonic’ best play as women make strides at Tony Awards
The musical based on the beloved S. E. Hinton book is about rival gangs of haves and have-nots in 1960s Oklahoma. The win meant Angelina Jolie, a producer, landed her first Tony, too.
Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values
Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
Fourteen pilgrims from Jordan died from sunstroke, and a spokesman for the Saudi Health Ministry said more than 2,760 pilgrims suffered from sunstroke and heat stress Sunday alone.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News, Politics
George Clooney, Julia Roberts help Biden raise $28 million at fundraiser
Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars have headlined a glitzy fundraiser for President Joe Biden, helping raise what his reelection campaign said was $28 million and hoping to energize would-be supporters ahead of a November election that they argued was among the most important in the nation’s history
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Olympic footage of Joan Benoit Samuelson gives Freeport eventgoers all the feels
The Maine Historical Society named the record-setting marathon runner this year’s Maine History Maker.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A novel revisits the violence of the Tiananmen Square massacre
A Beijing-born writer wraps a coming-of-age tale around a riveting account of the months-long student protests and the horrific violence that followed.
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Concert series Vigorous Tenderness celebrates the change in seasons and classical music
Portland native Kal Sugatski started the outdoor events as a way to hold classical music performances during the pandemic, but the demand for it has continued.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Consider the context, or don’t, in these 2 abstract art shows
See the work of Andrea Sulzer in Woolwich and Strauss Bourque-LaFrance at Dunes in Portland.