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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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‘The Philadelphia 11’ features a pioneering group of female clergy, including from Maine
The Nick is hosting a screening of the documentary and a panel discussion next week.
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Cumberland singer Julia Gagnon’s ‘American Idol’ journey ends
Gagnon sang songs by The B-52’s and Adele, but fell short of votes to propel her into the top 5 Sunday night.
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Lovers & Friends Festival causes upset with last-minute cancellation
Organizers canceled the Las Vegas event because of expected heavy winds.
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Actor Bernard Hill, of ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings,’ has died at 79
His death came the same day the second series of the BBC drama ‘The Responder’ was to air, in which he played the father of the show’s star, Martin Freeman.
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Madonna’s biggest-ever concert transforms Rio’s Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor
City Hall produced a report in April estimating that the concert would bring $57 million into the local economy. Hotel capacity was expected to reach 98% in Copacabana, according to Rio’s hotel association.
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Bestsellers: ‘The Women,’ ‘Secrets of the Octopus’
This week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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South Portland musician tells his grandfather’s Holocaust story in one-man show
Russell Kaback’s musical show, ‘25044,’ is about his grandfather’s four years in Nazi labor and concentration camps. He’ll perform it Tuesday at the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine in Portland.
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Collection spans the life of Maine poet Jeri Theriault
‘Self-Portrait as Homestead’ captures the loss of parents, marriage and more.
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Two shows of photography – and a limitless array of techniques
Catch these Portland exhibitions at the University of New England Art Gallery and Maine Museum of Photographic Arts.