In Martha Tod Dudman’s ‘Sunrise and the Real World,’ the line between resident and professional is often razor-thin.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Bestsellers: ‘James,’ ‘ The Wide Wide Sea’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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How climbing Mount Everest went from a rare feat of heroism to big business
In ‘Everest, Inc.,’ journalist Will Cockrell tells the story of the industry that conquered the world’s tallest peak.
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Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl’s popularity wave
A wave of interest in physical records, especially LPs, has helped keep the independent stores going, Chris Brown a co-founder of Record Store Day said.
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Julia Gagnon’s biggest ‘American Idol’ fans are her future in-laws
Mike and Doreen Haven, of Waterville, whose son Nate is engaged to the Cumberland singer, said they were blown away by her voice the first time they heard it.
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Surprise: Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ is a double album, ‘The Anthology’
She surpassed Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon‘s Grammy honors with her fourth win in that category; she had been equal with the three male legends at three albums of the year since ‘Folklore.’
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Dick Van Dyke earns historic Daytime Emmy nomination at age 98
Among those Van Dyke is up against is Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Freevee’s ‘Neighbours.’
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Heart, the band that proved women could rock hard, reunites for a world tour
The band’s Royal Flush Tour will have Cheap Trick as the opening act for many stops, but Def Leppard and Journey will join for three stadium dates in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.
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Long-lost first model of USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after twisting voyage
Eugene ‘Rod’ Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, said he’s thrilled to have the model that had graced the desk of his father, who died in 1991.
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Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
Betts shared lead guitar duties with Duane Allman in the original Allman Brothers Band to help give the group its distinctive sound and create a new genre – Southern rock.