“My favorite book on my nightstand is musician/artist Patti Smith’s ‘A Book of Days.’ It’s formatted for 365 days. Each page offers a photo with a caption. It’s like joining a really cool companion for a ride through their life. My friend Tricia gave me the book. Last week, I held my sweet, ginger cat […]
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Revisiting the era when Reno was a divorce destination
Rowan Beaird’s historical novel, ‘The Divorcées,’ follows women who head to Nevada during the 1950s so they can ditch their husbands.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘The Hunter,’ ‘How to know a Person’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Review: Expressive range in this family of artists blooms at Maine Jewish Museum
Up through May 3, ‘Father and Daughter’ features the incredible bounty of Dahlov Ipcar and both of her parents, William and Marguerite Zorach.
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Society Notebook: TempoArt fundraiser is for the birds
The Portland nonprofit has commissioned a sculpture of a pair of 20-foot bamboo egrets by Back Cove.
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Plucky 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard is entangled in a brutal rape case
In ‘Frozen River,’ Ariel Lawhon spins a propulsive historical thriller from a few basic real-life facts. ‘It’s a fast read, but some of the ideas that drive it are troubling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Chance Perdomo, star of ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ and ‘Gen V,’ dies in motorcycle crash at 27
No details about the crash, including when and where it took place, were immediately released.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World, News
Kim Kardashian said her tables were Donald Judd pieces. She’s being sued.
The foundation claims that it tried to resolve the matter ‘amicably’ with both parties ‘for several months’ but that no attempt was made by either party to correct the ‘misstatements’ or destroy ‘the fake furniture.’
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says
The 87-year-old Francis has been battling what he and the Vatican have described as a case of the flu, bronchitis or a cold all winter long.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
‘Culture of silence’: Lawyer calls Diddy’s NDA terrifying, purposefully intimidating
The agreement strives to make everything involving or around him confidential, but that’s not how the law works.
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