Life & Culture - Portland Press Herald

David Seidler, Oscar-winning writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ dies at 86

by Harrison Smith The Washington Post March 20, 2024March 20, 2024

The film drew on his own experience overcoming a stutter and his admiration for King George IV, who he looked up to as a child.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine

Vigorous Tenderness concert welcomes the vernal equinox and changing season

by Ben McCanna March 19, 2024March 21, 2024

At eight locations throughout the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, musicians performed one to two songs by different queer composers or composers of color as audience members wandered from location to location. Vigorous Tenderness was started during the pandemic by organizer and musician Kal Sugatski and celebrates each equinox and solstice at different outdoor locations in Maine.

Animals, Nation & World, New England

Massachusetts moves to protect horseshoe crabs during spawning

by Associated Press March 19, 2024March 19, 2024

Horseshoe crabs predate the dinosaurs, but their populations have been depleted for decades.

Arts & Entertainment

Ariana Grande finalizes divorce

by Associated Press March 19, 2024March 19, 2024

The pop star will pay ex-husband Dalton Gomez $1.25 million.

Arts & Entertainment

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message

by JILL LAWLESS Associated Press March 18, 2024March 18, 2024

Banksy, who has never confirmed his full identity, began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.