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Arts & Entertainment

‘Oppenheimer’ cleans up at Oscars, winning best picture, actor and director

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press March 10, 2024March 11, 2024

Meanwhile, Emma Stone won best actress for her performance in ‘Poor Things.’

Arts & Entertainment

At 83, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki earns historic Oscar for ‘The Boy and the Heron’

by RIO YAMAT Associated Press March 10, 2024March 10, 2024

He is the oldest director ever nominated for the category and the oldest winner by more than two decades.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Review: Portland Museum of Art makes case for needing more space with ‘+ collection’

by Jorge S. Arango March 10, 2024March 8, 2024

The vast majority of these works were gifted to the museum, which hopes to show how its controversial planned expansion is needed to display more of its collection.

Arts & Entertainment

See these new acquisitions by Portland Museum of Art, before they go back into storage

by Megan Gray March 10, 2024March 9, 2024

The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they’re not on display.

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘in march I find solace,’ by Riley Mayes

March 10, 2024March 4, 2024

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Tech writer Kara Swisher has a new book. Enter the AI-generated scams

by Will Oremus The Washington Post March 10, 2024March 4, 2024

On Amazon, new books such as Swisher’s memoir now routinely vie with imitators in search results. Some authors are fed up.

Arts & Entertainment

Dancers get a turn as choreographers in Portland Ballet’s ‘New Works’

by Megan Gray March 10, 2024March 6, 2024

A favorite poem. A friend’s music. The interlocking gears of a machine. All provided inspiration to choreographers who will present pieces at Portland Ballet’s “New Works” on Friday. The annual show features experienced and emerging choreographers, including four current members of the professional dance company. Nell Shipman, executive and artistic director, feels strongly about giving […]