The state’s major art institutions each chose a piece they felt represented the heartfelt sentiment associated with Valentine’s Day.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Bestsellers: ‘The Frozen River,’ ‘ How to Know a Person’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfictions books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Society Notebook: Center for Grieving Children feels the love at annual gala
The event recognized Anne Heros, who is retiring after 23 years as executive director.
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Art review: Brunswick show explores how art connects creative couples
Discover the cross-currents and influences in pieces by life partners displayed together at Fort Hall Gallery.
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A new novel revisits a Shirley Jackson classic. Chills ensue
In Elizabeth Hand’s ‘A Haunting on the Hill,’ a group of artists chasing dreams of success rent the house Jackson made infamous in her 1959 gothic horror story.
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Here’s what you can expect from Super Bowl commercials this Sunday
Advertisers will be pulling out all the stops on Super Bowl Sunday – enlisting the biggest actors, investing in the most dazzling special effects and going for laughs as they seek to win over viewers.
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Prince Harry settles tabloid phone hacking claim, says ‘mission’ to tame U.K. media continues
Harry’s attorney said at a court hearing that Mirror Group Newspapers had agreed to pay all of the prince’s legal costs, plus ‘substantial’ damages.
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Maine museums to create ‘visual dictionary’ of Wabanaki basketry
The Penobscot Nation Museum and the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine Orono received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project.
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Mojo Nixon, anarchic singer behind ‘Elvis is Everywhere,’ dies at 66
The cult artist and SiriusXM host died aboard a country music cruise in the Caribbean. His joke songs took aim at stars including Debbie Gibson and Don Henley.
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There’s nothing animated about corpse comedy ‘Lisa Frankenstein’
The equal parts forgettable and regrettable teen comedy “Lisa Frankenstein” stars Kathryn Newton (best known as Paul Rudd’s daughter in the latest “Ant-Man” movie) as the title character, a mopey high school misfit whose spiritual predecessors are “Beetlejuice”-era Winona and “Desperately Seeking Susan”-era Madonna. Those references are just two in a zillion that hang on […]