You can also catch art rock band Guerilla Toss with Jeff Beam at Oxbow.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Society Notebook: Ski-lodge soiree gives WinterKids a lift
The License to Chill event at Après in Portland raised $40,000 for programming to keep kids active in winter.
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Art review: Historic photos from Caribbean paired with contemporary art of the diaspora
‘Fragments of Epic Memory’ at the Portland Museum of Art feels more like two distinct shows.
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Bedside table: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by David Grann
Book recommendations from readers
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Think trolls are bad? Look at the history of poison-pen letters
‘Penning Poison’ chronicles the fascinating history of the anonymous letter.
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Deep Water: ‘After the Solstice,’ by W. Kent Olson
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Collective arts consciousness: Portland’s Running With Scissors celebrates 2 decades of creating connections
The East Bayside communal art studio commemorates its anniversary with a wide-ranging show of works by current and past members at Cove Street Arts.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘North Woods,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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A small girl in a blueberry field vanishes in an instant. Her family’s pain endures
In ‘The Berry Pickers,’ Amanda Peters’ debut novel, a Mi’kmaq family of farm laborers is forever changed when their 4-year old daughter disappears.
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How ‘The Chipmunk Song’ became an unlikely Christmas megahit
In a year that also produced ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ and ‘Run Rudolph Run,’ sales of ‘The Chipmunk Song’ nonetheless shot into the millions before New Year’s Day.