‘This Other Eden’ by Paul Harding tells a fictional story based on the real-life atrocity of the state forcibly removing a mixed-race community from the island off the coast of Phippsburg.
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Wyeth paintings destroyed in Port Clyde fire depicted life in New England, Pennsylvania
A pizza-eating seagull and oxen crossing a snowy field were among the subjects of works by Jamie and N.C. Wyeth that burned in the blaze.
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Portland Museum of Art and preservation group at odds over former children’s museum
A nonprofit dedicated to preserving Portland’s architectural past says it is not on board with the Portland Museum of Art’s plan to demolish the former children’s museum to accommodate its expansion.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff
Comedian John Oliver got his first take on the strike out, exuberantly returning Sunday night to his ‘Last Week Tonight’ show on HBO and delivering full-throated support for the strike.
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Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour is over – and coming to movie theaters soon
The film charts Beyoncé’s tour on behalf of her 2022 Grammy-winning album ‘Renaissance.’
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Second U.K. police force investigating sexual offense allegations against Russell Brand
Brand, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
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Hattie McDaniel’s missing Oscar is replaced at Howard University
The Oscar, for McDaniel’s performance as ‘Mammy’ in the 1939 big-screen epic ‘Gone With the Wind,’ was the first awarded to a Black actor.
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Portland publisher launches new poetry festival
Littoral Books is putting on it first Portland Poetry Festival on Saturday.
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Part-time Biddeford resident’s photo of Ruth Bader Ginsburg used to create new stamp
The stamp honoring the late U.S. Supreme Court justice will be released Monday.
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Bar Guide: A visit to Bread & Olive has its ups and downs
Dessert drinks and reasonable prices are among the highlights.