The shows in Portland and the Midcoast are up into September.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: ‘Fever in the Heartland’ by Timothy Egan
Book recommendations from readers.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Portland Museum of Art puts the garden back in its garden party
The pandemic, construction and weather have impeded the annual summer event in recent years.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Dean Man’s Wake,’ ‘The Creative Act’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘The Repetition of the River Acheron,’ by Rheros Iliad Kagoni
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
‘The English Experience’ is the perfect back-to-school novel for cynics
Julie Schumacher’s novel completes her trilogy of biting sendups of higher education, starring a hapless English professor.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In new thriller, a high school teacher is falsely accused of sexual assault by her student
The accusation threatens to destroy the teacher’s career, marriage and life, in Kate Flora’s ‘Teach Her a Lesson.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Rapper Young Capone dead at 35 weeks after he was reported missing
Born Rodriguez Smith, the performer started his climb to prominence in Atlanta’s underground hip-hop scene during the mid-2000s, according to People.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals court
A three-judge panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should not have been dismissed by a lower court.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Dealer gets 10 years in prison in death of actor Michael K. Williams
Williams overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021.