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Indie Film: A band that defied Apartheid gets its due in documentary

by Dennis Perkins July 31, 2023July 31, 2023

‘The Is National Wake’ is playing next week at Space in Portland.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

‘Barbie’ bonanza continues at the box office, ‘Oppenheimer’ holds strong in second

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press July 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ conspired to set box office records, the two films held unusually strongly in theaters.

Arts & Entertainment

In new exhibition at Colby, Pueblo people tell their own story

by Megan Gray July 30, 2023July 29, 2023

Native art gives a broader picture of what the Taos Society of Artists wanted to depict.

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘Pleasure,’ by Janie J. Gendron

July 30, 2023July 26, 2023

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

A prehistoric mammoth and a 19th century circus elephant cross paths in ‘Mystery Tusk’

by Thomas Urquhart July 30, 2023July 24, 2023

Through his efforts to identify the mammoth, former natural history curator Gary Hoyle discovered the story of Old Bet, the elephant.

Maine, News, Religion and Values

Dismissal of charges against a former Wells pastor comes as a shock to ex-neighbors and parishioners

by Emily Allen July 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Peter Leon, 72, was charged in 2017 for allegedly exploiting a 66-year-old woman he met volunteering as a pastor for a nursing home. But prosecutors said earlier this month that all the charges would be dropped.