Life & Culture
The ingredients every Maine beach read needs
Dead body, old family cottage, crusty lobsterman, dark secrets... bingo. Sounds like you've got a classic Maine beach read.
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Ukrainian band wins Eurovision Song Contest in vote seen as supporting its homeland
Kalush Orchestra made an impassioned plea to free people still trapped in a besieged steel mill in Mariupol on Saturday night after performing in the final.
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‘Doctor Strange 2’ keeps hold on top box office spot in 2nd weekend
With $688 million in global grosses, it's already one of the highest grossing films of the pandemic and the second biggest of 2022.
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The short film has been accepted into five festivals and has its sights set on more.
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Sylvan Esso, Aerosmith and The Ghost of Paul Revere are among the highlights.
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Ghost of Paul Revere says goodbye, and Aerosmith comes to Bangor.
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Book recommendations from readers.
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Arts organizations across the state are laying out a pre-pandemic level of programming this season and hoping there's an appetite for it.
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World-premiere musicals, classical plays and something for the kids are all on the season's schedule.
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The Bates Dance Festival, Shakespeare in the Park and Opera Maine are among the state's must-see cultural events.
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A federal trial for reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion is set to get underway Monday in Atlanta
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He appeared in nearly 90 film and television roles, including as a bumbling repairman in "Tremors" and a movie-studio security chief in "The Player."
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Next year’s Academy Awards will take place March 12, 2 weeks earlier than this year's Oscars.
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The group that has managed the ensemble for decades told the quartet's members this week that they would no longer be paid as salaried musicians.
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Harvey Neil Anthony of Maine killed a black bear in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park, prosecutors allege.
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See heavy metal act Megadeth in Portland on Thursday with opener Lamb of God.
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Legal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Mario Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era.
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Psaki is leaving as White House press secretary on Friday after having answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that President Biden has been in office.
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The hero of the renowned German director's movie will be a sanitation worker who cleans the toilets, seeing his job as a craft and a service for the people.
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The April 20 video shows the boxer leaning over the back of his seat and repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head.
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After 4 women accused him of inappropriate touching in 2017, he stepped down from day-to-day operations at his restaurant empire and left the since-discontinued ABC cooking show 'The Chew.'
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The painting, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, was created by Andy Warhol in 1964.
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Footlights premieres 'Surrender Dorothy,' running through May 21.
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The musical is in its premiere run at Portland Stage.
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The festival, happening May 20 and 21, will feature 33 acts and multiple venues.
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Robbie Moore hopes again to reach audiences on a personal level with '3:46 a.m.'
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Rod Williams, who did illustrations for Ford and Chrysler, will be the subject of an exhibit opening Saturday at the Arundel museum.
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Spindleworks is a program of the Independence Association, which provides services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Book recommendations from readers.
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Musician Samuel James and dance choreographers Riley Watts and Heather Stewart were among the recipients of commissions from Portland Ovations meant to put artists to work.
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Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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The arts organization's first in-person fundraiser since the start of the pandemic featured dance, music and food from around the world.