Life & Culture

Plus, the Kotzschmar Organ will support 200 singers in a concert at Merrill on Sunday.

The first Maine Lit Fest will feature some 50 authors at more than 20 events in Portland and Waterville Friday through Oct. 8.

The documentary, in theaters now, takes a deep dive into his storied career.

Playing Friday at Space, 'The Territory' documents glimmers of hope against unspeakable odds in the rainforests of Brazil.

The new baby comes at a messy time for the Baldwin clan as the actor continues to deal with the fallout from accidentally shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set of 'Rust.'

Opening numbers seem to be good enough of a debut that Olivia Wilde’s film didn't turn into the complete fiasco that some pegged it to be.

A fundraising gala broke records and highlighted how much scholarship awardees contribute to the state.

Speedwell Projects and Zero Station show works that challenge perception.

Andrew Kirtzman explains how America's Mayor became a nonsense-peddling Trump loyalist.

Book recommendations from readers.

King adroitly pulls off this old-fashioned action/adventure story starring a boy and his beloved dog.

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Jamie Saft, who moved to rural Alna last year, has spent 30 years building a reputation for his skill and versatility in a huge range of styles, from jazz and avant-garde to reggae and punk.

Fletcher won an Academy Award for best actress for her infamous role playing a cruel nurse in a psychiatric hospital.

A series of 1962 performances by Barbra Streisand at a Manhattan nightclub before she became a superstar have been remastered and will be released this fall.

The Fleetwood Mac singer's set Thursday was wide-ranging and pulled primarily from her solo career.

Mantel is credited with reenergizing historical fiction with “Wolf Hall” and two sequels about the 16th-century English powerbroker Thomas Cromwell.

More than 1,500 lots of the late actor's property – representing her life and her prolific career – will be auctioned off over three days, starting Friday.

The singer-songwriter will be recording new material next week.

There are still a few tickets left to see Stevie Nicks in Bangor.

Joan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend.

She will open at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Nov. 15, the publication date.

The app is meant to showcase the wide variety of arts-related happenings in the city. Soon it will include augmented-reality features as well.

Pitt reportedly began making ceramic art following his divorce in 2017.

A Baltimore Circuit judge vacated Syed’s conviction for the 1999 killing of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and ordered his release Monday after prosecutors found there were alternative suspects and unreliable evidence used at his trial.

Season 53 of the show - Piphus Peace's second on "Sesame Street," which was recorded in January - will stream on Cartoonito on HBO Max this fall, and PBS Kids next year.

The Wallace Stevens Award recognizes 'proven mastery in the art of poetry.'

The co-production with New York's Hangar Theatre is playing at Portland Stage through Oct. 2.

Whether the movie house will reopen is now front of mind for many in Belfast.

The nine-piece band shares love for Motown and Memphis soul music.