With a career spanning 4 decades, his songs were performed by artists like Pete Seeger, Emmylou Harris and John Denver and his ‘Garden Song’ became a folk standard.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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In a collection of essays, Maine writers reflect on ‘Living Fully’
From the death of a granddaughter to a rejuvenating swim in a remote pond, ‘Alive to This: Essays on Living Fully by 20 Maine Writers’ offers wisdom and a range of perspectives.
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Portland City Council approves license for Payson Park music festival
The 2-day festival will be held in early August and could draw up to 12,500 people per day.
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Tickets on sale for Melissa Etheridge with Indigo Girls in Bangor on Aug. 30
Guster on the Ocean at Thompson’s Point in August is also on sale.
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See ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ for free at Portland Museum of Art
‘The Muppet Christmas Carol,’ starring Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale.
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New director of Yarmouth music center on his ‘wacko’ taste, Tom Waits, giving space to the arts
We ask Graeme Kennedy, the incoming executive director of 317 Main Community Music Center, five questions.
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Check out offerings from Portland musician Lynda Mandolyn and The Red Eye Flight Crew
The Red Eye Flight Crew features vocalist Gina Alibrio.
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The best holiday movies have a message for all of us
Holiday movies can be the worst. But the best are the ones that hold up with messages that endure – and surprise.
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Maine artist designed shoes for the New England Patriots
Eamon White, a South Portland teacher, coach, graphic designer and shoe customizer, designed and hand-painted cleats and shoes for the Pats’ ‘My Cause My Cleats’ campaign.
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If Samuel Beckett wrote ‘Groundhog Day,’ you might get this Danish novel
The first two books of “On the Calculation of Volume,” by Solvej Balle, a commercial and critical success in Denmark, are now in English.