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Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Review
Her voice stronger than ever, Lucinda Williams keeps soul of America alive at the State
The singer brought high spirits and a refreshing setlist to her show Thursday in Portland.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Sports
Mike Tyson concedes role of villain to young foe in fight with Jake Paul
The former heavyweight champion’s first sanctioned professional fight in almost 20 years, against a 27-year-old YouTuber, is set for 8 p.m. Friday night.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Eisenberg and Culkin perfect the comedy of discomfort in ‘A Real Pain’
“A Real Pain” is a comedy about the places people put their most unimaginable sorrows. It’s a buddy movie – actually, a variant thereof, a cousin movie – and it stars Jesse Eisenberg, who wrote and directed, and Kieran Culkin, who slips the shade of Roman Roy and comes into his own as a Puck […]
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Cinderella’s ballgown? Elvis’ suit? King Arthur’s crown? It’s all for rent at Maine State Music Theatre’s costume shop
The seasonal Brunswick theater is trying to grow its costume rental business, based out of a warehouse at Fort Andross.
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Deep Water: ‘The Quiet,’ by Joan Barker
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Winter’s aglow in this garden wonderland
It’s the 10th anniversary of Gardens Aglow at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The light show has attracted 780,000 visitors to Boothbay, who wind through a mile of pathways adorned by more than 750,000 high-efficiency LED lights – about 66 miles of lights if laid end-to-end. Photos by staff photographer Ben McCanna.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
The Onion, Sandy Hook families team up to win Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction
Jones confirmed the acquisition and said he planned to file legal challenges to stop it.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Maine’s diverse family-owned businesses celebrate common values
The Institute for Family Owned Business celebrated its 30th anniversary with an awards ceremony.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
The 19th-century church sex scandal that changed our view of privacy
Robert Shaplen’s ‘Free Love’ delves into the adultery case against Henry Ward Beecher, an abolitionist preacher and a presidential hopeful.