Yael van der Wouden’s novel is about a Dutch woman in 1961 forced to address her family’s past.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Deep Water: ‘Hiraeth,’ by Sherry Barker Abaldo
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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A Maine photographer uses a marble from childhood to look into his past
Tad Beck gets personal with exhibition ‘Scrying’ at Grant Wahlquist Gallery.
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What Maine medical students are learning from a class about art
An optional class for Maine-based Tufts University students includes visits to the Portland Museum of Art, where they learn about perspective, curiosity and stress tolerance.
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‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ could have more drama, and more Maine
Some good acting by the people playing young Donn Fendler and his mother are among the highlights of this movie, inspired by a true story that’s taught at Maine schools.
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‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ inspired generations of Mainers. Now, its influence could spread nationwide.
The book based on the true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler has been taught in Maine schools for decades. A movie version opened Thursday in theaters across the country.
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Society Notebook: Read all about it, The Telling Room turns 20
The Portland literary arts education nonprofit celebrated the anniversary at a fundraiser Oct. 18.
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When 5th-grader Lily’s twin brother dies, she finds an unusual way to grieve him
Poignant, tender and sometimes wrenching, the middle-school novel ‘Wishing Season’ is set on, and dedicated to, Deer Isle, where writer Anica Mrose Rissi grew up.
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Teri Garr, offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ dies at 79
After her breakthrough in 1974’s ‘The Conversation,’ her big smile and off-center appeal helped land her roles in ‘Mr. Mom,’ ‘Oh God!’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’
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‘Bob’s Burgers’ voice actor sentenced to a year and a day in Jan. 6 riot
Prosecutors said the actor known for roles in ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Anchorman’ joked as he recorded violence against police.