John F. Kennedy drew a large crowd as he campaigned to become the 35th president of the United States.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
In ‘The Most,’ a 1950s housewife takes to the pool and won’t come out
Jessica Anthony’s darkly comic novella is a Cheeveresque meditation on mid-century middle-class disappointment.
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See how painter Lee Krasner and her peers shaped an artistic era
Their geometric abstractions are the highlight of one show at Ogunquit Museum of American Art, where another exhibit features the paintings of artist Russell Cheney.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘Autocracy, Inc.’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Bowdoin professors bring long-gone Maine writers back to life with new podcast
Tess Chakkalakal and Brock Clarke host the ‘Dead Writers’ podcast, airing on Maine Public and focusing on the lives and homes of several notable writers with ties to the state.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Head to Thompson’s Point for Summer Sunsets Live on Thursday and Friday
The gatherings occur when concerts aren’t scheduled.
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Deep Water: ‘Upon Learning You Have Bird Bones,’ by Michelle Menting
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Photographer Berenice Abbott embraced life in Monson, and her legacy lives on there
An exhibit in the Piscataquis County town, where the keen-eyed documentarian spent the final years of her life, includes more than 30 vintage prints on loan from a recently closed gallery planning to sell off its inventory.
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Cringy moves and a white b-girl’s durag prompt questions about Olympic breaking’s authenticity
From the Australian b-girl with the meme-worthy “kangaroo” dance move to the silver-medal winning Lithuanian in a durag, breaking’s Olympic debut had a few moments that raised questions.
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Travis Scott released from police custody a day after arrest over Paris hotel altercation
Prosecutors in France say the rapper was released ‘because the incident was minor.’