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Arts & Entertainment, Books

Bestsellers: ‘Pitch Dark,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’

July 7, 2024July 2, 2024

The week’s bestselling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

Society Notebook: Maine-made fashion hits the runway

by Amy Paradysz July 7, 2024July 2, 2024

The Stitch fashion show and style market raised $3,000 for Maine Crafts Association programs.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Gripped by a mysterious illness, a Mainer finds an unexpected kindred soul

by Frank O Smith July 7, 2024July 2, 2024

In ‘American Breakdown,’ writer Jennifer Lunden spins twin tales of how the medical establishment dismissed her illness, and, some 100 years earlier, that of Alice James, the sister of Henry James.

Arts & Entertainment

Deep Water: ‘No One Taught Us Lifelong Love,’ by Kate Kearns

July 7, 2024July 1, 2024

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

More summer art shows to see – out west, up the coast and close to home

by Jorge S. Arango July 7, 2024July 2, 2024

Make an old Victorian house in Norway, two galleries in Rockland and a South Portland frame shop your July art destinations.

Arts & Entertainment

Waterville film festival at center of Maine’s cinematic universe

by Ray Routhier July 7, 2024July 12, 2024

Highlights of this year’s Maine International Film Festival, starting Friday, are Dutch director Jos Stelling and the premiere of ‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine.’

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

The ‘nice lady’ next door who was actually a crime boss

by Lisa Birnbach Special to The Washington Post July 7, 2024July 2, 2024

Fredericka Mandelbaum made a fortune skirting the law in Gilded Age New York. Margalit Fox’s new book, ‘The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum,’ tells the fascinating true tale.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

Shedding light on the dark side of Jamie Wyeth and his artwork

by Megan Gray July 6, 2024July 5, 2024

The artist’s fascination with the less idyllic aspects of Maine island life is reflected in a new exhibition that explores the unsettled mood in many of his paintings.