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Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
Society Notebook: Preble Street leader honored for ‘challenging unjust systems’
Mark Swann, executive director of the social services agency, received the Muskie Fund’s Access to Justice Award.
Julia Gagnon, Maine’s ‘American Idol’ star, sings new music at packed Portland show
Gagnon performed at Merrill Auditorium on Sunday night for the first stop on her ‘Here in Maine’ tour.
Deep Water: ‘Open Palms,’ by Katherine Norton
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
A Mainer took refuge in her garden during COVID, then wrote about it
In the understated and evocatively written ‘A Gardener at the End of the World,’ Margot Anne Kelley muses on time, pandemics and plants.
In ‘Bear,’ a grizzly claws at a family bond in a mix of horror and enchantment
Julia Phillips’ modern-day fairy tale follows two sisters struggling to get by on San Juan Island.
5 works of art that represent freedom at Maine museums
For the Fourth of July, we asked these museums to select pieces that reflected the meaning behind the holiday.
Double feature at Moss Galleries: Otherworldly paintings and creative photographic riffs
Explore Nick Benfey’s ‘Light Springs’ in Portland, while Rose Marasco reinterprets the work of Lynne Drexler at the show in Falmouth.
Florida arts groups left in the lurch by DeSantis veto of state funding for theaters and museums
Arts leaders across the state say it’s the first time they recall a Florida governor eliminating all grant funding for arts and culture.
Alec Baldwin’s case is on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss
The ruling removes one of the last hurdles before prosecutors can bring the case to trial with jury selection scheduled for July 9 in Santa Fe.