The preservation nonprofit is seeking to overturn a City Council vote in May that allows the Portland Museum of Art to demolish the former Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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For Portland Theater Festival, all the city’s a stage, even an office building
The festival is staging its 3 plays in nontraditional locations, starting Thursday in a high-rise on Congress Street.
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Anouk Aimée, enigmatic star of ‘A Man and a Woman,’ dies at 92
She excelled at portrayals of allure and caprice, notably in Federico’s Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita,’ and became a leading figure of international cinema in the 1960s.
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Angela Bofill, R&B balladeer with a dreamy, dynamic voice, dies at 70
Raised in the Bronx by a Cuban father and Puerto Rican mother, Bofill released her debut album in 1978, when she was just 24, and became one of the first Latina singers to find consistent success in R&B.
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Gordon Ramsay, showing off bruised torso, says he’s ‘lucky to be here’ after bike crash
In a Saturday video posted on his social media accounts, the ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ star demanded that his followers wear a helmet.
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Singer Justin Timberlake charged with driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons
The 10-time Grammy winner was released without bond later Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor.
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Ralph Lauren goes with basic blue jeans for Team USA’s opening Olympic ceremony uniforms
Ralph Lauren, which unveiled Tuesday its ninth turn creating Olympic parade looks for the Americans, is billing the pairing of snappy tailored navy blazers and jeans as ‘unexpected’ yet classic.
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Review: ‘Crazy for You’ serves up romance, dazzling tap moves in Ogunquit
Chockablock with Gershwin songs, the show is now at the Ogunquit Playhouse. The ‘inimitable’ Sally Struthers plays 2 comedic parts.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ will hit U.S. theaters in September
After months of conjecture about the fate of the self-financed epic, it’s finally found a home.
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The good and bad sides of Maine’s disappearing gay bar scene
A professor and a filmmaker set out to collect ‘Bar Stories From Queer Maine.’