Legend’s Merrill Auditorium performance is billed as A Night of Songs & Stories.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
Mainer gets Oscar nomination for ‘Avatar’s’ visual effects
Eric Saindon, who grew up in Gorham, was nominated for his work on ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash.’ A documentary film, ‘Come See Me In the Good Light,’ about Maine-born poet Andrea Gibson, was also nominated.
Good architecture can transform the most humble structures | Column
Good ideas tend to travel everywhere — or get reinvented.
Portland City Council approves new contract with Back Cove festival
The 3-year agreement will begin in 2027 after festival organizers scrapped this year’s edition following delays in finalizing the deal last fall.
Dates announced for southern Maine storytelling potluck suppers
Attendees can enjoy dinner, storytelling and community at upcoming Community Plate events.
Maine actor makes her TV debut in current season of HBO Max’s ‘The Pitt’
Elysia Roorbach, a graduate of Mt. Blue High School in Farmington, plays an emergency room patient. She’ll next appear on the show Jan. 29.
Two stage comedies give Portland theatergoers multiple chances to laugh
‘Lend Me a Tenor’ and ‘Lend Me a Soprano’ open within weeks of each other at Portland Stage and Good Theater, respectively.
This Down East Maine village inspired the setting for Fox’s new show ‘Best Medicine’
The executive producer of the show, based on the long-running British hit ‘Doc Martin,’ went to Corea, east of Acadia National Park, for ideas and storylines.
Read the poem ‘Second Chances’ by Jeanne Julian
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Portland writer’s new story collection takes on Lawrence Welk, Atticus Finch and Paul Bremer
Bowdoin professor Brock Clarke’s ‘Special Election’ looks at legacies under threat.