See a tribute to Queen on Thursday and a Talking Heads one on New Year’s Eve.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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What did music sound like in the 1700s? Find out from Portland’s newest orchestra
North Star Baroque, a period-instrument orchestra, will launch its second season on Sunday.
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Maine theater veteran helped new film ‘Last Days’ get made
Wendy Poole, former executive director of The Theater Project in Brunswick, was a producer on the latest movie from ‘Fast and Furious’ director Justin Lin.
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Bowling, billiard balls become art in honor of Lewiston shooting victims
The items were recovered from the 2 locations of the mass shooting, which took place two years ago Saturday.
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New LA Arts sculpture commemorates those lost to Lewiston mass shooting
The community art project was designed to help people process their grief.
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Watch these movies at venues around Maine to kick off the spookiest season
Our movie writer lists his best bets for horror, indie and foreign picks — and the places to see them.
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A new version of Hansel and Gretel pairs Stephen King with the late, great Maurice Sendak
It’s a genius idea, and the text by King and illustrations by Sendak offer some marvelous moments — but also some flaws.
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Bestsellers: ‘If I Built a Town’ and ‘The Place of Tides’ top local bestseller lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Read ‘Viking Dublin,’ a poem by Julie Poitras Santos
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Susan Orlean, master of unusual subjects, turns her gaze inward
The author of books such as ‘The Orchid Thief’ and ‘The Library Book’ delves into her own life story in ‘Joyride.’