Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, “A House of Dynamite,” explores the threat of nuclear annihilation, focusing on a race against time as a missile approaches the U.S.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Back Cove Festival organizers want to bring Portland event back for 3 more years
The city’s parks commission will review a multi-year proposal from festival organizers, which includes increased payments to the city, at its meeting Thursday.
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‘Greyhound’ sees America changing through the bus windows
Joanna Pocock’s memoir is about her travels from Detroit to California in 2023, retracing a trip she had taken 17 years earlier
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Author Ben Shattuck chose the Maine woods for ‘The History of Sound’
The story, now a film starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, takes place at Bowdoin College, Augusta’s defunct train station and the backwaters of Maine.
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Deep Water: ‘Grief,’ by Stuart Kestenbaum
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Mainers’ true crime podcast is basis for Hulu documentary on Alaska shooting
‘Blood & Myth’ is based on the Audible Original “Midnight Son,” from Portland-based audio producers Josie Holtzman and Isaac Kestenbaum, which explored an Alaskan shooting and Indigenous culture.
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Noah Kahan’s ‘Maine’ has gone platinum and given us a new anthem | Column
With nearly 200 million streams on Spotify, it’s the most popular song to mention the state since ‘King of the Road.’
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It’s fall fair season in Maine. Here are the 8 you shouldn’t miss.
Upcoming fairs are planned for Clinton, Litchfield, Oxford, New Portland, Farmington, Unity, Cumberland and Fryeburg.
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Families flock to New Gloucester orchard for apple picking, corn maze
Opening day at Royal River Orchards in New Gloucester brought apples, cider, pumpkins and doughnuts as the fall season kicks off.
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Marvel and DC comic creator Mort Todd of Portland dies at 63
The Maine native, who died Sunday, worked for Marvel and DC comics as well as Cracked magazine and helped launch others’ comic careers.