Arts & Entertainment - Portland Press Herald

Maine’s surprising, offbeat movies this summer include very good dogs, struggling artists and a fun ‘Superman’

by Dennis Perkins July 28, 2025July 25, 2025

Summer movie season steamrollers on. And if you’re suffering from a little blockbuster fatigue, I took a stroll through some of the more surprising, offbeat and alluring alternative offerings on Maine’s movie screens for the next few weeks. We’ve got Maine natives coming home, a pair of one-of-a-kind artistic documentary portraits, some very good (if […]

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

Art steamrolls into Portland at annual Print Jam

by Sydney Richelieu July 26, 2025July 28, 2025

The seventh annual event from local studio Running With Scissors brought industrial-sized woodblock printmaking to the Portland arts scene.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News

In Portland Theater Festival’s ‘Make Believe,’ 4 children reckon with growing up fast

by Megan Gray July 25, 2025July 25, 2025

The first half of the play is acted entirely by kids. The second half jumps ahead 30 years to revisit them as grownups.

Arts & Entertainment, News, Sports

A look at Hulk Hogan’s WWF exploits in Maine in photos, archives

by Staff report July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

Hogan, who died Thursday at 71, wrestled 13 matches in the Pine Tree State.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Hogfish’s opera ‘Svadba’ ends with a big Balkan dance party in Portland

by Megan Gray July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

‘Svadba,’ which translates to ‘wedding’ in Serbian, is inspired by Balkan folk music and wedding rituals.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture

A heartbreaking, achingly beautiful memoir of love, loss and resilience

by Joan Silverman July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

In ‘The Murmur of Everything Moving,’ Maureen Stanton relates how her passionate, tumultuous young love with Steve changed inalterably when he got sick.