This year’s Portland Stage Spring Gala was a bit like an open house, giving guests a chance to focus the theater lights, swap out scenery, perform a quick costume change and direct a scene. “Tonight is building constituencies as much as it about raising money,” said board president Todd Nicholson. “It’s really about making people […]
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Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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K-pop supergroup BTS nears reunion as two more members end military service
Six of BTS’s seven members have completed their mandatory military service in South Korea. The seventh member, Suga, is slated to finish on June 21.
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Sly Stone’s 10 essential tracks, from ‘Dance to the Music’ to ‘Family Affair’
It took the bandleader just a few years beginning in the late 1960s to write a new language of rock, soul and pop.
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The musical world that Sly Stone made for us still spins
Mixing styles at a critical moment in American history, Sly Stone helped create the musical world we live in today.
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From the Chocolate Church: A weekend of popular arts, starting with Julia Gagnon
Popular entertainment — live and in person — is an art form that brings people together. It can be simple in structure, silly in spirit and sweet in its emotional payoff. But it also plays a deeper role, casting us into a shared experience as both audience and community. When performers are good — and […]
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Musician David Byrne to perform in Portland Oct. 8
The Talking Heads singer’s ‘Who Is The Sky?’ tour includes a show at Merrill Auditorium.
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‘Laramie Project’ actors in Standish discuss performing in a time of rising homophobia
Schoolhouse Arts Center will present a performance of ‘The Laramie Project’ starting Friday, June 13, a play depicting the aftermath of the real-life murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay student in Laramie, Wyoming.
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In ‘Ballerina,’ something ‘Wick’-ish this way comes
‘Ballerina’ is an effective spin-off of the John Wick franchise.
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Artist’s chisel transforms stump outside Peaks Island cafe into an octopus
A strong storm that hit the island nearly 3 years ago blew many trees to the ground. Doug Smith saw one stump that was left behind as an opportunity.
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Check out 6 of the best events in Maine this week
There’s 2nd Friday in Brunswick, BonAire! in Ogunquit, roller derby in Westbrook and screenings of ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,’ among other events.