‘Strange Currencies’ is the latest release from the Midcoast singer-songwriter.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Portland Press Herald.
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This week’s best bets: A pair of plays, ‘Star Wars’ music and the Fiddlehead Festival
See musician Nathalie Joachim perform at Aura in Portland.
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Get aboard a new Maine film festival that celebrates movies on trains
Full Speed Ahead will feature 16 films at venues all over Maine, May 6-11, including ‘The Darjeeling Limited,’ ‘Strangers on a Train’ and ‘Murder on the Orient Express.’
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‘Outsider’ documentary brings an artist’s mental struggles — and talent — into focus
The film about outsider artist Maury Ornest, who died in 2018, paints a portrait of ‘the ultimate insider’ whose career-ending injury changed his life.
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Bestsellers: ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ ‘Abundance’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Slavery broke apart families. After Emancipation, how did they reunite?
In ‘Last Seen,’ historian Judith Giesberg explores how formerly enslaved people tried to reunite with their lost loved ones through advertisements.
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Bath-based band releases new album
Musician Chris Muccino tells the story of how his latest album, “Enigma,” came to fruition.
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State-of-the-art performing arts center in Auburn to host inaugural fall concert series
The Maine State Music Theatre will launch its first fall satellite series with three different tribute shows featuring the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.
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Khmer dance classes keep alive a tradition nearly lost to genocide
For 3 years, the nonprofit Khmer Maine has offered the free classes highlighting an art form that was nearly lost. The students will perform at this weekend’s SEAFEST in Westbrook.
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David Letterman was the surprise guest as ‘The Nite Show’ winds down for good
The show, hosted by Danny Cashman at Husson University in Bangor, ends its 15-year run next month.