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French actress honored at annual film festival in Waterville

by Emily Higginbotham July 15, 2018July 15, 2018

Dominique Sanda, known for ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,’ wins the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ tops at box office in opening weekend

July 15, 2018July 15, 2018

The animated family movie earns $44.1 million from North American theaters in its opening weekend.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review

Art review: Rockland exhibits are upside down, in the water and all over the place

by Daniel Kany July 15, 2018July 14, 2018

John Bisbee’s nails, Tom Burckhardt’s flooded studio and Jocelyn Lee’s nude photos make for a lot to take in at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

The Old West is new again

by Scott Tobias The Washington Post July 15, 2018July 13, 2018

The TV Western is enjoying something of a renaissance, with series such as ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Godless’ and ‘Westworld’ making hay in big-sky country.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Deep Water: ‘Fourteener 279’ by Douglas Woodsum

July 15, 2018July 13, 2018

Maine poems, edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture

Against tremendous odds, Abdi Nor Iftin made it from war-ravaged Somalia to America

by Frank O Smith July 15, 2018July 13, 2018

Now a Maine resident, he tells his harrowing tale in his new memoir.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Charlie Puth charts his own course with album and tour

by NICOLE EVATT Associated Press July 15, 2018July 13, 2018

The former YouTube star, now a headliner, believes he’s grown as a songwriter.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

From Maine rivers to prison walls, a veteran artist’s study in ‘Blue’

by Bob Keyes July 15, 2018January 2, 2019

A horrifying moment in Iraq in 2004 forever scarred Kelly Thorndike, but also gave him a way to respond to violence and to plead for humanity … and a reason to paint.