The plan for a floating platform on Back Cove, with tide-activated walls that would enclose the space, is cancelled for this summer but may be back in 2019 after additional engineering.
Arts & Entertainment
Theater review: The ego of opera singers make for ‘A Comedy of Tenors’
The Good Theater production is full of complications and physical comedy.
Taylor Swift joins songwriter at Nashville cafe
In a surprise appearance, she receives a standing ovation from the cafe patrons.
Maine-made podcasts cover everything from comedy scene to bedtime stories
Others include a podcast by the rapper Spose and conversations loosely pegged to episodes of ‘Scooby-Doo.’
Bill Hader breaks out of ‘SNL’ mold
In HBO’s ‘Barry,’ he portrays a hit man with a dream … of being an actor.
Deep Water: ‘Lilac’ by LaLa Drew
Maine poems, edited and introduced by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Art review: Walter Iooss captures athletes’ influence
‘Game Time’ features photographs of celebrities and amateur sportsmen at the Colby College Museum of Art.
Kelly Macdonald: New PBS movie ‘uplifting’
She and Benedict Cumberbatch play parents of an abducted toddler in ‘The Child in Time.’
Four guitars, harp stolen from Nils Lofgren
The longtime E Street Band musician tweets that he’s ‘devastated.’
Director lacks appetite for ‘SpielBurger’
Carl’s Jr. is told to forget naming them after him.