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Arts & Entertainment, Maine

Society Notebook: Girls on the Run celebrates 10 years of putting sneakers on the ground

by Amy Paradysz November 13, 2022November 9, 2022

The Sneaker Soiree raised money for programs aimed at empowering Maine girls.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Book review: The search for meaning in a deconstructed library

by Jeri Theriault November 13, 2022November 12, 2022

The prose poems in ‘Antique Densities’ are fantastical yet reassuringly matter-of-fact.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine

‘True creative’ from Dresden discovers talent for painting during the pandemic

by Eric Russell November 13, 2022November 17, 2022

In need of a new creative outlet, musician and carpenter Scott Elliot started painting in early 2020 and hasn’t stopped. Now, people are buying his work.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Bedside table: A Whole World in a book

November 13, 2022November 7, 2022

Book recommendations from readers.

Arts & Entertainment

Alec Baldwin sues in movie set killing

by Associated Press November 12, 2022

He says he has lost opportunities and been fired from jobs because of the shooting.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Banksy unveils mural of gymnast on a destroyed building in Ukraine

by Victoria Bisset The Washington Post November 12, 2022November 12, 2022

The anonymous graffiti artist shared images of a mural depicting a female gymnast balancing on the rubble of a destroyed building on his Instagram page late Friday.