‘Black Adam,’ the Dwayne Johnson-fronted DC superhero film, kept its hold on the No. 1 spot at the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Society Notebook: Wayside pulls back the curtain on its food programs
A party at its Portland warehouse included tours of the facility.
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‘Hopeful’ became a sign of the times. Now, artist Charlie Hewitt is focused on the future.
The Lewiston-born, Portland-based artist, at age 76, is taking new risks thanks to the ubiquity of his lighted neon sculpture.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Exploring the Black experience and the human condition at Cove Street
‘Stay Black & Die’ and ‘Worry Later’ are up at the Portland gallery for about another month.
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Book review: In small town Maine, a lobsterman has big ambitions and few scruples
Echoes of ‘The Great Gatsby’ resound in ‘The Midcoast,’ Adam White’s debut novel.
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Deep Water: ‘To the Welkin,’ by Betsy Sholl
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Bedside table: A happy-making book
Book recommendations from readers.
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Samanta Schweblin’s ‘Seven Empty Houses’ will keep readers guessing
The collection, a finalist for the National Book Award for translated literature, is spectacular and strange.
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Jennifer Finney Boylan’s new novel with Jodi Picoult is literally a dream come true
The Maine-based writer and LGBTQ activist had never met Picoult before they decided to co-write ‘Mad Honey,’ a murder mystery novel that went on sale Oct. 4.
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Furies,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.