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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In Stephen King’s latest, a young man finds himself in a troubled ‘Fairy Tale’ world
King adroitly pulls off this old-fashioned action/adventure story starring a boy and his beloved dog.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘The Jangled World,’ by Mark Evan Chimsky
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Jazz keyboardist with no boundaries lands in Maine
Jamie Saft, who moved to rural Alna last year, has spent 30 years building a reputation for his skill and versatility in a huge range of styles, from jazz and avant-garde to reggae and punk.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Don’t Worry Darling’: Trouble in a ‘Twilight Zone’-adjacent paradise
The advance hype for “Don’t Worry Darling” has been so incessant – from director Olivia Wilde’s location-turned-relationship with her leading man, Harry Styles, to a Kabuki-like feud with her lead actress, Florence Pugh, and something involving Chris Pine and Styles at the recent Venice Film Festival – that it’s easy to forget there’s an actual […]
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Elton John plays White House, awarded National Humanities Medal
WASHINGTON – “God bless you, let’s have some music,” said Elton John. With that, the White House South Lawn was transformed into a musical lovefest Friday night as John played a farewell gig to honor everyday “heroes” like teachers, nurses and AIDS activists. But as it turns out, the event was also to honor the […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Louise Fletcher, ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ actress, dies at 88
Fletcher won an Academy Award for best actress for her infamous role playing a cruel nurse in a psychiatric hospital.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Pope appeals to young people to save planet, find peace
The pontiff speaks to a gathering of about 1,000, some of them economists.
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Early Streisand nightclub recording remastered for release
A series of 1962 performances by Barbra Streisand at a Manhattan nightclub before she became a superstar have been remastered and will be released this fall.