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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘About your impasto,’ by Linda Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Review: In Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Lucy Barton confronts the pandemic
Despite its grim backdrop, ‘Lucy by the Sea’ offers considerable pleasures, among them a chance to spend more time with Barton, a recurring Strout character.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Scarborough Land Trust names Eddie Woodin Conservationist of the Year
The land trust has conserved more than 1,600 acres.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
How to deal with climate refugees? Probably not like this
Proposals to force northern nations to accept migrants, and to geoengineer a cooler planet, could make our problems worse.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: One show celebrates Surrealism, another mud. Both are terrific
At the Portland Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, see ‘obstreperous’ Surrealists, who proposed upending all art, and John Walker, who finds beauty, and meaning, in mud.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘SNL’ makes history with 1st out nonbinary cast member
They is best known for their role in the Amazon Prime series ‘A League of Their Own.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Rapper-actor Common will make his Broadway debut in November
He starred in ‘Selma’ and co-wrote with John Legend the song, ‘Glory.’
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg auction brings in nearly $517,000
Proceeds from the latest sale will fund an endowment in Ginsburg’s honor benefitting an organization that supports vulnerable children around the world.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, News
Zimbabwe to remove all its rhinos’ horns to deter poaching
More than 8,000 black and white rhinos — about a third of the global population — have been lost to poaching in southern Africa over the past decade.