Nichols broke ground for Black women acting on television as Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original TV series.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food, Maine
The Old Port’s new era
The charming waterfront district has evolved into a destination for high-end shopping and dining, which some locals appreciate and others could do without.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
‘Our Wives Under the Sea’ is exquisitely suspenseful
The debut novel, by Julia Armfield, weaves together a story of dying love and sea monsters.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: Starting over with a slender book of poetry
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: ‘Portraits of Racial Justice’ captures community of fighters, in paintings and words
Robert Shetterly adds context and quotations to turn his art project into a book.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘An Immense World’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Deep Water: ‘Summer Ancients,’ by Matthew Bernier
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Emotional shows in Portland, Rockland explore African diasporic experience
Billy Gerard Frank exposes what life was like for a gay teenager in Grenada, while Daniel Minter narrates the appalling story of Maine’s Malaga Island.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
In the eyes of Isle Theater, all the natural world’s their stage
The company, founded in 2020 by Deer Isle native Marvin Merritt IV and Anna Fitzgerald, is staging its latest site-specific play on a working farm in Penobscot.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Young environmentalists honored with Brookie Awards
The Natural Resources of Council of Maine recognized the work of the six winners, ages 16-26, at an event on July 14.