The show Saturday will benefit Portland-based Partners for World Health, which has been providing medical supplies to Ukrainians and refugees.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Things to Do: Step Afrika! and the latest Portland Stage production
You can also catch “Reefer Madness” at Portland Players and see a T.S. Eliot performance in Portland.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Arcade bars take up quarters in southern Maine
The expanded Arcadia in Portland and Wessie’s Den in Westbrook are now open, while Sharkey’s Arcade and Bar in Biddeford is slated to open in mid-May.
Posted inReligion and Values
Pope still working on meeting Russian Orthodox patriarch
Pope Francis says he has no immediate plans for a visit to Kyiv but that a proposal was “on the table.”
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Jon Batiste tops Grammy Awards, winning 5 trophies
Silk Sonic won record of the year and song of the year and newcomer Olivia Rodrigo won three awards.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Portland Conservatory welcomes community into its new home
The music school held its first major fundraiser since relocating from Woodford Street to the West End.
Posted inBooks, Review
Bedside table: The Pushcart anthology provides discoveries and lots to think about
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Portland author Chris Holm uses science background to forecast scary future in ‘Child Zero’
The novel, due out in May, is set in a time when antibiotics no longer work and draws on Holm’s scientific background as a molecular biologist and researcher.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Alison Hawthorne Deming weaves together a tale of fashion, fisheries and 5 generations of women
Set on Grand Manan, “A Woven World” is part memoir, part cultural history.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Meg Brown Payson looks through the surface of Maine waters
Her series ‘Asleep On the Dock’ is on display in the Press Hotel in Portland.