Dan Brown will read from his children’s book ‘Wild Sympony’ while the Portland Symphony Orchestra performs pieces of classical music he composed.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Paris Apartment,’ ‘Crying in H Mart’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
advertisement
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Ten Thousand Eagles,’ by Donna M. Loring
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food
I tried one of Dolly Parton’s new cake mixes, and it got me out of my 9-to-5 funk
Dolly Parton’s “favorite” banana pudding cake was a sweet mood lifter, even if it wasn’t as tasty as it was pretty.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A vigorous examination of ‘Mr. NAACP,’ who passed as white
A. J. Baime recounts the extraordinary life of the NAACP’s Walter White who wrote late in life: “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.”
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Ramadan kicks off in much of Middle East amid soaring prices
Russia’s war on Ukraine also puts a damper on the usual festive atmosphere.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Pope blasts ‘infantile and destructive aggression’
Criticism of the ‘potentate’ responsible for the war marks a new level of outrage for Pope Francis.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Generations sing to Joni Mitchell in pre-Grammys tribute
She is honored as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Indian scholars, activists criticize ruling upholding hijab ban in schools
Critics fear the potential for wider curbs on Islamic expression in a country seeing a surge of Hindu nationalism.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Will Smith resigns from film academy over Chris Rock slap
‘Change takes time and I am committed to doing the work to ensure that I never again allow violence to overtake reason,’ the actor says.