Aretha Aoki, Scott McPheeters and Kristen Stake each will get 12 minutes on stage at the New England Now Dance Platform.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Bark is bigger than frostbite for animal lovers at Elsmere
The Portland restaurant raised $1,000 for the Animal Refuge League at the outdoor benefit.
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Frank Bruni’s memoir offers a playbook on finding silver linings
Bruni woke up one day without vision in his right eye. As scary as that was, he writes in his memoir ‘The Beauty of Dusk,’ it also showed him the upside of vulnerability.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A local writer, a local setting and real insider experience
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Paris Apartment,’ ‘The Dawn of Everything’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Review
Gladys Knight gives stirring performance at appearance in Portland
In a 90-minute concert at Merrill Auditorium, the 77-year-old singer proved that she can still sell a song through distinctive phrasing and a powerful delivery.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Police: 2 people in stable condition after stabbing at MoMA
The midtown Manhattan museum evacuated patrons Saturday afternoon.
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Singer Traci Braxton of ‘Braxton Family Values’ dies at 50
Braxton was an actress and singer who released albums in 2014 and 2018, with the singles “Last Call” and “Broken Things” her best-known songs.
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Emilio Delgado, Luis on ‘Sesame Street’ for 45 years, dies
Delgado was a warm and familiar presence in children’s lives and a rare Latino face on American television as fix-it shop owner Luis on ‘Sesame Street.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Millions use TikTok to learn about the war in Ukraine. The White House is briefing its stars.
TikTok videos offered some of the first glimpses of the Russian invasion and since then the platform has been a primary outlet for spreading news to the masses abroad.