The chorus of Maine immigrant and refugee girls has a new album out and upcoming shows.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Live Music Lineup: ZZ Top, the PSO covers Queen and a singer-songwriter from Nashville
Mindy Smith performs in Portland on Friday.
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Indie Film: Footage from ’60s shows government’s violent tactics for quelling riots
‘Riotsville, U.S.A’ is showing Friday at Space in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: ‘Lucky Turtle’ tells a sweeping coming-of-age tale of romance – and heartbreak
A teenage girl, and her older self, narrate Bill Roorbach’s latest novel, which tackles big themes of abuse, racism and love.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: USM has great expectations for fundraising campaign
A reception on the university’s Portland campus marked the launch of the ambitious effort.
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Deep Water: ‘Atop Peaked Mountain,’ by Dennis Camire
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A multi-tasking reader makes her way through a tall stack
Book recommendations from readers.
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In ‘Dinosaurs,’ Lydia Millet mourns the burdens a rich man bears
In Millet’s first novel since the scathing ‘A Children’s Bible,’ a wealthy man walks from New York to Phoenix to find purpose in his sad life of ease.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Lucy by the Sea,’ ‘The Personal Librarian’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Art review: See the effect of Judy Glickman Lauder’s influences in concurrent photo shows
While the Portland Museum of Art displays works from her collection, the Maine Jewish Museum is showing her own photographs.