Robert Mrazek’s book tells the riveting story of a little-known, exceptionally courageous Filipino woman who risked her own life to save American POWs during World World War II.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Bedside table: A dose of storytelling makes the history lessons stick
“I find that reading and discussing well-written and researched historical novels is a great alternative for learning history. We’re reading ‘Oliver Wiswell’ by Kenneth Roberts for a course I’m leading at York County Community College’s South Coast Senior College. It’s Roberts’ third historical novel that spans the American Revolution and is written from the Loyalist […]
Art review: Abstract art allowed Shiao-Ping Wang to break free from confines of identity
Her works are on display at Buoy Gallery in Kittery through Feb. 13.
Best music of 2021: Playboi Carti, Grouper, Turnstile, Yasmin Williams and more
In our second pandemic year, our collective sense of frozen time began to thaw in drips and dribbles. Sometimes music helped get things gushing again: Bells were ringing, people were falling in and out of love, and the clock seemed to be ticking ahead. Other times, we were reminded that music is a temporal medium […]
‘Only Murders in the Building’ and other great shows you may have missed in 2021
We just wrapped up another tough and chaotic year, and it seems particularly important now to find joy wherever and however we can. If your self-care approach includes finding a funny, heartwarming or, even, appropriately dark TV show, you’re in the right place. Here are some of the hidden gems you may have missed amid […]
Best-Sellers: ‘The Lincoln Highway,’ ‘These Precious Days’
The current bestselling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Chances are nobody will ever again see Maine’s first big movie, viewed worldwide a century ago
‘The Rider of the King Log,’ by well-known Auburn writer Holman Day, featured log drives, dam explosions, romance and more, but it has utterly vanished since its debut in 1921
Pope urges world’s people to focus on the good in 2022
The pontiff also equates violence against women as an offense against God
Daniel Craig joins scientists on U.K. Honors List
The actor is made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George – the same title given to the fictional Bond – for his services to film and theater.
Sam Waterston to kick off annual Moby-Dick Marathon
The cover-to-cover reading of Herman Melville’s iconic man-versus-whale novel starts Friday.
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