Kristina Powell calls it her ‘greatest joy’ to lead the downtown writing center.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
‘Nightmare Alley’: The rise and fall of a con man, told in luscious, lurid detail
Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel about the rise and fall of a con man – previously adapted for the screen in 1947 – Guillermo del Toro’s noirish-to-the-point-of-misanthropic, gorgeously atmospheric “Nightmare Alley” may be the filmmaker’s best-looking film yet, as well as the one with the most sour outlook on humanity. Every other outdoor […]
Golden Age of TV is tarnished in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Being the Ricardos’
Imagine a 10-episode podcast about the making of a single episode of the 1950s marital sitcom “I Love Lucy” – a podcast dense with behind-the-scenes details about the show’s real-life husband-and-wife stars, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, who played wildly caricatured versions of themselves on the hit show for six seasons. Imagine a trove of […]
Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘Got Warrants’
The current best-selling books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Deep Water: ‘What Looms,’ by David Sloan
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Bedside table: Hometown on the page
“‘Mill Town,’ by Kerri Arsenault, is about the towns of Rumford and Mexico, Maine, mostly, as well as the writer’s family. I enjoyed and understood this book very well, as I am from the same area. “The book covers a lot of territory, including the Rumford paper mill over many years, and the pollution it […]
Book review: ‘Loon Lessons’ a must-have for loon lovers
The writing can get in the way, but the fascinating information in the book takes flight.
Art review: Bowdoin museum reframes ‘Black Women in Art’
The exhibition at the Brunswick college runs through Jan. 30.
Ken Kragen, who helped organize ‘We Are the World,’ dies at 85
His other credits included producing ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ and ‘The Gambler.’
Pope clarifies quashing old Latin Mass
Francis’ crackdown outrages his conservative critics, many of whom have gone so far to accuse him of heresy.
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