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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Live Music Lineup: Holiday jazz tunes and some hometown roots and Americana
See shows from Maia Sharp and Catie Curtis, Kat Edmonson and The Mallett Brothers Band.
Indie Film: Start dreaming up a snowy scene for new Maine film contest
Registration is open for the Maine Film Association’s first-ever Winter Film Challenge, happening over 72 hours in February.
Face the Music: Madi Diaz hits emotional pay dirt with ‘History Of A Feeling’
She’ll be opening a pair of shows for Caamp at the State Theatre.
Joaquin Phoenix in ‘C’mon C’mon’ is light-years away from ‘The Joker’: unforced, natural, yet still great
“There are no right or wrong answers.” So says Johnny, a patient, constantly curious radio journalist portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in a gratifyingly mellow, unmannered turn in “C’mon C’mon.” As the film opens, Johnny is in Detroit interviewing young people for a “This American Life”-adjacent project about children’s’ feelings about their future. Actors often say […]
Portland set aglow with celebration of first night of Hanukkah
Cars with menorahs on top parade through the streets of Portland to reach City Hall, where Rabbi Moshe Wilansky of Chabad Maine lit a 12-foot tall menorah on the first night of Hanukkah.
Phil Saviano, key clergy sex abuse whistleblower, dies at 69
The scandal led to the resignation of Boston’s Cardinal Bernard Law and church settlements with hundreds of victims.
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at 41
In 2018, he became the first Black artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton.
‘Encanto’ tops ‘House of Gucci’ at box office
The animated film takes in $40.3 million in the U.S. over the extended holiday weekend.
‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ isn’t exactly DOA, but it could use a script doctor
It’s got plot holes big enough to drive an ectomobile through.