Agnes Norman has danced in ‘The Nutcracker’ many years, but never as the lead.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Grace Bauer makes triumphant return as grown-up Cindy Lou Who
After its successful 2019 run of ‘Who’s Holiday,’ Good Theater is elevating the adult comedy to the main stage and might make it an annual tradition.
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The stars have aligned this holiday season with the publication of 3 books for children about the sky
Any of the trio would make a nice holiday gift for a child.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘The Book of Hope’
The current top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback from Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Christmastime classics by Dickens, Shakespeare revisited
Tiny Tim returns 20 years later, and ‘Twelfth Night’ gets infused with holiday music.
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‘Magic’ returns to full glory at Merrill Auditorium
Audiences will be back, infusing the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas concert with a sense of homecoming.
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Deep Water: ‘Circuitry,’ by W. Kent Olson
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Bedside Table: In the ‘Land of Cockaigne,’ reinvention proves difficult
“The Land of Cockaigne by Jeffrey Lewis”: “I can’t remember the last time a novel left me this helpless with emotion. The title refers to a mythical medieval Eden, but in this novel that Eden is a tract of land in Maine that a from-away couple try to turn into their own version of paradise. […]
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Art review: Photographer Clifford Ross focuses on the force of nature
The Portland Museum of Art exhibition includes images of violent waves and a majestic mountain.
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In photos: Gardens Aglow in Boothbay opens for 7th season, with precautions
Organizers have made it a driving event this year to better enforce COVID-19 safety protocols.
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