The nonfiction book ‘Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America’ by part-time Southwest Harbor resident Gigi Georges has garnered national attention since its release.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Maine
Over 25 years, Umbrella Cover Museum showered with love
The quirky Peaks Island attraction marks the anniversary with a fashion show. Guess the material.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Suicide prevention brings out supporters
The Signs of Hope fundraiser will benefit the Zero Suicide initiative.
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Deep Water: ‘The Salt That Carries Us,’ written collectively in Congress Square Park
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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A mother’s chocolate cake brings up the kitchen confessions of writer Monica Wood
The cake appears in her memoir, and at many a family occasion. But don’t ask Wood to bake it.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Between two exhibits, Cove Street Arts is here, there and everywhere
‘Here and There’ features artists with connections to both New York and Maine, while ‘Kindred’ explores universal interconnectedness.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
This biopic is conventional, except when Jennifer Hudson channels the Queen of Soul
Even if it does not quite crack Aretha Franklin’s enigmatic genius, ‘Respect’ captures the late singer’s transcendent sound.
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‘Reservation Dogs’ is an unforgettable (and caper-filled) portrait of a modern-day Native community
The place they call home is trying to kill them.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Paper Palace, ‘I Alone Can Fix It’
The current top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Nonesuch Books and More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: ‘Hamnet’ worth reliving a plague
“A friend recommended this book to me, and it sat on my bedside table for months before I finally picked it up. ‘Hamnet,’ by Maggie O’Farrell. Just wow. I was not prepared for how good this book would be. Literary, gorgeous, atmospheric. Even as I started it, I was just thinking I would read it […]
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