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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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.
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 […]
Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith dies
Griffith, who was 68, worked closely with other folk singers, helping the early careers of artists like Lyle Lovett and Emmylou Harris.
Music festival to require COVID vaccines, tests
Louder Than Life is set for Sept. 23-26 at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville.
Chelsea Clinton plans full year of children’s books
‘She Persisted in Science: Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference,’ is scheduled to come out next March.
Britney Spears’ father to step down from conservatorship
Several reports say that James Spears has agreed to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years.
Tony Bennett cancels fall and winter touring dates
His family has said that the 19-time Grammy-winner was diagnosed with dementia in 2016.
Over 200 cases of COVID-19 linked to Chicago’s Lollapalooza
The four-day music festival drew about 385,000 people.
Press Play: Listen to ‘Golden’ by Wildflower
The track is from their forthcoming album ‘The Ocean Rose,’ set for a Sept. 10 release.
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