Many Portland-area breweries make a Kölsch-style ale, but no surprise the Germans have rules around the name.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Got Tix: Where to find tickets to upcoming shows
Rustic Overtones perform in Arundel on Friday.
Gen Z takes the reins for this teen musical
Written, directed and acted by teens, ’52 Blue’ debuts at Portland Players in South Portland, Thursday through Saturday.
Portland Chamber Music Festival returns with in-person performances
‘That feeling of sharing music in a space with other people is unlike anything else,’ says artistic director Melissa Reardon.
With coronavirus cases rising, ‘The Suicide Squad’ opens softly
The sequel-reboot garnered good reviews but grossed only $26.5 million.
How the long-dead public-television painter Bob Ross became a streaming phenomenon
and kicked up plenty of dirt in the process.
Deep Water: ‘Margaritiferidae’ by Katherine Hagopian Berry
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
A mysterious and twisty street full of mysterious and twisty kids
Eccentricity has its charms for ‘The kids of Cattywampus Street.”
Society Notebook: Icon of Art
PMA celebrates the life’s work of David Driskell
An all-Black musical was a Broadway smash – and then was mostly forgotten
“Shuffle Along” brought Black and White audiences together 100 years ago, writes Caseen Gaines.