Movie theaters are back! Sort of. Despite the full reopening of most major chains, recent visits to a couple of Washington, D.C.-area theaters, albeit on weekday evenings, found few customers, and what the New York Times called, in its report from the multiplex, an air of “zombie-mall weirdness.” (Brains, we want brains.) This summer is […]
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Fighting addiction through art, a playwright previews a forthcoming opera
‘Give Up the Spear,’ a small slice of a Mike Gorman’s blues opera, will be performed at Cove Street Arts on Thursday.
Art review: Sculpture exhibit beckons you to Hawk Ridge Farm
Evocative works by artist Meg Brown Payson headline ‘Awakening’ at June LaCombe’s home in Pownal.
Origins of intolerance under the microscope at Maine Historical Society
Visitors can choose how to experience the ‘Begin Again’ exhibition – from the perspective of someone with or without privilege.
Bo Burnham’s new Netflix special captures the quiet chaos of quarantine
If art acts as a reflection of how someone experiences the world, what happens when an artist is no longer out there, taking it all in? As life in the pandemic increasingly moved to the internet, how did the art produced evolve to reflect the shift? Such questions have floated around creative spaces over the […]
Under the shadow of World War II, an ordinary family’s extraordinary impact
Told through remarkable correspondences, ‘The Weidners in Wartime’ tracks one family’s path to Resistance heroism.
Bach festival returns with outdoor concerts in Portland
Musicians with the Portland Bach Experience played J.S. Bach’s six cello suites in three morning concerts around the city on Saturday, bringing back in-person performances after the pandemic.
‘The Night Watchman,’ Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers
One of the country’s most esteemed novelists, Louise Erdrich, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for ‘The Night Watchman.’
Robert Indiana estate settles copyright lawsuit with late artist’s patron
The lawsuit was filed in May 2018, just before the ‘LOVE’ artist died on Vinalhaven.
The unanswered ‘Jeopardy!’ question: Who’s the new host?
Unlike the process 37 years ago, filling the void left by the late Alex Trebek involves sophisticated research and a parade of guest hosts.