The money from the American Rescue Plan will go to projects that employ artists and improve communities.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Press Play: Listen to ‘This Time’ by Lauren Crosby
The Georgetown-based artist’s next album comes out at the end of July.
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BBC apologizes, says reporter used deceit to get Princess Diana interview
An investigation was launched after Diana’s brother complained that journalist Martin Bashir used false documents and other dishonest tactics to persuade her to agree to the interview in 1995.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Feminist Gloria Steinem wins major Spanish prize
The Princess of Asturias Awards announces that the American writer and activist has received its annual prize for communication and humanities.
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Posthumous le Carré novel to be published in October
‘Silverview,’ his 26th novel, centers on a small-town bookseller who is drawn into a spy leak.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Colby College’s Museum of Art reopening to public next month
The reopening coincides with final weekend of the ‘Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960’ exhibition.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Community theaters are getting ready to return with smaller casts and audiences
They’re returning to in-person shows this summer and fall, but not the typical big musicals. The changes made out of necessity are giving theaters a chance to tackle different types of material.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Portland artist wins $75,000 grant for project in Milwaukee
Daniel Minter will use the award to create art out of an ash tree.
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Naomi Campbell welcomes her first child
The supermodel made the announcement over Instagram.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Religion and Values
Former Maine bishop abused 5-year-old girl in Newark, lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit is the first time sexual abuse charges have been leveled against Peter Gerety, who was bishop of the Portland Diocese from 1969-74 and died in 2016.