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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Advocacy group wants to see more Asian dancers on the stage, and more Asian choreographers on the program
Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin, the founders of Final Bow for Yellowface, an organization dedicated to eliminating offensive Asian stereotypes in dance, had been working on their virtual choreography festival for months when something suddenly shifted their focus: a shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, six of them Asian. The pair knew they […]
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Deep Water: ‘Grief,’ by Lee Sharkey
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Q&A with Dionne Warwick: Why she went on Twitter, prepping for her Mother’s Day show and the Luther Vandross cover of her song
You can buy a ticket to her shows Sunday through the Boothbay Opera House.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘The Water Man’ is a rare treat: A sensitive family film grounded in real life
In “The Water Man,” an assured, richly appointed directorial debut by David Oyelowo, the filmmaker nods toward his aesthetic roots when his main character briefly opens his “E.T.” lunchbox. That flash of retro pop culture feels right at home in this sensitive family drama, in which Lonnie Chavis plays Gunner Boone, a serious-minded only child […]
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Bedside Table: New friendships in the Scottish countryside, depicted with gentleness and warmth
“I just finished reading ‘Winter Solstice’ by the British romance novelist Rosamunde Pilcher. I am sad to have ended it, as I loved the characters, the wonderful Scottish setting, and the peacefully meandering storyline. The book features five marginally connected characters who find themselves sharing an estate in the north of Scotland as the Christmas […]
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In helping her daughter bloom, a mother changed perceptions of autism
Clara Park successfully challenged the idea that “refrigerator” moms caused the condition.
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At the Farnsworth, Robert Indiana and the Wyeths share the spotlight this summer
The Rockland museum displays its gift from Betsy Wyeth and work that Indiana made in tribute to Marsden Hartley.
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In ‘Margreete’s Harbor,’ midcentury America’s social upheavals reach coastal Maine
Major social and political movements of the 1950s and ’60s steer Eleanor Morse’s minutely observed multigenerational family saga.
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Mary Lincoln wasn’t ‘crazy.’ She was a bereaved mother, new exhibit says.
WASHINGTON — Callie Hawkins had been working at President Lincoln’s Cottage museum for 10 years when she became pregnant. She and her husband were thrilled, and she joked with her co-workers about the baby’s “perfect” due date – Feb. 12 – Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. When the day arrived, Hawkins went into labor right on schedule. […]