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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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‘Hummingbird Salamander’ is a gripping eco-thriller full of cinematic set pieces
The easiest thing for Jeff VanderMeer to do after the success of his Southern Reach trilogy (which includes the novel “Annihilation,” adapted for the screen by Alex Garland) would have been to continue in that same vein: spooky, Lynchian, Tarkovskian, “X-Files” adventures in contemporary wilderness settings. Instead, he wrote “Borne,” a futuristic post-collapse urban disaster […]
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Two Minutes in Quarantine
Collaborate with mystery writer James W. Ziskin in the Maine Writer & Publishers annual Crime Wave Flash fiction contest
Posted inBooks, Food, Review
In a new memoir, Maine’s rock star chef Erin French hits bottom and gets a second chance
‘Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch’
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A moving tale of a World War II ship that saw plenty of action
In ‘Unsinkable,’ James Sullivan traces the the ‘indomitable’ USS Plunkett and the men who sailed it.
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How ‘Shiva Baby’ captures the anxieties of being a young woman
The premise of the new film “Shiva Baby” sells itself: While begrudgingly accompanying her parents to a shiva, the Jewish mourning ritual, a college student encounters not only her ex-girlfriend, but also her sugar daddy. Filmmaker Emma Seligman ran with the classic advice to write what you know, combining the experiences of sugar babies she […]
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Art review: Patt Franklin’s paintings of nature blur line between the actual and abstract
The show is at Mayo Street Arts’ pop-up gallery on Washington Avenue in Portland.
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Peaks Island artist turns travels to India into tapestries
Part of Katarina Weslien’s show at Speedwell, the woven works depict the fabric shelters erected for the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage.
Posted inBooks, Cookbook Reviews, Food, Recipes
Bath resident Chris Toy, who has taught Asian cooking for 30 years, tackles a storied Japanese soup
The book, ‘Ramen Made Simple,’ is a primer on both the history and the building blocks of the dish – broth, tare, noodles and toppings.
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This new guide to Maine food and drink takes a fast, fun look at what and how we eat
‘Eat Like a Mainer’ is a roundup of Maine food and drink, both traditional (think Moxie, whoopie pies and Indian pudding) and modern (lobsticles, craft beer and coffee shops).
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