One writer and three venue owners and managers recall some favorite concerts at Maine venues.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inMaine, Religion and Values
Photos: Sunrise, candles and bubbles. Easter is observed in Maine.
Christians in southern Maine celebrated Easter in different ways on Sunday amid the pandemic. Members of Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland attended a sunrise service at the Fort Preble bunker at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, while members of Trinity Episcopal Church in Saco took part in a drive-in service at the Aquaboggan Water Park.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, New England
Vast archives at Boston library help bring ‘Hemingway’ to life
A lot of the material in the new documentary has not been seen by the public, according to one of the collaborators.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’
He sounded a note of indignation, decrying that there has been no shortage of war and conflict during the world’s worst health crisis in a century.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Rapper DMX on life support after heart attack, lawyer says
DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ is a clash of the titans – and mismatched storytelling styles
If “Godzilla vs. Kong” sounds like the billing in a prize fight, the movie – a creature-feature sequel to 2017’s witty, stylish “Kong: Skull Island” and 2019’s more flat-footed “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” – lives up to that rock-’em, sock-’em dynamic, in more ways than one. In a literal sense, it’s a multi-round matchup […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A bedroom threesome that’s totally kosher for a family newspaper
“During the pandemic, I have been reading many of the books which were in my ‘books to read’ stack, beside my bed. Slowly but surely, I am whittling it down! “Today I am midway through ‘The Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri (who also wrote ‘Interpreter of Maladies’) and hate to put it down. I’m not sure […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Maine, Politics
More films could be made in Maine under new proposal
Promoters of a bill now before the Legislature say the state needs to offer more financial incentives aimed at attracting a steady stream of moderately priced movie and TV productions to compete with other states and create jobs.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Idris Elba makes for a charismatic urban cowboy in this familiar but engaging family film
Anyone lucky enough to have seen the horseback riders of North Philadelphia in person knows firsthand the frisson that first glimpse produces: Is that really a horse? In the heart of Rust Belt Philly? At its best, the uneven but good-hearted family film “Concrete Cowboy” is animated by that same shock of disbelief and delight […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘The Caterpillar,’ by Betsy Sholl
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.