Her show at the Farnsworth is the first in series featuring the next generation of Maine artists.
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Forget the ‘reading rules’ – and other lessons from a life with books
In ‘Why We Read,’ a writing professor reflects on the mistakes we make when we turn reading into a chore.
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Concert review: Wynton Marsalis and his band entertain and enlighten
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played a sold-out concert Thursday at Merrill that had been rescheduled from 10 months earlier.
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Bob Marley biopic turns a complicated subject into the Messiah
“Bob Marley: One Love” is bookended by two concerts, in 1976 and 1978, both intended to foster peace in a Jamaica that had long been polarized by political violence. Such a narrow time frame for this story of the reggae pioneer, who died in 1981 at the age of 36 from skin cancer, is unusual. […]
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Theater review: When college friends reunite, controversial topics take over in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
The thought-provoking play is having its Maine premiere at Mad Horse Theatre in South Portland.
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In haunting vignettes, ‘Held’ considers whether love can survive death
Anne Michaels’s novel may be one of the most romantic of all time.
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Art review: Brunswick show explores how art connects creative couples
Discover the cross-currents and influences in pieces by life partners displayed together at Fort Hall Gallery.
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A new novel revisits a Shirley Jackson classic. Chills ensue
In Elizabeth Hand’s ‘A Haunting on the Hill,’ a group of artists chasing dreams of success rent the house Jackson made infamous in her 1959 gothic horror story.
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There’s nothing animated about corpse comedy ‘Lisa Frankenstein’
The equal parts forgettable and regrettable teen comedy “Lisa Frankenstein” stars Kathryn Newton (best known as Paul Rudd’s daughter in the latest “Ant-Man” movie) as the title character, a mopey high school misfit whose spiritual predecessors are “Beetlejuice”-era Winona and “Desperately Seeking Susan”-era Madonna. Those references are just two in a zillion that hang on […]
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Theater review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ brings more uproarious British humor to Portland
The Portland Stage production of this play within a play is spirited, silly fun.