Three plays with a ‘social leaning’ will comprise the first Portland Theater Festival.
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Theater review: ‘The Color Purple’s’ inspirational story beefed up by song and dance
The novel-turned-musical is playing at Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick.
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Art review: 5 photographers, 5 approaches in Portland show
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is displaying ‘Constructed & Found’ through Aug. 23.
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Morgan Talty makes a riveting debut with this short story collection set in the Penobscot Reservation
The ‘achingly moving’ linked stories are narrated by a character named Dee, variously a child, tween, teen and adult.
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Concert review: The National delivers best-loved songs and some up-and-comers
The popular indie-rock band played at Thompson’s Point, revealing newfound inspiration from their pandemic-compelled time away from the stage.
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Art review: From Gamez de Francisco’s roots come rich, resourceful, Renaissance-inspired portraits
Portland Art Gallery is showing the Cuban-born artist’s painting and photography.
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‘The Bear’ subverts tropes and brings a restaurant kitchen to life
The FX/Hulu series captures the pressures – and nails the details – of a professional kitchen.
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Book review: Preconceptions – and memory – can cloud historic preservation
‘The Book of Errors’ examines three historic buildings, including Thomaston’s General Henry Knox Museum, and finds that reconstruction doesn’t always stick to the facts.
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Theater review: Park’s sparse set allows abundant talent to shine in ‘The Tempest’
Fenix Theatre Company brings a lively production to Deering Oaks.
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Theater review: Ogunquit’s ‘Nutty Professor’ draws from comic genius of Jerry Lewis
The musical runs through Aug. 6.