A launch party for ‘The LearningWorks YouthBuild Cookbook’ raised $50,000 for the Portland nonprofit.
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Art review: Able Baker says so long with show of gallery’s friends
‘Painting Nerds: ABC Farewell Show’ will be the Portland gallery’s last, at least in its Forest Avenue space.
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Amid anti-Asian discrimination, ‘Fire Island’ makers found queer joy
Pride Month kicked off this year with the debut of a romantic comedy that already feels like an instant classic. An update of “Pride and Prejudice” set off the coast of New York, “Fire Island” swaps out the courtship games of the 19th-century English gentry for the often just-as-ritualized search for love among gay men […]
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Theater review: ‘Sound of Music’ marks rousing return for Maine State Music Theatre
The Brunswick music theater opens its season back on its home stage following previous years of pandemic-related disruptions.
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James Patterson shares his formula for success. It’s pretty simple.
In the memoir “James Patterson by James Patterson,” the best-selling author opens up – kind of – about how he came to be such a force in the literary world.
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New children’s books by Maine writers, illustrators tackle disabilities, with uneven success
Each takes a different approach to stories about, in part, children with disabilities going to school.
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Art review: Harold Garde retrospective showcases his innovative print technique
The artist, who splits his time between Belfast and Florida, developed a method that requires producing paintings in reverse.
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Concert review: A cathartic, euphoric performance from indie rocker Phoebe Bridgers
And a Thompson’s Point crowd that appreciated every moment.
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They found the source of the Nile – and became lifelong enemies
The 19th-century British explorers Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were mismatched from the start, writer Candice Millard explains.
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A forgotten 19th-century Maine comic writer gets his day in the sun
Lots of fascinating material in ‘Diggio, Haybis Korpus & E Plewrisy Unicorn!’ if you can get past the fact that the imaginary Ethan Spike was a ‘reprehensible bigot.’