Jungle Cruise – the theme park ride, not the new Disney movie it has inspired – is notable for the groan-worthy humor of its “skippers,” the tour guides who provide Borscht-Belt-style entertainment for passengers on the minutes-long trip down a lazy (fake) river lined with animatronic animals. The shtick is bad, and leans on wordplay […]
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Art review: Falmouth gallery shows modernism masters, mostly
‘Maine Masters of Modernism’ is up at Elizabeth Moss Galleries through Aug. 20.
Opera review: ‘Elixir of Love’ a light comic antidote for pandemic disruption
Opera Maine has transformed the Merrill Auditorium stage into an Italian piazza for a two-performance run that ends Friday.
Concert review: Lucy Dacus sings the story of her life in whispers and bellows
The indie rocker, and member of Boygenius, performed solo Saturday at Portland House of Music.
Art review: The complexity of memory emerges from Henri Paul Broyard’s layers
The artist’s solo show, ‘Jamboree,’ is up at Grant Wahlquist Gallery in Portland.
Theater review: Ogunquit Playhouse offers carefree ‘Escape’
The musical featuring the songs of Jimmy Buffett runs through Aug. 28.
Need to explain, or understand, the United States today? Read this history
‘How the South Won the Civil War’ brilliantly explains today’s news by looking at yesterday’s.
A son’s grieving tribute to greatness
Rodrigo Garcia’s ‘Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes’ takes readers into the private grieving for a public man.
A true story of gay bullying turns preachy in the Mark Wahlberg movie ‘Joe Bell’
Based on a true story about the bullying of a gay teenager and its tragic consequences, the drama “Joe Bell” has a message to deliver. That message, which is good and necessary – urgent even – isn’t simply the point of this well-meaning movie. It’s the whole plot, which follows the teenager’s father, played by […]
Review: Alan Cumming takes the stage at his summer cabaret in Kennebunkport
The stage and screen actor was joined by NPR’s Ari Shapiro at Club Cumming on the Coast last weekend.